Activate.net Canada Signs Agreement With e-News Services to Become Its Streaming Media Provider.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 Leading Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. Company in Canada to Implement Internet Broadcasting Services into New Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Web Site Activate.net Canada, a subsidiary of Activate.net, 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., today announced an agreement to deliver Internet webcasting services through e-News Services, a leading electronic IR (Investor Relations) service provider and disclosure newswire in Canada. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Activate.net Canada will work with e-News Services to provide media, production, broadcast services, and event broadcasting services to the Canadian IR community. The audio and video event webcasting services, which include management presentations, annual general meetings, quarterly earnings calls and press release packages, will be available to all investors and public corporations in the Canadian investor relations community. This turnkey solution will allow these professionals to have access to information that was previously difficult to obtain, due to logistical and geographical constraints. The offerings will also be available in bilingual formats supporting both English and French speaking audience members. Enhanced broadcast features will include slide show integration, live Q&A, audience polling, attendance tracking, and archive indexing services. "This alliance enables Activate.net Canada to work with one of the top IR service and newswire providers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ," said Shaun McIver, General Manager of Activate.net Canada. "Activate.net Canada is very excited about bringing its streaming media expertise to the e-News Services portal and believes this relationship will benefit all parties involved." "e-News Services has focused on building investor relations products and services which apply advanced technology to addressing the communication needs of the IR community," says Stephen Barnard, Vice President, e-News Services, "The webcasting solutions offered by e-News Services and Activate.net are not only technologically advanced but are also tailored specifically to the exacting needs and standards of the IR professional." About e-News Services e-News Services provides web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. interactive IR communications solutions for publicly listed companies listed company n → compañía cotizable listed company n → société cotée en Bourse listed company list n → and their audiences. Its services include disclosure, media & private communications, webcasting, and conference call organization. e-News Services is also an approved and authorized national disclosure wire service recognized by all Stock Exchanges and Security Commissions across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. . For more information on e-News Services please visit our web site at www.e-newsservice.com or call 1-800-253-5302. About Activate.net Activate.net Corp. is a leading provider of Internet-based communications, providing a full range of services including event broadcasting, live 24x7 broadcasting for radio and television stations, and on-demand hosting of streaming content to enhance any website. Major clients include Microsoft, Dell, Unocal, AIMR AIMR See Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). , iCAST, Rivals.com, National Public Radio, and CTV CTV Canadian Television (Network Limited) Sportsnet.com. Activate.net is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. Its headquarters are based in Seattle, Wash and it currently operates facilities 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 Toronto. For more information about the company or its services, please visit www.activate.net or call 206/830-5300. In Canada, call Activate.net Canada in Toronto at 416/642-5202. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits resulting from the agreement between Activate and e-News Services, the expected functionality of the combination of technology and products of Activate and e-News Services and the expected ability of Activate to deliver Internet webcasting services. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: Activate's technology and products may not successfully interoperate with those of e-News Services; the success of Activate's webcasting services depends on the usage and acceptance of the Internet as a viable medium; the adoption or increased enforcement of laws and regulations affecting the provision of transmissions of live events; and increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which Activate competes. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the most recently ended fiscal year |
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