Players Network Appoints COO, President

LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Players Network (PNTV.OB) announced today that the company's Board of Directors has appointed media & entertainment veteran Andrew H. Orgel to the position of President & Chief Operating Officer. Orgel will be responsible for overseeing the growth and expansion of the Players Network brand as the leader in the gaming lifestyle category. His focus will be on developing core assets, including content, distribution, management and capitalization; and building revenues across multiple distribution platforms, including Players Network's 24-hour Video On Demand Channel announced October 10th, broadband, mobile, in-room and additional future digital delivery opportunities.

"No media or entertainment executive is better qualified nor more experienced than Andy to provide strong leadership for Players Network at this time," stated Mark Bradley, Founder & current President of Players Network. "He is a highly respected leader and successful businessman in his field; and a part of the teams responsible for the conception, market launch, growth and leadership of some of the world's most successful media brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon and Arts & Entertainment (A&E). I am looking forward to working closely with Andy to take the company to the next stage." With this announcement, Bradley has been named Chairman & CEO.

Andrew H. Orgel is Managing Partner of Global Media Ventures, a media network development and management company. Orgel is a media industry leader with over 25 years of experience in the startup, management and growth of successful, industry-dominant, global consumer-driven media brands. He is recognized for building strong executive teams; creative and visionary programming, innovative marketing and broad-platform distribution. He has served as an Advisor to Players Network since February.

Orgel was part of the start-up executive team at and served as Vice President, Sales & Marketing of MTV, Nickelodeon and The Movie Channel and the original Vice President, Affiliate Sales & Marketing, and later the Senior Vice President, Programming & Production of the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E. Orgel has been labeled by Success Magazine as "the man who made TV interactive." He co-founded Interactive Enterprises, which joined with U.S. West (now Qwest) to create Interactive Video Enterprises where he developed a suite of television services for digital broadband delivery by telephone companies and served as President, Video Jukebox Network, which he later re- branded "THE BOX: Music Television You Control," the first interactive television network (now MTV). He serves on the boards of Channel Lab, LLC, QOL (Quality of Life) Media, Inc., Channel G and Optimal Media Group; and, he is an advisor to AutoNet TV and the developing global music channel, passport