Charter Communications and Charter@Home Partner With ZDTV to Bring Leo Laporte and Call For Help to CompUSA in Hurst, TX on Saturday, June 26 From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.SAN FRANCISCO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- ZDTV ZDTV Ziff Davis Television , an affiliate of Ziff-Davis (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ZD), today announced that Call For Help television host Leo Laporte Leo Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956 in New York City, New York)[1] is an American technology broadcaster and author. Currently he lives in Petaluma, California, with his wife Jennifer and two children, Henry and Abby and a dog, Ozzy. will visit CompUSA in Hurst, Texas Hurst is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 36,273 at the 2000 census. Hurst is part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District (HEBISD). on Saturday, June 26. ZDTV, the 24-hour cable television channel about computers, technology, and the Internet, is teaming up with Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Charter@Home, and CompUSA to host the event. Laporte, host of ZDTV's popular live one-hour call-in computer help show, will meet fans and sign autographs at CompUSA at 840 Airport Freeway in Hurst from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. "We are excited to be teaming up with Charter Communications, Charter@Home, and CompUSA to host this event," said Mike Mason Mike Mason (born 1985-02-28 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent after completing his career at Tennessee State. , ZDTV's vice president of Affiliate Sales and Marketing. "This event gives us the opportunity to meet our Call For Help fans as well as help build awareness of Charter@Home's cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. Internet service." "We are thrilled to partner with ZDTV to build awareness about their innovative programming, while bringing satisfaction to our customers by continuing to provide them with informative and entertaining programming," said George Rosehart, regional vice president of Marketing, Charter Communications. Charter@Home will give demonstrations of their products from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and ZDTV will give away one netcam during the event. In addition, serviceable customers who sign up for Charter@Home at this event will receive a $49 Install (regularly $149) and 2 months free service. (Must purchase Pre-Installation Kit to receive full discount, rental or purchase of modem required, call 817/429-1096 for details). The first 200 serviceable people to sign up will receive the popular interactive game Tomb Raider III. ZDTV's Call For Help is a live, fully interactive call-in show that takes the stress out of computers and the Internet for both beginners and pros. Every day, host Leo Laporte goes "on call," live, to answer viewers' questions, share clever tips and tricks, and deliver practical advice on buying and getting the most out of technology. Viewers are invited to appear live on TV with Laporte via netcam and email with their questions and comments. The show airs daily at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/4:00 p.m. Pacific (6:00 p.m. Central). ZDTV is now available on Charter Communications in Charter's rebuilt service areas only, on Channel 53. About ZDTV ZDTV is a 24-hour cable television channel about computers, technology, and the Internet. The channel appeals to a wide range of viewers from the computer novice to the technology expert. Produced in its own digital state-of-the-art studios in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , ZDTV's programming ranges from daily industry news to insightful features on emerging technologies. Specific shows include Internet Tonight Internet Tonight (1998 - October 1, 2001[1]) was a television program on the cable network ZDTV (later known as TechTV, now known as G4). The show combined the "effervescent moxie" of Michaela Pereira with the "dry wit" of Scott Herriott, to bring the viewers the , The Money Machine, ZDTV News, Call For Help, GameSpot TV, The Screen Savers Screen Savers may refer to:
About Ziff-Davis Inc. Ziff-Davis Inc. is a leading integrated media and marketing company focused on computing and Internet-related technology, with principal platforms in print publishing, trade shows and conferences, online content, television, market research and education. Ziff-Davis provides global technology companies with marketing strategies for reaching key decision-makers. Following the recent initial public offering of a new series of common stock intended to track the performance of its Internet business ZDNet (NYSE:ZDZ), the existing common stock of Ziff-Davis Inc. became a series of common stock (NYSE:ZD) intended to track the performance of the ZD Group, which includes print publishing, trade shows and conferences, education, market research and television businesses and an 84% retained interest in ZDNet. |
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