GO.com Web Sites Experience Double-Digit, Year-Over-Year Growth According to Media Metrix; ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com and ESPN.com All Experience Growth.Business Editors/Entertainment & Internet Writers NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000 GO.com's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO) 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 Online and ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Internet Group all have experienced double-digit growth in unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. from April 1999-2000 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Media Metrix. "Our vertical sites are introducing some of the most innovative and compelling content on the Web. We are extraordinarily pleased that increasing numbers of users are seeking out our content," said Steve Bornstein Steve Bornstein is currently the President and CEO of the NFL Network and is also the NFL's Executive-VP of Media. Prior to joining the NFL, Bornstein was the Chairman of ESPN, and also served as president of ABC. , chairman, GO.com. -- ABC.com has experienced 40% growth from April 1999-2000. In November 1999, ABC.com co-hosted the Drew Carey Web-cam in which 650,000 streams of live video were served as a companion to "The Drew Carey Show" on ABC Television. Most recently, ABC.com featured "PreView" an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at "The View," in which users were able to watch streaming video of the co-hosts and producers preparing for that day's program, a special tribute to Michael J. Fox's departure from "Spin City," and a newly created web page (abc.com/wave) allowing fans of "All My Children" the opportunity to choose the wedding gown a character on the show will wear for her wedding. -- ABCNEWS.com has experienced 19% growth for the past year. In that time, ABCNEWS.com introduced several features highlighting ABC News on-air reporters. The Peter Jennings daily e-mail goes to nearly 40,000 users each day and Samdonaldson@abcnews.com, an Internet-only Web cast that debuted in September 1999, is relaunching to five days a week. In addition, ABCNEWS.com and "World News Now," ABC News' overnight news service introduced a daily synchronized Internet-television experience with interactive elements on both the Web site and in the television programming. -- Disney Online grew 38% from April 1999-2000. Its flagship Web site, Disney.com, has maintained its leadership position as the No. 1 entertainment site for kids and families, every month for over a year straight. Committed to providing guests with the highest quality of imaginative and innovative content, Disney.com recently unveiled the "Dinosaur" Web site in conjunction with the newly released animated feature film. The site enables guests to generate their own movie scenes by incorporating their choice of characters and special effects, and once finished, watch their creations come to life. -- ESPN.com grew 36%, and ESPN Internet Group continues to attract more unique users than its two closest Internet sports competitors combined, and also owns a 64% market share of page views among the top four Internet sports content providers. GO.com and ABC, Inc. also introduced several Enhanced TV applications in the past year, including synchronized programming in conjunction with NFL football telecasts on ESPN and ABC and most recently for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". 650,000 users logged onto Enhanced TV during ABC's telecast of the Super Bowl and since its launch at the end of March, more than 4.8 million viewers have played the "Millionaire" Enhanced TV game, staying 41 minutes on average. GO.com (NYSE:GO) is the Internet business of The Walt Disney Company and manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including the GO.com portal ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, Family.com, ESPN.com, ESPNstore.com, EXPN EXPN Expand .com, Mr. Showbiz, Movies.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, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com and NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com. Steven M. Bornstein is the chairman of GO.com, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, California, with operations in Sunnyvale, Calif., Bristol, Conn., Seattle, 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 , and London. |
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