[2] BigStar.com and StarMedia Bring Videos and DVDs to Hispanics Across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.Entertainment, Business, Financial, Internet & IT Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999 Agreement with StarMedia Enables Hispanic Community to Shop Online in Spanish for Their Favorite Films Featuring Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Edward James Olmos Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor and director. Some of his most memorable roles were Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver and Admiral William Adama in the and Others BigStar Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BGST BGST Bradley Gunnery Skills Test , www.bigstar.com) and StarMedia Network (NASDAQ: STRM STRM Stream (US Postal service standard street suffix) STRM Starmedia Network, Inc. (stock symbol) STRM System Trouble Report Menu STRM Streamer , www.starmedia.com) today announced a strategic content and e-commerce agreement that brings BigStar's Shop-A-Tainment(TM) strategy and thousands of Spanish- and English-language videos and DVDs to StarMedia's growing online community of Hispanic users in the U.S. and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . Shop-A-Tainment(TM) is the new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. term that describes the combination of a fun online shopping experience with an entertaining, interesting and informative environment. Bigstar.com's Shop-A-Tainment(TM) strategy integrates captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. information about movies and movie stars within a fun shopping site resulting in one of the most entertaining shopping experience for movies online. As part of the agreement, bigstar.com becomes an official vendor on the StarMedia Shopping Channel Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts. Home shopping pioneers:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a 1999 study by Strategy Research Corporation, the number of Hispanics in the United States Hispanics in the United States, or Hispanic Americans, are American citizens or residents of Hispanic ethnicity who identify themselves as having Hispanic Cultural heritage.[1] According to the 2000 Census, Hispanic Americans constitute roughly 12. will grow from 34 million in 1999 to 42 million by 2005, making it the largest ethnic minority. According to a 1999 report by eMarketer, an aggregator of Internet information, there are currently 7 million U.S. Hispanics Internet users, representing 21% of the total U.S. Hispanic population. "We are committed to providing our users with a great assortment of in-language entertainment products," said Tomas Melian, Vice President of E-commerce, StarMedia Network. "Our agreement with BigStar enables our users in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to purchase movies and DVDs from a very reputable online vendor. We are delighted to offer our visitors bigstar.com's entertainment products." "StarMedia is the online destination for Spanish speakers," said David Friedensohn, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BigStar Entertainment. "We are excited to be able to offer our comprehensive inventory of Spanish and English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. movies to their users. Our international expansion is built on bringing our Shop-A-Tainment experience to leading online brands such as StarMedia." The online bigstar.com store within StarMedia features a great selection of Spanish-language versions of movies such as Saving Private Ryan, Austin Powers' The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me, Wild Wild West, and the Prince of Egypt. StarMedia users can also quickly find the latest film releases from their favorite stars. The store offers a comprehensive selection of movies by Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Lopez, Rosie Perez, Ruben Blades, Edward James Olmos and others. About StarMedia Network StarMedia Network is the leading Internet media company targeting Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and other Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets worldwide. The Company is committed to providing Spanish and Portuguese speakers with a complete selection of services and products that take full advantage of Internet technologies. StarMedia Network operates StarMedia (www.starmedia.com), the leading global online community for Spanish and Portuguese speakers; Periscopio (www.periscopio.com), a new, powerful information portal for Spanish speakers worldwide; LatinRed (www.latinred.net), one of the largest Spanish language online communities; OpenChile (www.openchile.cl), a local Chilean portal; Cade? (www.cade.com.br) and Zeek! (www.zeek.com.br), two of the leading online directories in Brazil; StarMedia Broadband, the company's broadband services arm; and StarMedia Mobile, its wireless division. Founded in 1996, the company employs over 600 people with operations throughout Latin America, the U.S. and Spain. StarMedia, StarMedia Network and StarMedia's logos, product and service names are registered trademarks of StarMedia Network, Inc. About BigStar Entertainment BigStar Entertainment, (www.bigstar.com; AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. keyword: BigStar) is a leading Shop-A-Tainment-filmed entertainment destination site, based on internal analysis of traffic, sales and other metrics. www.bigstar.com is exclusively dedicated to filmed entertainment products and sells more than 40,000 titles of videos and digital video discs (DVDs). This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of BigStar Entertainment. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in BigStar Entertainment's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or future financial results of StarMedia Network, Inc. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In calculating such statements, investors should specifically consider various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in StarMedia Network's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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