ADVISORY/Activate Webcasts Gala Holiday Luncheon for New York Women in Film and Television.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY ...for Thursday (December 14) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHO: -- Activate and New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) WHAT: -- 2000 Gala Holiday Luncheon and presentation of the Muse Award for Outstanding Vision and Achievement WHEN: -- Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:30 a.m. -- 2:15 p.m. EST WHERE: -- Grand Ballroom, New York Hilton and Towers WEBCAST: -- www.nywift.org CONTACT: -- Allison Dubin, Activate Producer, 212/471-4056 -- Terry Lawler, Executive Director of NYWIFT, 212/679-0870 HIGHLIGHTS: -- Activate will Webcast NYWIFT's 21st annual luncheon on Thursday, December 14th live via 8k and 56k feed in Real. The Webcast will also be archived in both Real and Windows formats in 56k, 100k, and 300k. Through Activate's digital media services, anyone around the world can tune into NYWIFT's site for the debut Webcast of this major entertainment industry event, thus increasing its historical 1500 attendance base. -- The luncheon will include celebrity honorees, Annette Benning, Carole Black, Madhur Jaffrey Madhur Jaffrey (Hindi: मधुर जाफरी madhur jāphrī; born August 13, 1933) is an Indian actress, who has also found fame as a food writer, introducing the Western world to the many cuisines of India. , Rachel Portman and master of ceremonies, Donna Hanover Guiliani. About Activate: Activate is a leading digital media infrastructure services company. Activate's services include: event Webcasting for business communications and consumer live events, live 24x7 Webcasting for radio, TV and internet-only programming, and on-demand Webcasting of audio and video content to enhance any website. Major clients include Microsoft, Dell, Unocal, AIMR AIMR See Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). , Rivals.com, National Public Radio, and CTV CTV Canadian Television (Network Limited) Sportsnet.com. Activate received the Blue Ribbon award from Network World's Streaming Media Review and has been named by Computerworld as one of the top 100 emerging companies to watch in 2001. Activate, a majority-owned operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) , Inc., is based in Seattle with offices in 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 , San Francisco and Toronto. For more information about the company or its services, please visit www.activate.com or call 206/830-5300. About NYWIFT NYWIFT New York Women in Film & Television : New York Women in Film & Television is the preeminent entertainment industry association for women in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Founded in 1978, the organization is dedicated to helping women reach the highest levels of achievement in film, television and new media. NYWIFT produces over 50 innovative educational programs and special events each year, and the organization's membership numbers more than 1,100 women and men working in all areas of the film, television and new media industries. NYWIFT is part of a network of 40 women in film organizations worldwide, representing more than 10,000 members. |
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