ESPN.Com And HearMe Team Up For Enhanced NCAA Tournament Coverage.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Most Popular Sports Site Raises The Bar For Online NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
Coverage By Adding VoiceCREATOR Areas For Live Voice Conversations ESPN.com, part of GO.com (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO) and HearMe (Nasdaq:HEAR) are making it fun and easy for sports fans to voice their opinions and compare notes online during the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament: ESPN.com, the most popular sports site on the Web, has added HearMe's live voice capabilities to its NCAA tournament section through use of the HearMe(TM) VoiceCREATOR(TM) communication product. Now, basketball fans from across the Internet can become even more involved in the frenzy and competition of the NCAA tournament -- voicing their opinions, meeting other sports fans, and learning more about basketball -- by participating in live voice conversations seamlessly and easily, further driving adoption of the HearMe technology. HearMe live voice rooms will be integrated throughout ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network .com's NCAA pages, placed next to key news, stats, team information and other content related to the tournament -- allowing visitors to instantly chat about the topic on the page. ESPN.com visitors can interact with other site visitors about the tournament, teams, players and scores using their own voices. HearMe VoiceCREATOR is based on easy-to-use technology, joining a voice conversation is virtually instant, requiring no installation by the visitor in order to join in. "We believe that adding live voice capabilities to the NCAA Tournament pages of the ESPN.com site will empower our fans with new technology that brings greater meaning to their online experiences," said Geoff Reiss, senior vice president, programming, production and operations, ESPN Internet Group. "Live voice will change and enhance the way ESPN.com users interact and will enable them to become more intimately involved in the entire tournament experience on the Web." "ESPN.com knows what sports fans want. They offer up-to-the-minute news, insightful commentary, and anything the sports fan is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. . By adding voice to their site, they allow their visitors to take their online experience to the next level, instantly sharing and commenting on the sports information they find in a more personal and engaging way," said Jeremy Verba, president and COO of HearMe. "We are excited to partner with a visionary in this space and welcome the opportunity to bring the tremendous potential of live voice to a vast base sports aficionados." About HearMe VoiceCREATOR HearMe VoiceCREATOR offers Web sites high quality live voice communications. Simple implementation allows Web site designers to "drop" live voice features onto their Web pages in minutes. Once installed, VoiceCREATOR is easy for Web page visitors to use -- it requires a minimal download and automatically installs. Users with a computer microphone and speakers can participate in live voice conversations quickly and easily. VoiceCREATOR brings personal, sticky and service-enhancing capabilities to a broad spectrum of online content, such as: news and information, e-commerce, online customer service, distance learning, discussion groups and communities. VoiceCREATOR supports both Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
About HearMe HearMe is reshaping today's Internet applications into real-time interactive experiences, through which large groups of people can connect and communicate using text, voice and video. The company develops, operates and licenses technology that enables real-time Internet communication and communities where people can gather to share affinities, interests, or ideas. Communication tools such as text chat applications and instant messengers are already incorporating HearMe technology to enable real-time voice interaction among multiple people. HearMe technologies are enhancing a wide range of Internet applications including e-commerce, live customer support, business-to-business collaboration, distance learning, entertainment and consumer communities. Companies working with HearMe technology and services include MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Online Networks, Macromedia, Asiacontent.com, theglobe.com, Talk City, StarMedia Network, GTECH Corporation, LG InterNet and CSK CSK see chronic superficial keratitis. Sega. Founded in early 1995 as Mpath Interactive, Inc., HearMe is located in Mountain View, Calif. The company can be found on the Internet at www.hearme.com or reached at 650/429-3900. About ESPN.com ESPN.com delivers up-to-the-minute sports news, statistics, analysis and scores, along with extensive video and audio programming, and chats with players, ESPN experts and other sports personalities. The service features analysis from a roster of more than 70 ESPN experts, more than 50 free and premium Fantasy games, real-time statistics and graphics, and more. About GO.com GO.com was created as part of the recent merger between Infoseek Corporation and The Walt Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, ESPN.com, EXPN EXPN Expand .com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, ABCSports.com, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, HearMe's dependence on its ability to significantly increase its membership base, user minutes, advertising revenue and revenue from HearMe Technology Products customers; to launch new products, to maintain and develop strategic relationships with media, Internet and technology companies; to recruit engineering and technical staff, and to compete effectively. These and other risk factors are described in detail in the company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, the company's report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the period ended Sept. 30, 1999 and in HearMe's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: HearMe, VoiceCREATOR, HearMe.com, and Mplayer.com are trademarks of HearMe. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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