About.com Announces Agreement with Broadcast.com to Host All-Talk Internet Radio Show.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1999-- About.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOUT) announced today it has signed a business services agreement with broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST BCST Broadcast BCST Bachelor of Computer Science and Technology BCST Battle Command and Staff Training BCST Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist ) to provide Internet broadcasting Internet Broadcasting (formerly Internet Broadcasting Systems), or IBS, is a provider of television station web sites. IBS hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics. services for the company's all-talk Internet radio Listening to audio broadcasts via the Internet. There are more than 4,000 broadcasts available on the Internet that can be streamed and played by a software media player in the computer or in a stand-alone Internet radio with the software built in. program "Talking About This Week." Under the agreement, broadcast.com is hosting About.com's live and on-demand streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. programming, which showcases About.com's network of more than 650 expert human Guides. The show is available live every Thursday from 3:00 to 4:00 pm (ET) and can be accessed at (www.broadcast.com/shows/aboutcom/radioshow), as well as the Talk Radio icon on the About.com homepage. All shows will be archived and made available on demand on broadcast.com. "The growing interest in net radio and new formats for existing content, make this the right time to introduce talk radio-style programming," stated Scott Kurnit, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of About.com. "With our network of subject specialist guides and broadcast.com's distribution, we believe we are well-positioned to take our content to an exciting new format." About.com (NASDAQ: BOUT) is a leading 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 media company that provides a branded network of 18 channels and more than 650 topic-specific sites led by expert human Guides. Each GuideSite provides a comprehensive experience on a particular area of interest and includes a filtered directory, original content, as well as community features that include chat, discussion forums, newsletters and event calendars. In fact, About.com members have been shown to have a higher propensity to make purchases online than visitors to the leading navigation and community sites, as surveyed by @Plan's Winter '99 release. About.com is the 4th largest news, information and entertainment site on the Web, as ranked by Media Metrix. |
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