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CITYINTERACTIVE AND INTEL Create a Better Internet Experience for Pentium III Owners With -ULTIMATE COUNTDOWN-.


TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1999--CityInteractive, a leading supplier of online entertainment and Intel launch "The Ultimate Countdown" a site optimized for Intel's new Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE).  processor-based PC users.

CityInteractive, the new media division of CHUM Ltd. puts a new spin on an old classic. Take a weekly Top 30, add music, voting and games...and you've got a hit web site! With regular updates and new music content every week, this "mother of all interactive music experiences" is available online at muchmusic.com, and intel.com/ca.

The Ultimate Countdown draws from the resources of "the world's most interactive music video channel", MuchMusic. Guess what the artist will say in the "Whadda Ya' Say" online game. Play "Ultimate Trivia", or tell us who YOU think should be No. 1 in the Interactive Top 5. Each featured artist has their own Spotlight. Listen to samples of their latest hits online!

"We're making a leap forward in online entertainment with Intel and Pentium III," said CityInteractive General Manager, Josh JOSH Joshua
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 users will enjoy our music, movies and games with even more speed and excitement."

"Web sites optimized for Intel's new Pentium III processor are more dynamic and visual" said Doug Cooper, Marketing Manager, Intel of Canada, "just what you'd expect from CityInteractive and MuchMusic".

The Ultimate Countdown is the latest example of CityInteractive's strategy to work with leading firms like Intel to reach new audiences on the Internet through new technology and syndicated web content. An established leader in interactive broadcasting and "convergence" programming, CityInteractive is extending its worldwide reach through several new strategic alliances with 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. , Microsoft and others.

CityInteractive, established in 1994, applies CHUM Television's unique style of presentation to the Internet, online services and multimedia, emphasizing "true interactivity" with high levels of participation. CityInteractive is accessible on the Internet at www.cityinteractive.com, www.muchmusic.com and www.citytv.com and on AOL (Keywords: "Much" and "Citytv").

CHUM Television is a division of CHUM Limited This article is about the history of the CHUM Limited's former assets, for the current ownership see CTVglobemedia.

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 and program providers. In addition to its international joint ventures and partnerships in the U.S., Europe and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , CHUM currently owns and operates 24 radio stations, six local television stations and eight Canadian specialty channels The following is a list of Canadian specialty channels, premium television services, and most other channels not available via terrestrial television. Arts and entertainment
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  • CGTV
  • The Comedy Network
  • DejaView
  • Lonestar
, including MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, Bravo BRAVO Cardiology A clinical trial–Blockade of the GP IIB/IIIA Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion– which evaluated lotrafiban in preventing strokes and acute MI. See GP IIB/IIIA. ! - Canada's NewStyleArtsChannel, Space - The Imagination Station, Access - The Education Station, MusiquePlus (50%), MusiMax (50%) and CablePulse24, Canada's first 24-hour local and regional news service. Uniquely branded programming produced by Citytv and MuchMusic, including FT:FashionTelevision, MovieTelevision, Ooh La La, MediaTelevision and The NewMusic amoung others is distributed internationally and can be seen in over 130 countries.
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