Sorpresa! to Premiere Live-Action Chilean TV Series for U.S. Hispanic Tweens & Teens

¡Sorpresa!, Americas fastest-growing Spanish-language childrens network, will launch the popular live-action Chilean teen TV series, Karkú, for U.S. Hispanic tween and teen audiences on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET. Premiering as part of ¡Sorpresa!s back-to-school celebration, Hispanic teens across the U.S. are invited into the world of 13-year-old Emilia and her five friends as they experience the trials and tribulations of growing up.

Karkúoffers our audience of Hispanic youth an in-culture, in-language experience that reflects the universal fears and excitement of transitioning from a child to a young adult, said Maria Badillo, SVP of Programming for ¡Sorpresa!. The tween and teen audience will identify with the challenges and successes of the characters, and parents will appreciate the shows emphasis on the value of hard work to achieve goals.

Set in metropolitan Santiago, Chile, Karkúis the first TV series for kids produced in Latin America that follows a telenovela format. The premiere season of Karkú follows Emilia and her friends, Fernanda, Valentina, Zico, Alex and Martín, as they work together to earn money for their schools year-end trip. The series not only represents the reality of the teenage world their language, their music, their dreams and their fears - but it also promotes traditional values like diligence, teamwork and friendship.

New episodes of Karkú will premiere on ¡Sorpresa! on every Monday through Thursday at 9 p.m. ET.

About ¡Sorpresa!

¡Sorpresa!, a Juniper Content Corporation (OTCBB: JNPC) (Juniper) company, is the nations fastest growing Hispanic children's television network and digital community. ¡Sorpresa! is offered on Comcast, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS, participating National Cable TV Cooperative systems and in Puerto Rico on Liberty Cable Systems, Choice Cable and OneLink. ¡Sorpresa! content is also available through MobiTV, the provider of Spanish language video services to Alltel Wireless, AT&T and Sprint; Brightcove, the exclusive broadband video player to www.sorpresatv.com; and VOD providers Akimbo and AT&T Homezone.

Juniper Content Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding future events and future performance of ¡Sorpresa!. These statements are based on managements current expectations or beliefs. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein. This information is qualified in its entirety by cautionary statements and risk factors disclosure contained in certain Securities and Exchange Commission filings made by Juniper Content Corporation. For a description of certain factors that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, refer to documents that Juniper Content files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise.

Contacts:

¡Sorpresa! Media Contact:
Bob Gold & Associates
Angela Hein
Phone: 310-784-1040
angela@bobgoldpr.com
or
¡Sorpresa! Investor Relations Contact:
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates
Keith Lippert/Carolyn Capaccio
Phone: 212-838-3777

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