AOL Latin America Expands Entertainment Offerings.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Brazil Provides Exclusive Content From Popular Brazilian TV Reality Shows and Sponsors Gilberto Gil's World Tour AOL Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Services In Region to Offer Scooby Doo Content on Children's Channels America Online See AOL. Latin America (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AOLA AOLA America Online Latin America ), one of the leading interactive services providers in Latin America, has expanded its entertainment offerings and is providing its members in Latin America with exclusive content from some of the region's most popular television programs and musical artists. As part of this expansion, AOL Latin America is also providing content related to the hottest new movie releases. In Brazil, AOL Brazil and Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao (SBT SBT Symplastin bleeding time ), one of Brazil's leading television networks, have entered into agreements to make content from popular SBT reality shows Casa dos Artistas 3, Popstars, and Ilha da Seducao available exclusively on AOL Brazil. Members can access the latest news, show highlights, and information on cast members in dedicated interactive areas for each show. The Casa dos Artistas 3 area will also feature live feeds from cameras taping the reality series and on-demand video of past episodes. AOL members will also be able to participate in online chats with the stars and special promotions. AOL Brazil has also become the main sponsor of the "Kaya N'Gan Daya" World Tour with Gilberto Gil, an internationally recognized musical talent and one of Brazil's most popular performers, which kicked off this past week in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r and will run through the middle of 2003 with stops throughout Brazil and other countries in Latin America, Europe, and the U.S. As part of the sponsorship, AOL Brazil is providing its members with online access to Gilberto Gil's latest music releases, as well as access to "behind-the-scenes" content and footage from the tour. AOL members will also be able to participate in online chats with Gilberto Gil from the road and can win concert tickets and CDs through a variety of online promotions. Additionally, AOL Latin America will be offering new games and interactive content in connection with the upcoming release of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Pictures' Scooby Doo movie in Latin America. On the Children's Channels in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Puerto Rico, members will be able to access movie trailers and cartoon clips, photos, information on the cast and movie, Webcards and screensavers, among other things. Eduardo Hauser, Vice President of AOL Services for AOL Latin America, said: "Entertainment and music are very important in the Latin American culture Latin American culture is the formal or informal expression of the peoples of Latin America, and includes both high culture (literature, high art) and popular culture (music, folk art and dance) as well as religion and other customary practices. . The expansion of our entertainment offerings across the AOL Latin America services underscores our commitment to providing the best possible online experience and bringing our members the region's top performers as well as other exciting and compelling entertainment content." In addition to these offerings, the Entertainment Channels on AOL Latin America services provide members with access to a growing base of information and content on local theatrical events and music concerts, daily celebrities news and chats, exciting contests and much more. About AOL Latin America America Online Latin America, Inc. (NASDAQ:AOLA) is the exclusive provider of AOL-branded services in Latin America and has quickly become one of the leading Internet and interactive services providers in the region. AOL Latin America launched its first service, America Online Brazil, in November 1999, and began as a joint venture of America Online, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL), and the Cisneros Group of Companies. Banco Itau, a leading Brazilian bank, is also a minority stockholder of AOL Latin America. The Company combines the technology, brand name, infrastructure and relationships of America Online, the world's leader in branded interactive services, with the relationships, regional experience and extensive media assets of the Cisneros Group of Companies, one of the leading media groups in the Americas. The Company currently operates services in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina and serves (from the U.S.) members of the AOL-branded service in Puerto Rico. It also operates a regional portal accessible at www.aola.com. AOL's 34 million members worldwide can access content and offerings from AOL Latin America through the International Channels on their local AOL services. |
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