Fred Willard to Host 17th Annual Montreal International Comedy Festival Webcast On iNEXTV Affiliate AENTV.com.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1999-- The "Cannes of Comedy" Internet Special in Streaming Video Begins July 21, 1999; 17-Year Video Archive to be Available in Five Languages Drew Cummings, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Alternative Entertainment Network, a strategic partner of Ampex Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AXC AXC Chief Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Technician (Naval Rating) AXC Add Cross-Connect Card ), has announced that Fred Willard, one of Hollywood's most original comedic talents (Fernwood Tonight, Roseanne, Waiting for Guffman Waiting for Guffman is a musical mockumentary starring, co-written and directed by Christopher Guest that was released in 1997. It stars a cast of actors who have come to form an acting troupe that has appeared in a series of Guest-directed mockumentaries. , and currently Austin Powers II -- The Spy Who Shagged Me) will host a multi-faceted Internet special event for AENTV at this year's Montreal International Comedy Festival. David Hyde-Pierce, Elayne Boosler, Howie Mandel, Luke Perry, Jerry Springer and Lea Delaria are among the more than 200 comedians from 18 countries that will be performing at this year's Festival, which will include a "live" talk show hosted by Willard. AENTV coverage, from Festival headquarters at the Delta Hotel in Montreal, will include behind-the-scenes Festival events including street performers, backstage interviews, and entertainment industry conferences. AENTV, one of the leading Internet producers and aggregators of streaming video content, will have crews and reporters around the city to cover the events. Both the "live" talk show and on-demand streaming video of past festivals will kick off July 21 on the Comedy Channel of the AENTV website (http://www.aentv.com). The 17 years of on-demand comedy performances include such icons as Drew Carey, George Burns, Jerry Seinfeld, Milton Berle, Brett Butler, Jonathan Winters, Tim Allen, P. Paul Reiser, and Roseanne, to name a few. What will also make the webcast at this year's Festival unique is that many of the performances will be translated into French, German, Spanish, and Japanese, making this a truly International comedy event taking full advantage of the worldwide Internet audience. Based in southern California, AENTV, www.aentv.com, began operations in 1996 and is a leading producer and aggregator of streaming video content for delivery over the Internet. Broadcasting & Cable magazine recently named AENTV, along with 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. , CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , FOX, & 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. as one of the "Top 10 Video Sites on the Internet." iNEXTV Corporation, www.inextv.com, headquartered in 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. , is one of the world's largest providers of audio/visual content for the Internet and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ampex Corporation (AMEX:AXC). iNEXTV produces Internet video programming in 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 , Los Angeles, Reston, Va., Washington, D.C. and Munich, Germany, and has announced that it will expand its European operations to include Berlin next year. The iNEXTV network of affiliated video web sites currently includes TV onthe WEB, www.tvontheweb.com, Reston, Va., a leading Internet video provider; Alternative Entertainment Network Television, www.aentv.com, Los Angeles, one of the largest on-demand streaming video sites, and TV1 Internet Television, www.tv1.de, Munich, Germany, one of Europe's top webcasters. The company is developing Executive Branch TV, www.exbtv.com, Washington, D.C., which will provide coverage of executive agencies and White House activities over the Internet and a premier channel, iSTYLETV, both of which are scheduled for launch this fall. iNEXTV is also working with its parent company, digital video pioneer Ampex Corporation, on the development of enhanced video technology to be used by iNEXTV and its affiliates. This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning 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 that involve risks and uncertainties and unforeseen circumstances that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those mentioned in the company's 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, l999. |
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