HearMe and 3rd Elevation Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch Mplayer-Europe.Business/Entertainment Editors &High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 New Interactive Company Funded by The Netherlands' Leading Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. Provider to Launch Voice-Enabled Online Games Service For Europe HearMe (Nasdaq:HEAR) and 3rd Elevation elevation, vertical distance from a datum plane, usually mean sea level to a point above the earth. Often used synonymously with altitude, elevation is the height on the earth's surface and altitude, the height in space above the surface. today announced a partnership to launch an extension of the HearMe's(TM) voice-enabled Internet games and entertainment service in Europe. 3rd Elevation has licensed HearMe(TM) technology, including the underlying technology for Mplayer.com(TM), HearMe's award-winning Internet games community, and HearMe.com, HearMe's industry-leading live voice community. Funded by KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) (Royal Dutch Telecom), a leading telecommunications provider for The Netherlands, 3rd Elevation plans to launch Mplayer-Europe, an online games and entertainment community for European game fans. The agreement brings powerful technology and services for real-time games, entertainment, and communications to users across most of Europe and Russia. As part of the agreement, 3rd Elevation has licensed HearMe proprietary systems for online games and entertainment that include online game matchmaking Matchmaking Matricide (See MURDER.) Kecal marriage broker whose plans are foiled by a pair of lovers. [Czech Opera: Smetana The Bartered Bride in Osborne Opera, 32] Levi, Dolly ; communications features such as voice and text chat, pagers, and shared whiteboards; Mplayer.com's user-interface for online games; and advanced technology to support high-speed, low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as game play. In addition, 3rd Elevation has licensed HearMe's POP.X(TM) technology to create, deploy, and operate original interactive applications on Mplayer-Europe. 3rd Elevation B.V will host, operate, and provide localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. content for Mplayer-Europe. &uot;Through strategic new initiatives, 3rd Elevation is striving to offer new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. services and content for European consumers,&uot; explained Hyke van der Heijden, 3rd Elevation. &uot;By teaming with HearMe in our new effort, we benefit from proven technology, experience in providing quality user experiences, and a strong games brand that has already begun to penetrate Europe. 3rd Elevation with the HearMe partnership is the next step in our ongoing efforts advance Internet offerings throughout Europe.&uot; Through Mplayer-Europe, 3rd Elevation will offer a free service for online games allowing consumer users, among other things, play popular computer games against multiple opponents on the Internet. 3rd Elevation intends to launch the service by offering it to registered European members of HearMe's North American-based Mplayer.com. 3rd Elevation plans to provide third-party content and localized community features and information for Mplayer-Europe and plans to launch the service in the spring of 2000. &uot;By teaming with a strong telecommunications backed player, we continue to extend our real-time technologies and brands to the global audience of Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f ,&uot; explained Chris Early, vice president of Mplayer.com at HearMe. &uot;We are pleased to team with 3rd Elevation to deliver voice-enabled Internet games and entertainment services to the European and Russian markets. 3rd Elevation shares our vision to create communities worldwide to bring to this vast audience engaging online games with integrated social community features like voice chat.&uot; About 3rd Elevation Established end-1999, 3rd Elevation B.V is specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. in the online games market offering a live community to the end users. The Company's mission is to become the online game channel of Europe, to offer a total interactive gaming community A gaming community is usually a group of like minded individuals working towards a goal (such as promoting fair play and team work) or supporting each other within games (usually online video games such as MMORPG's or FPS's) RTS(real time strategy) games are developing larger for the end users. About Mplayer.com and HearMe Launched in October 1996, Mplayer.com is an award-winning real-time games and entertainment community that offers a broad range of online games, communications tools, and events to millions of people across the Internet. Through its sister site, HearMe.com, Mplayer.com also offers access to a free, real-time voice chat community -- giving people a place to talk, sing, share stories, play music and hold free conference calls with other people across the country. Mplayer.com is a service of HearMe (Nasdaq:HEAR). HearMe is dedicated to reshaping today's Internet applications into real-time interactive experiences through which large groups of people can interact and communicate using text, voice, and video. The company operates its own real-time consumer Internet communities, HearMe.com and Mplayer.com. Through HearMe Technology Products, the company provides software products and services for leading third-party site operators building their own branded real-time experiences. Communication tools such as text chat applications and instant messengers AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. are already incorporating HearMe technology to enable real-time voice interaction on the Internet. 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, StarMedia Network, theglobe.com, Talk City, GTECH Corp., LG InterNet and CSK CSK see chronic superficial keratitis. Sega. Founded in early 1995 as, Mpath Interactive, Inc., HearMe is located in Mountain View. The company can be found on the Internet at or reached at 1-650-429-3900. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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; 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 periods ended March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999, and Sept. 30, 1999 and in HearMe's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. HearMe, HearMe.com, POPx 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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