``BUSINESS WORLD NEWS'' Commences Production of TV Special, ''Spotlight on Success''; Airing on CBS Stations Nationwide.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers STUDIO CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Eight-time Emmy Award Winning News Team Currently Accepting Company Nominations for "Spotlight" Segments Airing 2Qtr. 2000 After an arduous review, "BUSINESS WORLD NEWS" has selected the five most newsworthy candidates to feature on its next Millennial Special, "Spotlight on Success." The companies are Lasik Vision Corporation (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :LSK LSK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb LSK Law Society of Kenya LSK Left Soft Key (handheld electronic devices) LSK Luchtstrijdkrachten (Dutch) LSK Line Select Key LSK Leapseconds Kernel ) (www.lasik-vision.com) and Nexell Therapeutics (Nasdaq:NEXL), as its two leading stories, followed by Storactive, Inc., Citizens for an Alternative Tax System Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (CATS) is a national tax reform public interest group in the United States. The organization states that they were established to solve "very serious problems caused by the United States' unfair and destructive income tax system", which they (CATS) and Mapal, Inc. Lasik Vision (CDNX:LSK) is North America's fastest growing laser vision correction company. It has already performed more than 67,000 procedures using the most advanced excimer lasers and state-of-the-art topography and microkeratome equipment at the most affordable rates in the nation. Nexell Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:NEXL) is a cell therapy company whose mission is to put the healing power of the cell into the hands of physicians. Nexell is developing and marketing innovative ex vivo cell therapies and in vitro diagnostics In vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests are medical tests conducted in a test tube, or more generally in a controlled environment outside a living organism. In vitro means in glass in Latin. for cancer, autoimmune, metabolic and genetic diseases. Storactive provides advanced storage management solutions designed specifically for the Windows NT distributed environment. The Company is now positioned to become a significant vendor in the emerging NT-networked distributed workstation and laptop Backup/Recovery segment with the release of Storactive LiveBackup 1.0. Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (CATS) is a national grass roots public interest group established to abolish the federal income tax completely and replace it with a National Retail Sales Tax. Mapal is a major manufacturer and marketer of diversified tools and tooling systems with 1,200 employees worldwide operating out of 10 facilities. The Special will provide in-depth "Spotlights" on these innovative and successful organizations, considered to be well poised for explosive growth in their respective industries. The Special will be broadcast in major metropolitan cities primetime between the hours of 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm over a six month period. Programming schedules will be posted at www.businessworldnews.com. It will also be streamed via the Internet from multiple sites. "BUSINESS WORLD NEWS" is a nationally acclaimed syndicated TV newsmagazine which provides an in-depth look at innovative and successful companies -- and the people that made them that way. It airs nationally on CBS affiliates, major cable networks as well as on-board cruise lines and airlines to over 4,000,000 passengers. The series is produced by TVA Productions, one of the largest business television and video production studios on the West Coast. TVA's team has won over 40 Emmy, Clio, Telly and Aegis awards. They are long time members and judges for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE NATPE National Association of Television Programming Executives ), Large Format Cinema Association (LFCA LFCA Large Format Cinema Association LFCA Land Force Central Area (Canadian military) LFCA Low Volume Fraction Colloidal Assemblies ), Themed Entertainment Association The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is an international non-profit association representing the world's leading creators, developers, designers and producers of themed experiences such as museums, zoos and theme parks. and IAPPA. Excerpts from the COVER STORY of the Los Angeles Business Journal (January 10, 2000 / front cover): "BUSINESS WORLD NEWS" has attracted some of the most powerful figures in American business and politics -- people like Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ) founder Andrew Grove and Senator Jay Rockefeller. It has helped influence the passage of national legislation, and may well have caused the stock of one to-be-profiled company to hit a 52-week high. It is hosted by an Emmy-winning broadcaster and appears on selected CBS affiliate stations.... Lending further credibility to the show are the heavy hitters who have appeared, such as Grove and Rockefeller, as well as former David E. Kelley Productions President Jeffrey Kramer and high-level executives from Boeing Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA), Motorola (NYSE:MOT) and IBM (NYSE:IBM). Each potential client is screened through TVA's editorial committee, which is made up of "award-winning writers, producers, directors, editors, and P.R. execs"... Additional Spotlights currently airing include Amdahl, Technicolor (Nasdaq:CCTVY), Adair Int'l Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AIGI AIGI Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (US government) AIGI Adair International Oil and Gas, Inc. ), Diamond Brands, Foothill Independent Bank (Nasdaq:FOOT), National Companies (Nasdaq:ESOL ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages ESOL Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter ESOL Evaluator Series Online ), Rhythms Netconnections (Nasdaq:RTHM), and Senior Care Action Network (SCAN). Address: TVA Productions 10900 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA 91604 818/505-8300 |
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