AGENCY.COM and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation Awarded the EMMA for Best Interactive TV Application; Introducing the First Live Consumer Interactive TV Show in Denmark.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2000 AGENCY.COM, LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . (Nasdaq: ACOM (language) ACOM - An early system on the IBM 705. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. ), a leading e-business builder in global markets, has partnered with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the national public service broadcaster in Denmark, to deliver the first interactive TV program to be distributed nationwide. The show is called ROFL "Rolling on the floor laughing." See digispeak. and will be aired in January 2001. The Danish Broadcasting Corporation and AGENCY.COM were recently honored with the prestigious EMMA award Emma award can refer to:
AGENCY.COM and the DR have been working together since June 2000, to create ROFL, an entertainment information program on consumer issues targeted at young adults. The show aims to help the viewers make competent and critical consumer decisions in an entertaining way. Four interactive elements are present at all times throughout the broadcast; choosing between different video streams, participation in a quiz, selecting additional information on the issues raised in the show and participation in live surveys and polls. In awarding the EMMA EMMA Engstrom Multigas Monitor for anesthesia. , judges said about ROFL, "It is an excellent example of a truly interactive TV experience which combines context, design interaction and synchronization to create a live, dynamic and easy to use format. It is refreshing to see a treatment that combines linear TV format with interactive components." Jorgen Lembke, VP of AGENCY.COM's Interactive TV Practice Area said, "We are thrilled by the public affirmation of the EMMA award which proves ROFL stands out as a genuinely stellar interactive TV show. We have been at the forefront of innovation in interactive TV development and services and ROFL is a great example of our first-to-market solutions, as well as the value we are adding to the Danish viewers." About The iTV and Broadband Global Practice Area The iTV Group of AGENCY.COM are global leaders in digital interactive broadcast services and head-end software working across satellite, terrestrial and cable platforms. Offering end-to-end services, our solutions include Electronic Program Guides, portals, mosaic browsing screens, games, e-mail and chat applications as well as news, information, weather and shopping services. Interactive TV clients include gameplay, Viasat, British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. , Tele Danmark, com hem Com Hem AB of Sweden, supplies triple play services that include cable tv, digital television, broadband, telephony and recently HDTV. Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerket, the company has been successively named (Telia), Teracom, ForeningsSparbanken, Chorus, One2One, PrimaCom and Open.... About AGENCY.COM AGENCY.COM is a leading e-business builder in global markets. The company provides strategy, branding and technology services that help its clients build and grow their interactive business across multiple digital channels - the Web, wireless and interactive television. Founded in January 1995, AGENCY.COM is headquartered 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 and has offices in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dallas, London, Paris, Portland (OR), San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Vail (CO), Woodbridge (NJ) and affiliate offices in Miami (FL), Seoul, Korea and Singapore. AGENCY.COM serves a broad and diversified global client base in a variety of industries, including 3M, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , British Airways, Colgate-Palmolive, Compaq, Heineken, Incyte Genomics and Reuters. For investor information, please visit our Web site at http://www.agency.com/investors or call AGENCY.COM's Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. line at 212.358.2702. To receive press releases going forward, please send contact information to investors@agency.com or call toll free 877.721.3006 for a fax copy. Matters discussed in this release may include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may be materially different. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from anticipated events or results include risk factors and other items that are contained in AGENCY.COM's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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