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ShortsHD Launches on DishHD Asia in Taiwan

Featuring the work of a variety of critically-acclaimed filmmakers and big name actors and actresses from around the world, ShortsHD further expands its universally-minded offerings with its launch in Taiwan on DishHD Asia channel 6335.

ShortsHD has experienced explosive growth since the debut of its standard definition network, ShortsTV, in France in 2007. With the addition of Taiwanese living rooms, ShortsHD and ShortsTV together reach viewers on three continents in more than 40 million homes. Coupled with the Shorts movies sold via the iTunes Movie Store, the Shorts brands are entertaining viewers in 24 countries across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.

The network celebrates the art of short cinema with programming that highlights the creativity and aesthetic genius of Academy Award winners, International Film Festival awardees and high quality CGI animators in a variety of genres - from comedies and musicals, to documentaries and dramas.

"Movies are the world's most popular art form. What's more - short film is the fastest growing movie category on international television today," said Carter Pilcher, chief executive of Shorts International. "Global audiences love short movies; their high-impact entertainment transcends language and culture."

Pilcher recently led efforts to create the first annual "Shorts Awards" this year, highlighted by the Lifetime Achievement Award in Short Film for John Lasseter, the two-time Academy Award-winning director of Pixar Animation Studios.

The launch in Taiwan follows ShortsHD's DIRECTV premiere in May and comes on the heels of a highly successful theatrical release for "The Oscar Nominated Short Films of 2011." Shorts International also recently partnered with Movies On Demand to bring the feature presentations of the Oscar Nominated Shorts 2011 to VOD with major operators and is the iTunes Movie Store's short film partner in all of its 16 countries across the globe.

About ShortsHD

ShortsHD is the first high-definition channel dedicated to short movies and is available on DIRECTV (Channel 568), Dish Network (Channel 375) and AT&T U-Verse (Channel 1789). ShortsHD is operated by Shorts International, the world's leading short movie entertainment company with the world's largest movie catalogue dedicated to short movies. Shorts International also operates ShortsTV , which is available in France, Belgium, Luxembourg on Numericable (Channels 134 and 52) and in Turkey via TTNET's Tivibu service. Shorts is the short movie on-demand service available on iTunes movie stores in the US, Canada,Mexico, Japan and throughout Europe. The company is headquartered in London, England with additional offices in Paris and Los Angeles and is led by Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive. Shorts International is owned by Shorts Entertainment Holdings and Liberty Global Ventures. Further information can be found at www.shortsHD.com

About DishHD Asia

DishHD Asia is the premier pay-TV platform in Taiwan and provides a wide variety of high-definition video channels and premium audio services in an all-digital format directly to consumer homes via a small satellite antenna and a digital set-top-box. The DishHD channel lineup includes a wide variety of international channels featuring news, sports, entertainment, education, children's, and niche programming. For more details, please visit us at www.dishhdasia.com

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Jason Damata, 917-279-8706
jason@fabricmedia.net
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DishHD Asia
Rita Lee, +886-928-380-958
rita.lee@dishhdasia.com