MONI Smart Security Selected As Connected Home Security Company Of The Year

DALLAS, Dec. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MONI Smart Security, a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASCMA), today announced it has been named "Connected Home Security Company of the Year" by IoT Breakthrough, an independent organization dedicated to helping the best Internet-of-Things (IoT) products and companies stand out in the industry. To see how MONI's broad product and technology suite can simplify smart security for you, click here.

"MONI is dedicated to curating a product suite with the most advanced smart home technology available, and integrating it seamlessly and efficiently into our customers' lives," said Jeff Gardner, MONI's president and CEO. "This award is yet another validation of our efforts, and we are looking forward to helping catapult our industry into the future."

With over 2,000 nominations this year, the IoT Breakthrough Awards in an international program dedicated to recognizing the best IoT products and companies stand out in the industry. IoT Breakthrough Award nominations were judged by an independent panel of experts representing a cross section of the industry, including journalists, analysts and technology executives. Winning products and companies were selected based on a variety of criteria, including most creative and technologically advanced products and services, with the ultimate goal of recognizing "Break Through" connected technologies and companies.

MONI Smart Security remains at the forefront of the smart home and residential security industries, setting the standard for technology and integration. It is aligned with top partners throughout the industry and is committed to enhancing customers' lifestyles with safety and security at any time, in any place, using the company's custom app. With its recent rebrand in October 2016, MONI has reaffirmed its intense focus on being the fastest, most comprehensive and customer-minded brand in the security industry.

"We are excited to recognize companies such as MONI Smart Security who excel among their peers and truly showcase the best in IoT technology," said James Johnson, managing director at IoT Breakthrough. "The Connected Home Security award category featured nominations from the top security vendors in the industry, and we acknowledge and congratulate MONI for breaking through to achieve this recognition and continue their leadership role within the connected home security space."

The IoT Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Internet of Things technologies, services, companies and products. Both business and consumer IoT products were open for nominations in a range of categories, including Connected Home and Home Automation, Connected Car and Vehicle Telematics, IoT Security, Wearables, Industrial IoT, M2M, Enterprise IoT and many more.

About MONI
MONI, the new Monitronics, is a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASCMA), and is one of the largest home security alarm monitoring companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, MONI secures more than one million residential customers and commercial client accounts with monitored home and business security system services. In 2016, MONI was ranked number one by J.D. Power in its Home Security Satisfaction Report. The company is supported by the nation's largest network of independent Authorized Dealers, providing products and support to customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

Contact: Lindsay Lougee                                                                                            
MONI Smart Security                                                                                                
Tel: 972-243-7443, ext. 73121
E-mail: llougee@mymoni.com

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