[2] GO.com's ABCNEWS.com and ABC2000online.com To Ring in an Interactive New Year for the Millennium.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- As the ABC Television ABC Television may refer to:
See: New York Stock Exchange :GO), and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. 2000online.com will truly enter the new millennium making the on-air broadcast an interactive experience with behind-the-scenes reporting of the on-air programming, chats with ABC reporters around the world, and live chats that Peter Jennings will incorporate into the on-air broadcast. "It is only fitting that the Internet and ABCNEWS.com play a significant part in this unprecedented broadcast effort," said Bernard Gershon, vice president and general manager, ABCNEWS.com. "Technology has increasingly become a part of everyday life, and we are pleased to help visitors and viewers mark this special occasion and look towards the future." From Times Square Studios, the new ABC broadcast facility at 1500 Broadway overlooking the heart of New York's Times Square where Mr. Jennings will be based, an ABCNEWS.com correspondent will interview party guests and offer TV viewers a complementary view of ABC's millennium coverage. Viewers on ABCNEWS.com and ABC2000online.com also will be able to ask questions of Mr. Jennings, many of which he will answer on air. In addition, ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. reporters stationed around the world will participate in live chats with viewers and users, offering insights as to how the millennium is being celebrated around the world. Some sites being covered by ABC include: Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20 in Paris, Charles Gibson in London, Cokie Roberts in Rome, Connie Chung in Las Vegas, Carole Simpson in Chicago, Bill Blakemore in Jerusalem, Peggy Wehmeyer in Bethlehem, Mark Litke in Shanghai, Morton Dean in Moscow and Cynthia McFadden in Havana. Finally, ABCNEWS.com and ABC2000online.com will offer resources such as country profiles of every country in which an ABC correspondent is assigned and an hour-by-hour program listing of ABC2000 programming so our users and viewers will know what is coming up and when it will air. "ABC 2000," the network's extraordinary and unprecedented millennium special, will feature a team of ABC News anchors and correspondents covering news and millennium celebrations from around the world. In addition, the program will have live entertainment from some of the world's leading performers. Peter Jennings will anchor this 24-hour live special from Times Square Studios, the new ABC broadcast facility at 1500 Broadway overlooking the heart of New York's Times Square. Dick Clark will be on hand for his annual coverage of the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. in Times Square as midnight approaches. With the production power equal to, or greater than that of an Olympic broadcast, and surpassing any other major network news program, "ABC 2000" has been in planning and production for over a year. The "ABC 2000" team consists of more than 225 producers and other production staff and 485 engineers and technicians around the world. ABCNEWS.com, the fastest growing news site on the Web, is part of GO.com (NYSE: GO), which is the result of a merger between Infoseek Corporation and The Walt Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, ESPN.com, ABCSports.com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz. |
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