Time Warner’s Road Runner Offers Premium Online services from Synacor
New Premium Online Content Bundles Include Access To Popular Music, Gaming, Sports and Educational Services
July 25th 2007
(Buffalo, NY) July 25, 2007 — Synacor announced today that it will provide premium online services to Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner subscribers. These services are available in most Time Warner Cable operating divisions and enable customers to enjoy high-quality premium content coupled with the convenience of paying on their monthly cable bill.
The premium online service bundles include Variety Pack, Road Runner Music, and Road Runner Music to Go.
- Variety Pack includes access to premium content from American Greetings, MLB.com, The Weather Channel, Clever Island, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Shockwave.com for $7.95/month. This represents a substantial discount off the monthly retail value.
- Road Runner Music includes unlimited access to 2 million songs, ad-free radio, and music videos for $9.95/month.
- Road Runner Music Portable makes the Road Runner Music service portable on up to 3 devices for an extra $5/month.
“Variety Pack, Road Runner Music, and Road Runner Music Portable each provide a great value for Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner customers,” said Steve Cook, Group Vice President of High Speed Online and Road Runner for Time Warner Cable. “And with cable billing, support, and single sign-on, subscribing to these services is especially convenient for Time Warner Cable customers.”
“Our technology platform enables Road Runner to leverage Synacor’s partnerships with various content providers to offer its subscribers great value in addition to its high speed access products,” said Ron Frankel, president and CEO of Synacor. “Enabling a wide range of services to be consumed with single sign-on from the Road Runner home page will create a more personalized and fulfilling Internet experience for Road Runner subscribers.”
Synacor, which develops and integrates value-added online content and technology solutions for broadband and Internet service providers, also has integrated its proprietary single sign-on technology. This integration allows Road Runner premium service subscribers to log-in only once to their home page to automatically gain entry to these premium Internet offerings.
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems passing approximately 26 million homes in 33 states. The Company has 14.7 million customers for its various products, including video, high-speed data and residential telephone. This includes approximately 13.4 million basic video subscribers and more than 6 million customers who purchase more than one product. Time Warner Cable includes some of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country, with nearly 85 percent of the Company’s customers located in five geographic regions: New York, Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas and southern California. It is the largest cable provider in the nation’s two largest cities, Los Angeles and New York. Leveraging its leadership in innovation and quality customer care, Time Warner Cable delivers advanced products and services such as video-on-demand, high-definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed data and Digital Phone.
About Synacor
Synacor builds Internet tools and portals that simplify the way consumers get their digital media. Its technology platform provides private label portals, premium online content and email collaboration suites to broadband service providers such as cable operators, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and others. Synacor provides the focused expertise and technology that allow both service providers and content providers to extend their brands online and create a relevant, personalized online experience for consumers through a single sign-on portal, enhanced content packaging and aggregated billing. For more information on Synacor, please visit www.synacor.com.
