KVH Joins Lazydays in Providing Satellite TV to RV Owners
MIDDLETOWN, R.I.--KVH Industries, Inc., announced today that Lazydays RV SuperCenter®, the nation’s number one RV dealership, has joined KVH’s nationwide independent RV dealer network. Lazydays will offer KVH’s premier line of TracVision® mobile satellite television antennas, and the TracNet™ mobile Internet system. Offering satellite TV systems to customers directly through leading independent RV dealers like Lazydays is a key element in KVH’s commitment to enhancing its national RV dealer network and providing its customers with the best sales, installation, and after sale support available in the RV marketplace.
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with Lazydays to bring live satellite TV and HDTV programming to RV customers,” said Ian Palmer, KVH’s executive vice president for satellite sales. “We believe that independent dealerships offer the greatest value to our customers in terms of sales, quality installation, support, and customer satisfaction. Lazydays RV SuperCenter has earned its place as the nation’s largest single-point dealership due to its professionalism, commitment to customer satisfaction, and its outstanding facilities and staff. They will provide KVH customers with outstanding service in selecting the right equipment, installation, and after-sale support. We look forward to building on this valued relationship and, in doing so, benefit KVH, Lazydays, and most of all, our mutual customers.”
Lazydays is now offering its customers KVH’s award-winning TracVision satellite TV product family, including the in-motion TracVision R5, the stationary, automatic TracVision R4, and the premier TracVision R6 in-motion satellite TV system. These all-digital, HDTV-ready systems allow RV passengers throughout North America to enjoy more than 300 channels of digital programming and commercial-free music via the DIRECTV®, DISH Network™, and ExpressVu services. Lazydays will also offer KVH’s TracNet 100 Mobile Internet system, which provides mobile high-speed Internet access via the TV screens of the RV as well as through an integrated WiFi network that turns the RV into a rolling hot spot.
“Our priority is to offer our customers the best experience possible at all times, whether it’s the quality of the accessories they choose, the installation and service, or the entertainment options available,” said Bob Grady, director of parts and service for Lazydays. “KVH shares our commitment to superior quality and the TracVision satellite TV systems are a great match for our mission and our customers’ expectations.”
About Lazydays
Lazydays RV SuperCenter (lazydays.com), founded in 1976, is the largest single-site RV dealership in the world. Located on 126 acres outside Tampa, Florida, Lazydays has an 86,600 sq. ft. main building, 273 service bays, 300 RV campsites and more than 1,200 RVs on display. This national RV destination will host more than one million visitors and serve more than 300,000 meals this year alone.
About KVH Industries, Inc.
Middletown, RI-based KVH Industries, Inc., is a leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communication systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 100,000 mobile satellite antennas for applications on boats, RVs, trucks, buses, and automobiles. Winner of the prestigious General Motors Innovative Design Award, CES Innovation Award, 22 National Marine Electronics Association “Best Product” awards, and a finalist for the Automotive News PACE Award, KVH’s mission is to connect mobile customers with the same digital television entertainment, communications, and Internet services that they enjoy in their home and offices.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, for example, the functionality, characteristics, quality and performance of KVH’s products and technology; and customer preferences, requirements and expectations. Factors that may cause such differences include, among others, our dependence on the availability of third-party satellites, which face significant operational risks and could fail earlier than their expected useful lives, for our mobile satellite communication services; the availability and coverage of third-party, high-speed cellular data networks; and those discussed in KVH’s most recent Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. KVH does not assume any obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect new information or developments.
KVH, TracVision, and TracNet are trademarks of KVH Industries, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
