AmeriNet Communications, Inc., Launches E-Commerce Website and Television Show Aimed at the 120 Billion Dollar Recreational Fishing Industry.Business Editors BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2001 AmeriNet Group.com, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ABUY) ("AmeriNet") announced today that its subsidiary, AmeriNet Communications, Inc. ("AmeriCom"), entered into a licensing agreement with Duffy Duffy is a surname of Irish origin. It comes from the original Irish name Ó Dubhthaigh, meaning descendant or grandson of Dubhthach. Dubhthach was an Old Irish first name meaning "Dark one". DeVaul, the founder and owner of the popular, five year old, recreational fishing website, www.greengrouper.com. AmeriCom plans to develop the website, which was established in 1996, has over 13,000 members worldwide and registers monthly hits in excess of 500,000, into an e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. website aimed at capturing a share of the 120 billion dollar American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of recreational fishing industry. The website and a 30-minute weekly television show, with an expected audience of between 13 and 50 million viewers, will be the cornerstones of AmeriCom's GreenGrouper project. Plans are also being made for a GreenGrouper magazine. Recreational fishing industry statistics show that the number of participants in the sport now exceeds 50 million, more than twice the number of golfers The list of golfers has been split into two articles:
AmeriCom has developed a format for the GreenGrouper television show designed to increase the burgeoning community of GreenGrouper members who will interact with the show and with fellow enthusiasts through the website. The show will center largely on audience participation using the "Amateur Video Contest," product reviews and a cooking segment. AmeriCom is presently discussing the distribution of the show with ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , AmericaOne, Fox Sports Network and the Outdoor Channel. AmeriCom is also continuing discussions regarding sponsorship of the show with major boating manufacturers as well as other industry-leading manufacturers. Future plans include: A line of GreenGrouper specialty products such as apparel, videos, software and gourmet cooking seasonings with plans for offering a complete selection of outdoor recreational equipment such as fishing gear, tackle, boating parts and accessories, and marine sporting supplies through arrangements it intends to negotiate with leading manufacturers, all offered for sale through the website, A production of two more outdoor entertainment shows, development of a 24 hour-a-day outdoor programming TV channel called GGTV within the next 24 months, A GreenGrouper Fishing Resort in South Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and , complete with hotel, marina Marina “a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles] See : Virtuousness , charter boats, rental boats, fishing lessons, a fishing "mall", a fishing museum, and a restaurant / conference center. Commenting on this project, AmeriNet's President, Ed Dmytryk, stated: "We are excited to have AmeriCom enter the entertainment and e-commerce arenas in the growing recreational fishing industry. Amerinet is a publicly traded holding company, which files periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It has offices in Ocala and Boca Raton Florida. In business since 1964, its management has a collective wealth of experience in finance, acquisitions and securing growth capital for emerging companies in the medical, internet and high tech fields. Its subsidiaries currently include Wriwebs.com, Inc. and AmeriNet Communications, Inc. For additional information contact: Charles Scimeca, Telephone: 561/998-3435, AmeriNet Group.com, Inc., Boca Raton, FL.Fax: 561/998-4635. e-mail: charles@amerinetgroup.com. Internet: www.amerinetgroup.com. This release contains certain "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. and information (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995) concerning AmeriNet that are based on the beliefs of AmeriNet's management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to AmeriNet. Such statements reflect the current views of AmeriNet with respect to future events and are subject to certain assumptions, including those described in this release. Should one or more of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially form those described herein as anticipated, believed or expected. AmeriNet does not intend to update these forward-looking statements prior to announcement of quarterly or annual results. |
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