ABC Television & Walt Disney Internet Group Present Enhanced TV Programming On Election Night, November 7.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000 First-Ever Live, Interactive Network News Telecast ABC Television ABC Television may refer to:
See: New York Stock Exchange :DIG) will complement 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. News' November 7 Election Night coverage by offering the first-ever live interactive network news telecast, allowing viewers to 'connect' in real-time to the 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. Elections team. Dubbed The ABC News American Election Challenge, the live, synchronized Enhanced TV Enhanced TV (ETV) is one example of interactive TV. It is used in particular in reference to Two-Screen Solutions TV + PC services. Generally users of these ETV services have their TV and computer in the same room, and navigate their web browser to a particular program-specific Web programming will provide viewers with three interactive viewing components: -- Viewer response surveys - ABC News' Election Night anchor Peter Jennings will pose questions to Enhanced TV viewers, with the survey results being posted instantly online and on-air. -- A play-along "test-your-knowledge" contest enabling viewers to test their political knowledge against family and friends nationwide on a live leaderboard; -- A "Beat the analyst" game in which viewers predict the winner of certain races and compare their selections against those of ABC News commentators; The ABC News American Election Challenge, offering content produced specifically to accompany the traditional ABC News telecast, can be accessed via ABCNEWS.com the evening of November 7. The ABC News broadcast begins at 7 p.m. ET. "The ABC News American Election Challenge will introduce viewers to a groundbreaking programming concept meant to further engage viewers in the traditional ABC News telecast," said Mr. Jennings. "Enhanced TV is a terrific vehicle to generate meaningful viewer input on the election landscape, especially as the night unfolds." "The national elections is a perfect showcase for our groundbreaking Enhanced TV programming," said Jonathan Leess, senior vice president, executive producer and general manager, ABC Television and Walt Disney Internet Group's Enhanced TV unit. "It takes innovative, risk-taking, experienced broadcasters to be able to integrate convergence programming, and there isn't a better team to pull this off than Peter Jennings and the ABC News group." ABC and Walt Disney Internet Group's Enhanced TV programming is delivered via an Internet-connected computer and is controlled by the user while watching the show simultaneously on television. It is neither a television experience nor an Internet computer experience, but truly both at the same time -- the first step towards in-home convergence programming. Anyone with a personal computer, connected to the Internet via 28.8 modem or better, will have access to ABC and Walt Disney Internet Group's Enhanced TV programming applications. Users must have 4.0 version browsers or better in order to receive the interactive programming. Access to the programming is free to all users. For more information on ABC Television and Walt Disney Internet Group's Enhanced TV programming, go to http://etv.go.com. Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIG) manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, ESPN.com, Family.com, GO.com, Movies.com, Mr. Showbiz, 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, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com and Soccernet. The Internet Group also includes The Walt Disney Company's direct marketing business. Steve Bornstein is chairman of Walt Disney Internet Group, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, Calif., with operations in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Seattle; 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 ; Bristol, Conn.; and London. For more information, visit our web site at www.dig.com. |
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