Channel 4000 Adds E-Commerce; WCCO Site Becomes First To Offer Local Online Shopping.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1998--Channel 4000 announced today the launch of Marketplace, a new online shopping mall offering Minnesota specialties online, as well as established national brands. Marketplace (marketplace.channel4000.com) offers consumers a safe, secure and convenient way to shop online from their favorite local shops. "There are many places on the Web to shop for national items, but no one is really offering local merchants a good venue," says Channel 4000 Publisher Dan Naden. "Marketplace allows places like the Minnesota Zoo The Minnesota Zoo (formerly Minnesota Zoological Gardens), is an AZA accredited zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota. When it opened on May 22, 1978 [1] it was fairly revolutionary in its exhibits. to join a high traffic site without a huge investment." Channel 4000 is working with ViaWeb to provide online commerce for the smaller businesses. Upon joining Marketplace, each store also receives advertising throughout the rest of Channel 4000. In addition to traditional stores, WCCO Radio (wcco.com) and the Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Twins have played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. (mntwins.com) have seen great success through early online sales on Channel 4000. "Since we already providethe latest information on breaking news, weather, traffic, sports, business and more, the addition of Marketplace makes sense," added Naden. Channel 4000 receives over 3.5 million page requests per month and already provides e-commerce for the Minnesota Twins, the Minnesota Zoo, Lorie Line and WCCO Radio. Marketplace will bring these stores together in one place to join other vendors like the Coldwell Banker Burnet burnet, hardy perennial herb of the family Rosaceae (rose) found in temperate regions, usually with white or greenish flowers. The European species are sometimes cultivated for the leaves, which are used in salads, for flavoring, and formerly as a poultice to stop Classic, MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. , Job Keys, Books.com, E-Toys.com, NetSales, Job Keys, Shades.com and Impulse! Buy Network. Channel 4000 is operated by 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. System in conjunction with WCCO TV, Radio and MSC. IBS IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, see there (www.ibsys.com) specializes in developing Web sites for television stations nationwide. Currently, IBS operates Channel 2000 with CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. 2-TV, NewsNet5 with WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Channel 6000 in Portland with KOIN-TV and Channel 3000 with WISC-TV in Madison launches in July.
CONTACT: Internet Broadcasting System
Andrea Yoch, 612/841-3377
andrea@ibsys.com
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