[2] Sunbelt Communications Selects SeeItFirst.com To Deliver Interactive Streaming Video to TV Station Web Sites.Business Editors &High-Tech Writers NATPE NATPE National Association of Television Programming Executives 2000 NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Affiliate KVBC Is First of 10 Sunbelt Stations To Stream Interactive Video to Web NATPE Conference (Booth No. 1802) SeeItFirst.com(TM), the leading provider of Interactive streaming video services, today announced an agreement with Sunbelt Communications to encode, host and stream Sunbelt's selected broadcast programming in Interactive Streaming Video format for all 10 of Sunbelt's TV station Web sites. Sunbelt, with seven NBC affiliates and three Fox affiliates in regional centers of the western U.S., will launch SeeItFirst Interactive Video first in Las Vegas, where NBC station KVBC will showcase local entertainment, restaurants and nightlife information. As each Sunbelt station comes online, it will be able for the first time to extend enhanced advertising and e-commerce opportunities to new and existing broadcast customers. &uot;With this relationship, Sunbelt Communications will be able to offer our advertisers many of the advantages that other distribution methods had offered us as a broadcaster in the past,&uot; said Gene Greenberg, vice president of Sunbelt Communications. Tami J. Miller, Sunbelt Communications director of Internet Development said, &uot;We are very excited to offer this innovative and media rich application to our TV stations' sites. We anticipate many KVBC Web site visitors will view videos on the latest and greatest in Las Vegas entertainment, as this unique format's Interactive Video presentation draws them personally into the city's glamour and excitement.&uot; Miller adds, &uot;With SeeItFirst.com's Interactive Video streams, all of our stations' sites will become more valuable as they gain the ability to entertain and inform at the same time.&uot; &uot;The interactivity provided by SeeItFirst.com puts the viewer in control, allowing them to run their own show,&uot; said Narayanan Ram, 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. and founder of SeeItFirst.com. &uot;The Web is highly interactive, a quality that has been lacking from ordinary streaming video until now. What we offer is more than just streaming video, it's a new dynamic platform that delivers a more valuable, engaging and meaningful experience.&uot; How SeeItFirst.com Works SeeItFirst.com uses its proprietary technology to encode either analog or digital video content to stream over the Internet in an Interactive Video format that is compatible with the dominant multimedia players used on the Web. SeeItFirst.com's Streaming Video technology allows viewers to take high-quality photographs as they watch the video, regardless of connection speed. These photos can easily be printed, saved, enlarged, and dragged &dropped into any application on the desktop. In addition, users can navigate through the video content on a frame-by-frame basis, backward and forward Adv. 1. backward and forward - moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all 1, 5 and 10 frames at a time. Demonstrations are available at www.seeitfirst.com . About Sunbelt Communications Company The Sunbelt Communications Company is the owner and operator of several television stations located in the western United States. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunbelt was founded in 1979 following the purchase of KORK-TV, Las Vegas' NBC affiliate, by local attorney Sunbelt Communications Company, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada owns ten television stations in the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century , with 540 employees who ensure broad regional news coverage, with additional information from shared satellite services. For more information on Sunbelt, visit their principal stations' Web site at http://www.kvbc.com/sunbelt.html. About SeeItFirst.com(TM) SeeItFirst.com (http://www.seeitfirst.com) is the leading provider of Interactive Streaming Video products and services that includes encoding techniques, hosting services, and on-demand interactive video streaming for the Internet. The company's patented technology enables content providers and Web developers to seamlessly integrate high-quality, interactive streaming video content into their commercial web sites. It is compatible with all major Internet players including flagship solutions from Real Networks(R) (Nasdaq:RNWK RNWK Real Networks (stock symbol) ), Microsoft(R) (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and Apple Computer(R) (Nasdaq:AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ). SeeItFirst.com, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , was incorporated in January 1999 and is based in Fremont, California. All registered trademarks, trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners. |
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