BRAVO'S HIT SERIES "WORK OUT" EXTENDS TO DVD WITH THE LAUNCH OF FIRST FITNESS DVD - "WORKOUT: ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING WITH JACKIE"
BRAVO'S HIT SERIES "WORK OUT" EXTENDS TO DVD WITH THE LAUNCH OF FIRST FITNESS DVD - "WORKOUT: ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING WITH JACKIE"
NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music And Consumer Products Group and Bravo Media Team With ExerciseTV and Lionsgate To Introduce DVD Based On Bravo's Hit Series - In Stores May 20
"Workout: One-on-One Training With Jackie" Is Currently Available On Video-on-Demand ExerciseTV
BURBANK, CA - May 13, 2008 - NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group and Bravo Media have teamed with ExerciseTV and Lionsgate to introduce the first fitness DVD based on Bravo's popular original series "Work Out" (Tuesdays 10-11 p.m. ET). Los Angeles fitness guru Jackie Warner hosts "Workout: One-on-One Training With Jackie," which is available in stores nationwide on May 20. Best known for whipping her high profile clientele into shape on the series, Jackie brings her relentless energy and expertise to this one hour video, which combines her exclusive exercise moves in a fusion of cardiovascular and strength training.
"Workout: One-on-One Training With Jackie" was produced by NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group and Exercise TV for Bravo Media and is being distributed by Lionsgate. It is currently available online at http://bravotv.com/workout and is available on video-on-demand on ExerciseTV (www.exercisetv.tv).
"Jackie truly represents the 'Best in Class' with motivation and workout technique," said NBC Universal Senior Vice President Kim Niemi, "and we are really excited to be able to bring viewers and fitness enthusiasts alike the opportunity to achieve A-list workout results in their own home."
"I want to take the mystery out of getting in shape," said Warner. "It's not difficult to get the body you want if you are really committed to it and with this DVD, I really hope to bring people the satisfaction of feeling great and looking fit."
"Workout: One-on-One Training With Jackie" delivers Jackie's intense personal workout, which can command up to $400 an hour at her famed Beverly Hills Sky Sport & Spa gym. Her signature 20-minute upper-body, lower-body and core workout routine combines body toning and fat burning. Each workout consists of circuit strength & toning, which is followed by short bursts of cardiovascular exercise to pump up the heart rate. Users may choose to follow the entire one-hour workout or focus on particular areas to transform body shape.
About "Work Out"
"Work Out" airs on Tuesdays from 10 to 11 p.m. (ET) on Bravo. The docu-series is in its third season and features four new trainers recently hired at Jackie's exclusive Beverly Hills gym Sky Sport & Spa (www.skysportspa.com) and also introduces her new live-in love, Brianna. "Work Out" is produced by Mentorn USA for Bravo. Bruce Toms, Amy Shpall and Billy Taylor are executive producers.
About Bravo Media
Bravo Media - a global, multimedia content company - reaches every consumer touch point, with its all-encompassing group of divisions: talent management, publishing, merchandising, Bravo To Go (wireless), Bravo Experience, digital, television, radio and international. With Bravo's television content serving as a blueprint for the multiplatform business, Bravo Media's divisions are organic extensions, providing the network's highly-engaged fans with a menu of options to experience the network in a four-dimensional manner. Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com.
About NBC Universal Television DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group
NBC Universal is a leader in providing entertainment programming to the domestic and international marketplaces. NBC Universal Television DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group manages all global ancillary television business endeavors for The NBC Universal Television Group, including third-party home entertainment distribution, consumer products, musical soundtracks, special market projects and the NBC Universal Online Store.
About ExerciseTV
ExerciseTV is a multi-platform, on-demand media company dedicated to fitness, motivational programming and sports training. The video-on-demand (VOD) television network, which launched in January 2006, is currently available in more than 24 million homes in the United States via Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bresnan Communications. ExerciseTV is the first VOD network to offer advertisers the opportunity to seamlessly integrate their messages into the network's programming. Online, www.exercisetv.tv is the premiere destination where hundreds of titles from the world's best fitness professionals can be downloaded for use on a personal computer or portable device. ExerciseTV was founded by Jake Steinfeld of "Body by Jake," and developed by Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. ExerciseTV is managed by Comcast, with New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., and Time Warner Cable acting as additional equity partners. For more information, please visit www.exercisetv.tv.
About Lionsgate�
Lionsgate is the leading independent filmed entertainment studio and is a premier
producer and distributor of motion picture, television programming, home entertainment,
family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally-delivered content. Its prestigious and prolific library of nearly 12,000 motion picture titles and television episodes is a stable source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.
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