Akoo.com Partners With AltaVista.Business/Entertainment Editors ELMWOOD PARK Elmwood Park, village (1990 pop. 23,206), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1914. It is chiefly residential. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE) August 7, 2000- One of the Industry's Leading Search Engines Imports Akoo.com's Comprehensive Database of 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. Broadcasters Akoo.com, a leading Internet entertainment network, today announced a strategic partnership with AltaVista, one of the industry's leading multimedia search engines. Under the agreement, AltaVista will import akoo.com's comprehensive database of more than 4,000 Internet radio broadcasters from around the world and make it available to users through its search engine. The initiative is part of AltaVista's newly launched Entertainment Center, which provides users with a Web-wide collection of top entertainment-related content and partners. AltaVista's patented search technology now delivers one of the Web's most comprehensive multimedia indices made up of 35 million image, audio and video files. In addition to receiving detailed radio search results from akoo.com, AltaVista users also may listen to live radio streams through akoo.com's co-branded player and/or link to akoo.com's website, where they can use its proprietary technology to schedule programming and further simplify and automate their online experience. "We're very pleased to have been chosen by AltaVista to play a role in their newly launched Entertainment Center," said Niko Drakoulis, akoo.com's president 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. . "This partnership validates the quality of our database, as well as our proprietary technology, and we look forward to enhancing many of the three million multimedia searches conducted on AltaVista everyday," added Drakoulis. "Incorporating akoo.com's Internet radio database is a big bonus for AltaVista," said Andre Herring herring, common name for members of the large, widely distributed family Clupeidae, comprising many species of marine and fresh-water food fishes, including the sardine (Sardinia), the menhaden (Brevoortia), and the shad (Alosa). , senior manager, digital media centers for AltaVista. "The breadth and quality of their live radio streams allow us to provide a comprehensive Web-wide entertainment experience for AltaVista users." About AltaVista AltaVista Company is the premier knowledge resource on the Internet at www.altavista.com. Building on its strong search heritage and patented technology, AltaVista unlocks the vast Internet to provide the richest, most relevant information access across multiple dimensions, including: Web pages, shopping, up-to-the-minute news, live audio and video, and community resources. AltaVista offers informative services including the multi-dimensional AltaVista search, pure Web page Raging rag·ing adj. 1. Very active and unpredicatable; volatile: a raging debate; a raging fire. 2. Remarkable; extraordinary: a raging hit on prime-time TV. Search (www.raging.com) from AltaVista, AltaVista Shopping.com, AltaVista Live! personalized portal See personal portal. , and AltaVista Free Internet Access See how to access the Internet. . AltaVista is 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. (Nasdaq: CMGI), Andover, Mass. AltaVista is headquartered in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. About Akoo.com Akoo.com is an Internet entertainment network that combines a comprehensive selection of audio and video content with proprietary technology that simplifies and automates 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. . Founded in 1999, the company is based in Elmwood Park, Ill. Akoo.com's website at http://www.akoo.com features programming from more than 4,000 worldwide radio and television stations, several thousand music videos, movie trailers and full-length feature films, additional audio/video programming in numerous categories, including news, sports, television and business, and the Radio Akoo network comprised of nine, commercial free digital music channels. To enhance this broad range of content, akoo.com features proprietary technology to simplify and enhance the online experience, including a search engine for Internet broadcasting, a scheduling capability that allows users to build customized playlists and the akoo dial, which manages playlists and automates the entire online experience. In August 2000, akoo.com also introduces Kima, wireless consumer technology that sends audio from a PC to any home stereo or portable radio system within 1,000 feet. |
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