Black Eyed Peas broadcast online using 3G mobile videophones

Thursday December 1st 2005 - During their European tour starting today, The Black Eyed Peas will be the first band in the world to have their own web based video diary recorded from 3G (3rd generation) mobile video phones.

The band members will use their 3G videophones to make video calls to www.blackeyedpeas.com, so that they can take their fans from around the world behind the scenes of their European tour. The content will be offered to fans free of charge.

"It's amazing what technology can do these days." says lead singer Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. This allows us to get closer to all the fans worldwide. This is dope."

Ralph Cohen, CEO of mobile entertainment company IceMobile, the company that developed the VideoCall2Web technology says: "Our VideoCall2Web technology is an amazing new technology and we are happy to have The Black Eyed Peas as the first to use it. VideoCall2Web is an extension of our VideoCall2TV product line, which enables end users to call in to TV programs from their 3G mobile phones."

We are always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to offer content to members of blackeyedpeas.com." says Arno Drost, CEO of Brothers in art, the new media company responsible for the successful Peas web community that has worked closely together with IceMobile to integrate the Videocall2Web application into a special Flash section of the site. "Thanks to IceMobile's VideoCall2Web technology, Black Eyed Peas are now the first band in the world to share their tour experience with their fans."

The Peas will start the video broadcast today, the first day of their European tour in Brussels, Belgium. Other cities in their tour include Milan, Lisbon, Munich, London, Paris and many others.

More information about the European tour can be found at http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/events

The Videodiary can be found at www.blackeyedpeas.com/videodiary

More information about the Black Eyed Peas can be found at www.blackeyedpeas.com