Akoo.com Teams With Virage to Deliver Campaign 2000 Video Search Engine.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--May 15, 2000 Akoo.com, an 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 entertainment network, today announced it will provide comprehensive coverage of the presidential campaign by featuring Virage Inc.'s Campaign 2000 Video Search Engine A video search engine is a web-based search engine which crawls the web for video content. Some video search engines parse externally hosted content while others allow content to be uploaded and hosted on their own servers. on its website at http://www.akoo.com. The Campaign 2000 Video Search Engine offers users a searchable, streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. video collection of C-SPAN's televised debates, speeches and news surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the candidates' road to the White House. Users also may access and track candidates' positions on major issues such as taxes, education and foreign policy. The Campaign 2000 video database will be updated continuously through the general election in November. "The Campaign 2000 Video Search Engine adds value to our users by making important video news searchable and more easily accessible on our website," said Tammi Franke, akoo.com's vice president of business development. "We're pleased to partner with Virage to help our users keep informed during the presidential race." Officially launched on April 1 as an Internet entertainment network, akoo.com 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. . Akoo.com's website features programming from more than 3,000 radio and television stations from around the world, several thousand music videos and movie trailers and additional audio/video programming in numerous categories, including news, sports, television and finance. Akoo.com's proprietary technology includes one of the most detailed search engines for Internet broadcasting, a scheduling capability that allows users to build customized playlists and the akoo dial, which manages playlists and automates the entire Internet broadcasting experience. In July 2000, akoo.com also will introduce Kima, wireless technology that retransmits audio from a PC to any home stereo See stereophonic. or portable radio system within 1,000 feet. About akoo.com Akoo.com (http://www.akoo.com) is an Internet entertainment network that combines audio and video content with proprietary technology to create the ultimate online experience. Founded in 1999, the company is based in Elmwood Park, Ill. |
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