Hurray! News
Hurray! Signs up A Popular MTV
Hostess
BEIJING, April 26, 2006/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Hurray! Holding Co.,
Ltd. (Nasdaq: HRAY - News), a leader in wireless music distribution
and other wireless value-added services, artist development and
music production, and wireless value-added services management software
in China, today announced that its controlled record company Hurray!
Freeland has signed a multi-year contract with Ai Dai, a popular
MTV hostess in China, to produce her first and future album.
Commenting on this event, Hurray!’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, QD Wang, said “we are pleased to sign up Ai Dai, a MTV
hostess of proven popularity in China. This is the first artist
Hurray! signed up after Hurray! Freeland established. We are looking
forward to producing exciting musical works to Ai Dai’s loyal fans
and Hurray!’s customers in China in the near future.”
About Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
Hurray! is a leading provider of music and music-related products
such as ringtones, ringbacktones, and truetones to mobile users
in China through SMS, IVR, RBT, WAP, MMS and Java wireless value-added
services platforms over mobile networks and through the Internet.
The company also provides a wide range of other wireless value-added
services to mobile users in China, including games, pictures and
animation, community, and other media and entertainment services.
In addition, Hurray! is a leader in artist development, music production
and offline and online distribution in China through its majority
controlled record labels Huayi Brothers Music and Hurray! Freeland
Music.
Hurray! also designs, develops, sells and supports a service provisioning
and management software for mobile operators in China to manage
wireless value-added services.
About Beijing Hurray! Freeland Digital Music Technology Co., Ltd.
Hurray! Freeland engages in the production and distribution of
audio and video media products in China. It is a pioneer in China
in creating and promoting pop stars by distributing their music
on the Internet in addition to through traditional channels. Many
songs produced and promoted by Hurray! Freeland for its artists
such as Ai Dai, Xiangxiang, Yang Chengang, and Yang Yi are among
the top hits in the markets of ringtones, ring-back tones and digital
downloads on mobile phones and the Internet in China.
Forward-looking Statements:
This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature.
These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions
of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You
can identify these forward-looking statements by terminology such
as "will," "expects," "believes" and
similar statements. The accuracy of these statements may be impacted
by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated,
including risks related to: the risk that Hurray! may not be able
to develop services incorporating the songs of its content partners
which are timely and attractive to China's mobile phone users; uncertainty
regarding the future level of consumer demand for wireless music
services in China; the possibility that Ai Dai will not be as popular
among China's mobile phone users as management expects; Hurray!'s
ability to maintain its relationships with Ai Dai, Hurray! Freeland
and other partners; continued competitive pressures in China's wireless
value-added services market; changes in technology and consumer
demand in this market; the state of Hurray!'s relationships with
China's mobile operators; and other risks outlined in Hurray!'s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its
registration statement on Form F-1, as amended. Hurray! does not
undertake any obligation to update this forward-looking information,
except as required under applicable law.
For more information, please contact:
Phoebe Meng
Investor Relations Manager
Tel: 8610-6518-8989 ext 6806
yfmeng@hurray.com.cn
SOURCE: Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
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