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e-Media to Provide Streaming Media Solution for EarthCam.com At Spring Internet World 2000 NEW CANAAN, Conn., March 31 -- e-Media, the leading broadband e-business builder, announced today that it will be providing the streaming distribution for EarthCam.com for the Spring Internet World 2000 conference in Los Angeles beginning April 5. EarthCam, the Official Webcaster of the Spring Internet World 2000, will exclusively use Windows Media Technologies to webcast live via the Internet at no charge to the public at http://www.earthcam.com/iworld/spring2000/. EarthCam has chosen e-Media as its streaming media distribution partner for the massive trade show, making the company responsible for delivering live streaming video and audio of the conference's keynote speeches at no cost to Internet users. e-Media will be responsible for encoding and hosting live streams of the April 5 keynote by America Online Chief Executive Officer Stephen Case, April 6 speeches by Intel Senior Vice President Sean Maloney and MCI WorldCom Vice Chairman John Sidgmore, and the April 7 keynote by AT&T Data and Internet Services President Kathleen Earley. e-Media will also encode on-demand streams of an April 5 fashion show. "We're proud to have the opportunity to demonstrate a tiny portion of our streaming capabilities to the new economy's top movers and shakers," said e-Media Chief Executive Officer John Engel. "This assignment allows us to showcase our growing portfolio of successful stream hosting work on behalf of the Drew Carey Show, Woodstock.com, Mariah Carey, EarthCam and many others in the industry. We do this millions of times everyday, and we are looking forward to helping to make Spring Internet World 2000 a streaming success." e-Media invented pay-per-view technology for video on the Internet, designing a way to segment videostreaming on demand in a way that guarantees one stream per viewer and opening the door to streaming as an e-commerce revenue vehicle. The company now serves and manages more than 10 million streams of on-demand video each month, along with 25 million web-based advertisements each day, 8 million page views each day, and more than 100,000 e-commerce sessions each day. Streaming media of key Spring Internet World 200 events is sponsored by Microsoft's Windows Media Technologies. e-Media has been selected by Microsoft as one of only five authorized suppliers of broadband streaming services to content providers participating in Microsoft's Windows Media Jumpstart program -- an end-to-end, industry-wide effort designed to accelerate broadband technology adoption by consumers and increase profitability for content owners. e-Media is also an exhibitor at Spring Internet World 2000, and can be found at Booth #6052. About e-Media, LLC e-Media is the inventor of BAM3(SM), Broadband Activated Merchandising, Micro-Marketing and Management, converging content providers, advertisers and end users into one broadband experience. e-Media intelligently wraps micro-marketing and e-commerce applications around a high-quality video-stream, maximizing viewer interaction and revenue opportunities for clients. Complementing their Microsoft-authorized broadband content distribution network, e-Media offers full-service specialized strategy, creative, programming, hosting and project management to ensure complete success on the Net. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New Canaan, Conn., e-Media clients span the commercial universe, including World Wrestling Federation, Microsoft, HBO, Showtime, Warner Brothers, Columbia/Tristar Pictures, MGM, Conde Nast Publications, GE Capital, Virgin Atlantic, Reuters, Sony, ZDTV, 6FigureJobs.com, and MedLecture.com. e-Media has offices in Portland, Ore., San Diego, Calif., and San Francisco, Calif. e-Media is a registered trademark of e-Media, LLC. More information about e-Media can be found on the Web at www.e-media.com. About EarthCam, Inc. EarthCam is the leading provider of live images on the Internet and webcasts events such as Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, Halloween, and New Year's Eve. Strategic partners include the top Internet portals: Yahoo!, AOL, and MSN. Additional webcam clients include NBCi, Intel, Columbia TriStar Interactive, NASCAR, ZDTV, Weather.com, Discovery.com, NBCi, CNN.com, USAToday.com, MTV Online and the past three Super Bowls for the NFL. |
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