Animated Environmental Videos Showcased In Launch Of TappedInto.com/Greenpeace Alliance.Business Editors, Entertainment & Environmental Writers NOTE: A video and logo relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc this story will be available to journalists to download today at www.newstream.com NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 TappedInto.com has joined forces with Greenpeace International. The Nashville, Tennessee “Nashville” redirects here. For other uses, see Nashville (disambiguation). Nashville is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee, after Memphis. based Internet company is now the official media partner for broadband streaming on the World Wide Web. TappedIntoGreenpeace.org launches today with both archived footage and the Web premiere of six short animated videos on environmental themes produced by European film/video college students for MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . The six videos are part of a series of eighteen quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. , humorous spots and often bizarre combinations of sound and image are being broadcast on MTV and streamed via website http://www.tappedintogreenpeace.org. They draw attention to the major environmental threats of the 21st century - from nuclear pollution and climate change to overfishing Overfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. This can occur in any body of water from a pond to the oceans. More precise biological and bioeconomic terms define 'acceptable level'. and the destruction of forest habitats. Brian Fitzgerald Brian Fitzgerald (born March 1 1947) is an Irish Independent politician. He was a Labour Party Teachta Dála for Meath from 1992 to 1997. Previously a trade union official with SIPTU, Fitzgerald was elected to Dáil Éireann for Meath during the swing to Labour in the 1992 , Information Technology Director of Greenpeace International, was first introduced to TappedInto.com through their Webcasting of the World Trade Organization Summit in Seattle last November. "TappedInto.com provided a worldwide audience the opportunity to witness events in Seattle as if they were there- unfiltered Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since and unedited," recounts Fitzgerald. "That's an important thing for Democracy. It's also a good fit with one of the founding philosophies of Greenpeace, which is the concept of bearing witness to injustice. We believe that the World Wide Web has vast potential to expose environmental crimes, and to give people everywhere the choice, the opportunity, and the tools to act in stopping those abuses." "We are extremely proud of this new relationship," states Judith Newby, Vice President of TappedInto.com. "The opportunity to provide streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. for the Greenpeace community is a privilege. Our experience and technological savvy with `new century' broadcasting capabilities guarantees that thousands of concurrent users can connect and enjoy superior audio/video quality and clarity in both broad and narrow bandwidth." TappedInto.com is a privately held Nashville-based Internet company that has successfully built a network of content-rich channels that broadcast streaming multimedia programming on the Web. The company continues its rapid growth with a diverse community of intellectual and entertainment interests including: TappedIntoTheEarth, TappedIntoTravel, TappedIntoMedicine, TappedIntoMusic, TappedIntoEntertainment, TappedIntoSports, TappedIntoMoney, and now TappedIntoGreenpeace. "Along with high-lighting the many Greenpeace missions, our plans also include on-demand viewing of the vast Greenpeace video library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with continuous archiving of ongoing events," explains TappedInto.com President David Perdue Perdue may refer to:
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