[0] Ken Griffey Sr. to Appear On Shop At Home Network.Business/Entertainment Editors & Sports Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 Shop At Home, Inc. (Nasdaq:SATH SATH Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality SATH Shop At Home (stock symbol) SATH Sage Thrasher (bird species Oreoscoptes montanus) SATH Society for the Advancement of Travel for the Handicapped ), an electronic commerce leader in both the broadcast and Internet channels, today announced that baseball legend Ken Griffey Sr. is scheduled to make his first television shopping network appearance in five years on Shop At Home Network on Thursday, June 8. His live one-hour segment is scheduled to air at 9:00 p.m. Central Time. Griffey, a three time All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds, will appear with sports collectibles show host Don West to promote sports memorabilia commemorating the achievements of his son, 10 time Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. All-Star Ken Griffey Jr. Ken Griffey Sr., who made history in 1990 when he and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father and son duo to start a major league game, will promote products autographed by his son that include authenticated bats, new millennium baseballs, photographs and Cincinnati Reds' jerseys. As a right fielder for the esteemed Big Red Machine, Ken Griffey Sr. helped guide the Reds to consecutive World Series Championships in 1975 and 1976 while batting over .300 for both seasons. Since retiring as an active player in 1991, Griffey has served Major League Baseball in several capacities ranging from coach to television baseball analyst and now honors his son through public speaking and promotions. Griffey memorabilia and Ken Griffey Sr.'s on-air appearance have been made available to the Network by Upper Deck Authenticated, a producer and distributor of fine autographed sports memorabilia. Sensitive to the presence of forged autographed memorabilia in the marketplace, Upper Deck Authenticated built its reputation on a patented five-step authentication process that guarantees collectors that they are getting genuine product. Ken Griffey Sr. joins sports celebrities Sammy Sosa and Brandi Chastain on the list of athletes that have appeared on Shop At Home Network. Shop At Home, Inc., a leader in converged technology, is a leading retailer of specialty consumer products, primarily collectibles, through interactive electronic media including broadcast, cable and satellite television and, increasingly, over the Internet. Shop At Home Network reaches over 59 million unique cable and satellite households and is the Nation's 15th largest television broadcaster, through its ownership of full power television stations in San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Cleveland, Raleigh and Bridgeport, which is licensed to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of market. Shop At Home also operates collectibles.com, the leading online site for the retail sales of collectibles products that features state-of-the-art technology from Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), BroadVision (Nasdaq:BVSN BVSN Broadvision, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), iXL, Inc. (Nasdaq:IIXL) and others to offer collectors a unique online shopping experience. collectibles.com recently announced its first $100,000 sales day, and has completed exclusive-to-the-Internet distribution agreements with more than 70 of the leading manufacturers and licensees of collectibles products. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 - This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ materially from those identified for a number of reasons as are discussed from time to time in Shop At Home's SEC reports, including but not limited to the registration statement on Form S-3 as amended on July 1, 1999, the report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended June 30, 1999 (Business and Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), the Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed for the Quarter ending March 31,2000 and the current report on Form 8-K. |
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