Press Release
INTENIUM BECAME NEW PARTNER OF UNITYMEDIA
Germany’s second largest Triple Play-Provider opts for German Casual Games leader to supply gaming content to unityweb.de, its recently launched general interest portal.
Hamburg / Cologne, 1 October 2008 – Unitymedia, second largest German provider of media and communications services via broadband, launched its new general interest portal www.unityweb.de at the end of August with a games downloads section powered by INTENIUM, Germany's leading provider of Casual Games. With its new online customer portal Unitymedia offers its cable customers in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hessen a comprehensive entertainment and service offering. It includes everything from a TV guide to lotto games, from weather forecasts to price comparisons, up to the top news in business, sports and entertainment.
The Unityweb’s offer of downloadable games (www.unityweb.de/ games/ download games) currently comprises more than 200 top games from the three most popular Casual Games genres, such as Logic, Jump’n’Run and Action. All titles come from INTENIUM’s current, constantly expanding portfolio.
The new offer by Unitymedia has been developed by the recently founded Cologne-based agency network ADUNIQUE. This company will also be responsible for the operations and marketing of the platform in the future.
About Unitymedia:
The Cologne-based group of enterprises Unitymedia stands for the operator of cable networks in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hessen as well as for entertainment and multimedia services from a single source. Besides the classic TV and radio programs, it offers Pay-TV, Internet and telephone services. On June , 30th, 2008 Unitymedia reported over 4.7 million customers , of which 447,000 are Internet and 261,000 - phone services customers, 516,000 are digital Pay-TV subscribers. In June, the number of subscription for digital cable connections reached the mark of 1 million households. More information can be found at www.unitymedia.
About INTENIUM:
INTENIUM, founded in 2000 in Hamburg, one of the most successful publishers of Casual Games in Europe and operator of the internet games platform `Deutschland-Spielt.de´. The company operates internationally and according to Venture Capital Magazin (4/07) is among the top 12 most attractive German internet enterprises. INTENIUM has more than 50 employees working in the areas of concept development, programming, licensing, distribution and marketing. The company possesses its own development studio in Kaliningrad and cooperates with numerous independent development companies in Russia, CIS and worldwide.
www.intenium.de
Press contact: Alla Khramtsova
Tel. +49 40 2 549-4297
E-Mail: b2b at intenium dot de
