America Online and CBS Bring Back Classic Super Bowl Commercials.Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2004 MILLIONS TO VIEW AND VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITES ON THE AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (R) AND AOL.COM(R) SERVICES AND CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. .COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. FROM JANUARY 23-28 Winners To Be Announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. During CBS Special "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials" Airing Saturday, Jan. 31 at 9 PM ET/PT AOL's Biggest Commercial Poll Ever Featuring New Super Bowl(R) Ads To Take Place After Super Bowl XXXVIII Super Bowl XXXVIII was the 38th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas following the 2003 regular season. Remember Mean Joe Greene The name Joe Greene may refer to the following people:
The viewing and voting for these classic ads are part of AOL's comprehensive Super Bowl package of events designed to highlight AOL(R) TopSpeed(TM) technology, the built-in Web accelerator Software that speeds up the retrieval of Web pages. Anticipating that you might click a link on the current page, it downloads the linked pages in the background. Most of these utilities require nothing more than your browser, while others require a counterpart component in the server. in AOL(R) 9.0 Optimized that allows consumers to browse the Internet faster -- up to five times faster for dial-up users when compared with a standard dial-up connection(1). These commercials are available now for viewing and voting to AOL members at AOL Keyword: Super Bowl, and for free on the Web through the AOL.com service and on CBS.com. The polls will close on Wednesday, Jan. 28 and the results will be revealed on CBS' "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials." The show will feature 10 of the most memorable Super Bowl ads, counting down from 10 to four. Then, during the CBS broadcast, the polls will reopen on AOL, AOL.com and CBS.com where fans can vote for the top three. The results will be announced live on the show. "Classic ads - like music - bring us back to a moment in time. This collection of some of the most memorable Super Bowl ads bridges generations of memories and provides a fun and rare look back at commercials that we still talk about today," said Len Short, Executive Vice President of Brand Marketing, America Online. "Joining CBS to announce the fans' favorites on 'Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials' is a terrific way to pay tribute to these remarkable ads and get people excited about the new ads that will be debuting during Super Bowl XXXVIII," said Carlos Silva Carlos Silva (born April 23, 1979 in Bolívar, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the Minnesota Twins since 2004. Previously, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies (2002-03). He bats and throws right handed. , Senior Vice President, AOL(R) News & AOL(R) Sports. Jack Sussman, Senior Vice President Specials, CBS Television Network CBS Television Network Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. , added, "We look forward to presenting 'Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials' not only because these ads are so much fun to watch, but also because real fans will have their say in the outcome of the program by voting on AOL, AOL.com and CBS.com. This program will be a great way to celebrate the pop culture institution that the Super Bowl ads have become." Immediately following Super Bowl XXXVIII, fans can participate in AOL's biggest ever Super Bowl advertising poll, expected to be the largest in history, with voting open to both AOL members, through AOL Keyword: Super Bowl, and free on the Web through AOL.com. Last year, AOL's first commercial showcase generated more than 5.6 million streams in 36 hours. The poll gives fans on AOL and AOL.com the opportunity to view ads that premiered during Super Bowl XXXVIII immediately after the game and cast their votes for their favorite. Early results of this year's poll will be available within hours after the big game. The final results of the poll will be announced on February 2. Other Super Bowl initiatives from AOL include Super Bowl@AOL -- an online destination giving fans up close and behind-the-scenes access to the events surrounding the big game as well as extensive football video from NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga @AOL; access to a wide array of Super Bowl content via the Web on the newly redesigned AOL.com; and a series of new ads highlighting TopSpeed technology featuring the stars of Discovery Channel's breakout hit show "American Chopper." About America Online America Online is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. Broadcast outlets: For more information about AOL's Super Bowl commercials, a b-roll feed featuring behind-the-scenes footage from AOL's new advertisements debuting in Super Bowl XXXVIII will be fed twice today. Feed times and coordinates are as follows: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM, ET, Telstar 5, Transponder 14, C-Band Downink Freq: 3980 H 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM, ET Telstar 5, Transponder 14, C-Band Downink Freq: 3980 H (1) AOL(R) 9.0 Optimized with TopSpeed(TM) technology loads certain web page text and graphics faster than with a standard 56.6K dial-up Internet service. Actual speeds may vary. TopSpeed technology is only available with AOL 9.0 software. Minimum system requirements apply. |
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