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First 24-Hour Live Interactive Internet TV Reality Show to Debut in June; OurPrisoner Will Allow Internet Audience to Control Every Aspect of Volunteer's Life for 6 Months.


RED BANK, N.J. -- The first 24-hour live interactive Internet television Internet television (or Internet TV) is television distributed via the Internet. Overview
In the past, television was only distributed by cable, satellite, or terrestrial systems.
 reality program will debut on June 14, announced executive producer Darin Myman of BigString Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of BigString Corporation (OTC OTC

See: Over-the-counter.


OTC

See over-the-counter market (OTC).
 BB: BSGC).

The program, OurPrisoner, features a 35-year-old-single-man, Kieran Vogel, who has volunteered to allow the Internet audience to control every aspect of his life for six months live, on camera, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Most aspects of Vogel's life in a suburban New Jersey home will be streamed in real time and unedited. Through an interactive media platform, viewers can vote to determine what he wears, what he eats, whom he dates, to whom he talks, what he watches on TV, what music he listens to, and much more. He will also react to viewer calls and emails.

Vogel, who suffers from a host of neuroses, waived his rights to privacy and doctor-patient privilege to allow viewers to see his twice-weekly sessions with therapist-life coach Diane Lang. Lang, an adjunct professor of psychology at Montclair State University History
Montclair State was established in 1908 as "Montclair Normal School" in response to a growing need for teachers. It was renamed "Montclair State Teachers College" in 1927, when it developed a program of educating secondary school teachers through a Bachelor of Arts
 and Centenary College Centenary College can refer to:
  • Centenary College of New Jersey, a private college located in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
  • Centenary College of Louisiana, a private college in Shreveport, Louisiana.
, has a post masters in advanced counseling from Montclair State, and an MA in counseling and a BA in liberal arts from the New York Institute of Technology The function of higher education was highly debated at the time. There was growing concern that American schools and colleges were failing to meet critical national demands, particularly the need for scientists, engineers, and high-level technicians. .

If OurPrisoner makes it through the six months he will win a prize package worth upwards of $500,000. If Vogel walks away before finishing his six-month commitment, he gets nothing.

OurPrisoner can be viewed on-line at OurPrisoner.com 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

On Friday nights Vogel will host a party for friends that viewers decide to let visit him. Music, dancing and dance lessons will be seen live. And viewers can determine what dances he learns. Kieran, who is a world-class kazoo player, will accompany his guitarist brother to play viewer requests. Several times a day he will give away prizes to viewers who correctly answer his trivia questions via email. As Kieran builds a relationship with his audience, they will help decide if he should be rewarded or punished by either taking away or granting privileges.

Vogel, who is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. , is a freelance artist. He is a struggling cartoonist and writes poetry besides playing the kazoo.

BigString Corporation, owner and operator of BigString.com, is a provider of user-controllable email services. In addition to permitting users to send recallable, erasable e·ras·a·ble  
adj.
1. Capable of being erased: erasable ink.

2. Capable of producing something that can be erased: an erasable pen.
 and self-destructing emails, BigString's patent-pending technology allows emails and pictures to be rendered non-printable or non-savable. This can be done before or after the recipient reads it, no matter what Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP)

Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password.
 is being used. A subsidiary, BigString Interactive, is an interactive entertainment portal that contains live streaming audio and video programming that can be controlled by the Internet audience.

Statements about the future expectations of BigString Corporation, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as that term is defined in 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. BigString Corporation intends that such forward-looking statements shall be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve certain risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, BigString Corporation's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
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