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VisiFone Pilot Will Include Weather Channel Content

April 25, 2005

ViseonMedia announced today that The Weather Channel Interactive will provide video�and data for VisiFone Multimedia users as part of a consumer pilot in late 2005.

ViseonMedia's news release is quoted below:

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VisiFone VoIP Media Channel to Provide WeatherChannel, News, Information, and Entertainment Content

San Francisco, CA - April 25, 2005 - ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB: VSNI) and exclusive provider of TV-quality content to VisiFone Multimedia digital home telephone users worldwide, today announced that The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc, which produces the top-10 web property, weather.com, has agreed to provide its award-winning local, and national weather information for use as part of a U.S. VisiFone consumer pilot slated for late 2005. The new VisiFone Multimedia digital telephone for VoIP is capable of displaying fully interactive video and digital audio without the complexities of a personal computer, in addition to being a digital telephone/videophone. The Weather Channel Interactive will deliver selected video and data content to ViseonMedia, who will in turn format and distribute the content to VisiFone homes throughout the United States. The Weather Channel Interactive joins Discovery Networks and Fox News Channel in the pilot. Additional content providers are slated to come on board in the next few weeks.

"We are pleased to participate with Viseon in its innovative pilot program by providing weather content in the new VisiFone service targeted to VoIP customers. From our pioneering cable network to our successful Web site and broadband products, we have always stayed on the forefront of the evolving media industries. We welcome the VisiFone initiative as a promising new way to offer our weather information to consumers and to continue to be the anytime-anywhere weather information source as new media platforms emerge," said Jody Fennell, vice president of business development at weather.com.

"We are tremendously pleased to include The Weather Channel in our VisiFone lineup," said ViseonMedia President and CEO J.D. De Haseth. "The Weather Channel is the world's most trusted source of weather information, according to recent studies. And after more than 20 years on cable and 10 years on the Internet, The Weather Channel products available will be the primary weather destination for VisiFone users."

ViseonMedia will deliver weather, news, information, and entertainment programming to VisiFone users around the globe. Content providers will ultimately include cable channels, local and national broadcast networks, web portals and print media. Consumers can choose to view personally customized news, sports, weather, and entertainment as well as control the features of their VoIP services directly on the screen of their VisiFone. ViseonMedia interactive programming on the VisiFone is not designed to replace the television or the web portal experience. Instead, it is a dedicated third screen within the home where consumers can automatically view personalized information on their schedule.

According to International Data Corporation, 3 million users will have VoIP service in 2005, reaching 27 million users by 2009. For further information, please see the company websites at www.viseonmedia.com and www.viseon.com

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AB -- 4/25/05




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