ABCNEWS.com Celebrates Fourth Anniversary as Premier Online News and Information Source.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 ABCNEWS.com, the number one broadcast news Web site, celebrates its fourth anniversary today, wrapping up a year that saw it further establish itself as the premier online source for interactive news and analysis. ABCNEWS.com is the 24-hour Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the operation of 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. and part of the Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. . "ABCNEWS.com's unique users has grown 34% in the past year," said Bernard Ber·nard , Claude 1813-1878. French physiologist noted for his study of the digestive and nervous systems. Gershon Gershon (gûr`shŏn), in the Bible, Levi's first son. An alternate form is Gershom. , senior vice president and general manager of ABCNEWS.com. "We're proud to be recognized as the best web site in covering breaking news. And, when major news isn't breaking we're finding and reporting important and interesting stories that impact people's lives." Among ABCNEWS.com's accomplishments over the past year: - ABCNEWS.com covered the 2000 Presidential Elections from all angles, with real-time voter data, exit poll data, streaming audio and video feeds, candidate victory and concession speeches, ABC News election coverage "en espanol," personalized election coverage, and other exclusive elements - ABCNEWS.com registered 27.1 million page views on Election Day, which bested by 170% the previous single-day site record of 10 million page views set on September 11, 1998, the day ABCNEWS.com posted the Starr Report. Election Day traffic to ABCNEWS.com's live video and audio exceeded 150 thousand streams - ABCNEWS.com covered the 2000 Presidential Primary Season with live exit poll information, interactive poll results, online voter registration, daily campaign trail reports on each presidential candidate, and more - In early December, the site streamed the United States Supreme Court arguments regarding the 2000 presidential election controversy - The 2000 Presidential Conventions were covered via on-site Webcasts hosted by Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts, additional video and audio chats with politicians, delegates and political experts, live, 360-degree Webcams in the convention hall, and gavel-to-gavel coverage of floor action and behind-the-scenes activity; furthermore, ABCNEWS.com was the first news media outlet to report that former President Gerald Ford had been admitted to a Philadelphia hospital during the Republican convention - The site was honored for its journalism excellence with the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for its coverage of the Russian submarine Kursk, which sunk last August - Chat and Webcast guests over the past 12 months included Yoko Ono, who chatted in conjunction with an ABCNEWS.com special Webumentary "Lennon in New York," commemorating the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, who was transported from the South Pole after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Tony Bennett, vice president candidate Dick Cheney, Sean Connery, Ellen DeGeneres and Carly Simon, among others - Chris Wallace's Internet Expose Webcast series investigated Internet gambling, Identity Theft, UFOs, Internet Sex, the Mafia, and other intriguing topics; Internet Expose has received over two million hits since the Webcast's launch - For newshounds on the go, ABCNEWS.com's content is now available to subscribers of the Nextel Wireless Web Service, AT&T Wireless PocketNet service, Omnisky, Verizon Wireless Mobile Service, SBC, Sprint PCS, Palm, Qwest, and PacketVideo Airguide - ABCNEWS.com introduced itself to children ages 8 - 12 with the launch of ABCNEWS4KIDS, a flash animated, graphic-rich news service that presents stories produced specifically for kids - This past December saw the debut of a redesigned ABCNEWS.com, which introduced such features as MyABCNEWS.com, MONEYScope, and the Big Impression ad unit - In a special co-production, ABCNEWS.com and PBS' Frontline Online offered companion programming to ABC News' and PBS Frontline's special program on the real-life "West Wing," based on behind-the-scenes material from the Clinton administration - In February of this year, ABC News Radio and ABCNEWS.com were the primary providers of the live audio feeds of the arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit case, United States v. Microsoft Corporation Walt Disney Internet Group is one of five business units of The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company and manages many of the most popular Web sites and services, including Disney.com, the number one Web site for kids and families; ESPN.com, the leading sports site; 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. .com, the leading broadcast network site; and ABCNEWS.com, one of the leading news sites. Additional properties include Family.com, Mr.Showbiz, Movies.com, Wall of Sound, DisneyAuctions.com, DisneyStore.com, DisneyVacations.com, Soccernet.com and NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com. Walt Disney Internet Group also produces 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 telecasts in conjunction with select ABC Television ABC Television may refer to:
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 ; Tokyo; and London. |
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