Creating the Sopranos' Family Tree Online, Humanizing the Web, and Leveraging the Power of the Internet Featured On `Business Now' At 11 A.M. Sunday, April 16th On WABC-TV, Channel 7, New York.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000 Television business news magazine "Business Now" this week profiles a company helping invent the future of video online, reports on a NY City firm leveraging the power of the Internet, and shows how a Long Island company has transformed the chat room into a powerful sales tool. "Business Now" airs at 11 a.m., Sunday, April 16TH on WABC-TV, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The program simultaneously is being broadcast on the "Business Now" web site: www.BusinessNow.com This week "Business Now" reports on: Softcom, Inc., a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Internet applications service provider which helped create an online family tree for one of TV's hottest and most acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. shows--The Sopranos. Softcom developed Media Platform, integrating video with other functions--clips, chats, purchasing and accessing information--all at the same time on the same page. Business Now's Pat Lore says HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy is using Softcom's interactive technology to create the popular Sopranos' family tree online. Applied Theory, a New York City Internet solutions provider using technology to bring a high quality of life to patients during critical cancer treatment. Applied Theory wired Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital for Internet and videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. access to make life as normal as possible for long-term patients. The firm views itself as "general contractors A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. ...to leverage the power of the Internet. " CosmoCom. a Long Island company with a goal of humanizing the web, and creating an interactive personal shopping service around the clock, around the globe. CosmoCom co-founder Stephen Dellutri says, "We've taken the chat room and put a business application around it." With CosmoCom's Call Universe, customers can communicate with a knowledgeable sales force in real time, get an answer and make a decision about buying online. Technology and You, a weekly report from Business Now-Business Week on personal technology. This week, Steve Wildstrom reports on a new free service in online storage, and raises concerns about security and privacy. Business Now is produced by Building America Television, home of the Internet's most extensive library of video-streamed business news at www.BusinessNow.com Business Now is currently preparing stories on VC-backed companies who are mezzanine mez·za·nine n. 1. A partial story between two main stories of a building. 2. The lowest balcony in a theater or the first few rows of that balcony. or pre-IPO. For story suggestions or more information, contact Amy Furr at (703) 787 3533, x33. Program sponsors include Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and Nextel. |
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