Creative Momentum High at Rare Medium Inc.: Internet Solutions Firm Adds `Communication Arts' Award to Its Global Collection.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- "1999 Info Design" Award Given for "Titanic Explorer" Rare Medium Inc. (Nasdaq:RRRR RRRR Raritan River Rail Road RRRR Rare Medium Corp. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ) continues to set themselves apart in creativity with its most recent award from 'Communication Arts.' Rare Medium received the 1999 Information Design Award for the design and development of "James Cameron's Titanic Explorer" interactive CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). in the prestigious magazine's "Interactive Design Annual 5." Tim Barber, creative director of "Titanic Explorer," said, "We created a snapshot of the future with a product that combines the best of computer and television experiences in a new form of entertainment. It is a thrill to have our forward-thinking work recognized by a premier publication like 'CA.' It doesn't get much better than this." "'Titanic' pushes the limits of multimedia software development by using the latest video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
The production features timeline-based browsing of an enormous range of historical background material and hours of high quality video and engaging interactive activities. From early naval travel, shipyard plans and the official maritime reports of the tragedy to the Oscar-winning movie, this documentary guides the user through the life of the R.M.S. Titanic. The production is factual and includes never-before-seen footage edited from the motion picture. "The 'Titanic Explorer' is very rich," said Gong Szeto, chief creative officer for Rare Medium. "The innovative user-interface and underlying technologies give us a glimpse of what is possible in broadband Internet See broadband. environments." In addition to the 1999 Communication Arts award, Rare Medium also has received numerous awards, including: the AIGA Communication Graphics 20 Award; Cannes Lions Award for 'The 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 Times'' "New York Today" Web site; One Show Silver Pencil Award for FOX Interactive; and a Silver Award in the I.D. Interactive Media Design Review, to name a few. In 1998, 'Crain's New York Business,' 'Silicon Alley Reporter' and 'U.S. News&World Report' also named Rare Medium Inc. to their lists of top Internet companies. About Rare Medium Rare Medium Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rare Medium Group Inc., is an Internet solutions firm that helps clients develop E-commerce Internet strategies, improve business processes, develop marketing communications, branding strategies and interactive content using Internet-based technologies and solutions. Rare Medium develops Internet- and Web-based solutions primarily for large and medium-sized corporations, including Microsoft, 'The New York Times,' Epson, Pfizer, Hotel Reservation Network and the Federal Reserve Bank, among other leading companies. The mission of Rare Medium Group is to incubate incubate /in·cu·bate/ (in´ku-bat) 1. to subject to or to undergo incubation. 2. material that has undergone incubation. in·cu·bate v. 1. paradigm-shifting ideas and build the next wave of blockbuster companies of the future by leveraging its award-winning Internet development arm, Rare Medium Inc. Companies currently in development include: www.liveuniverse.com, a "Micro-Portal Enabler" with over 100,000 Web sites in its network; www.iface.com, a "VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a " company, "Voice Enabling" the Internet; and www.changemusic.com, a company at the vanguard of the digital music revolution -- using the Internet tt to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect Rare Medium Group Inc. (Nasdaq:RRRR), and its subsidiaries' business and prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Among tith the SEC. |
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