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ImOn.comTV to Power RockWindow Television Network.


SAN CARLOS San Carlos (săn kär`lōs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,167), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1925. The chief manufactures are plastic products, hardware, and machine parts. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--

Major Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  based Internet start-up, founded by Internet,

radio, television and music industry veterans, plans to begin

Webcasting low and high-bandwidth classic-modern rock music,

music videos, news and celebrity interviews beginning in the

Spring 2000

ImOn.comTV(TM) is a turnkey 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.
 station installed

on the licensee's server that features viewer-directed branching

video with integral Web data, the WebZinger Online Research

Engine, and sellONstream e-commerce

RockWindow Television Network (www.rockwindow.com), a start-up Web-based classic-modern rock music network based in Los Angeles, California, has purchased an ImaginOn (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: IMON) (www.imaginon.com) ImOn.comTV Internet television station to webcast music, music videos, news and celebrity interviews, beginning in Spring 2000.

Founded by Internet, radio, television, and music industry veterans whose experience covers everything from business development, production, programming, and talent, RockWindow Television Network intends to launch the first Internet Webcasting network that combines classic and modern music styles in a total interactive rock experience. The network will feature the full and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  of interactive Web functionality with television quality video, audio and broadband content. Initially, the network will be made available through ISPs to consumers who have 28.8 or 56kbps dial-up connections. Consumers will see the RockWindow Media Console in their browser and play back music and video content that has been automatically pre-downloaded, allowing RockWindow to deliver VCR-quality video via modem connections.

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 Marcus Hause, Chief Executive Officer of RockWindow Television Network, Inc., ImOn.comTV was selected to serve as the engine for the Rock Window Media Portal because it is the first solution that delivers a superior quality of interactive video to an unlimited number of viewers. "We are creating a new kind of media, the world's first Internet television network that seamlessly integrates the Web with broadcasting. ImOn.comTV is the only completely turnkey product that allows us to achieve this goal."

ImOn.comTV enables any website to provide suitably connected Web users Internet television featuring viewer-directed branching video fully integrated with Web research. The ImOn.comTV product can put any traditional broadcaster, corporation or content owner into the Internet television business, literally overnight. The product is sold in a variety of configurations, based on the number of Internet file servers required and is customized for each licensee. ImaginOn also offers a host of pre-and post-launch services to ImOn.comTV licensees.

"The ImOn.comTV product is a TV station in a box -- software on a server -- that will, we believe, become a standard for Internet television," ImaginOn Chief Executive Officer David Schwartz David Schwartz is a composer, noted for his scoring the music for the multiple Emmy Award-winning television series, Arrested Development, Deadwood, and numerous others. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.  said today. "Farsighted far·sight·ed or far-sight·ed
adj.
1. Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.

2. Capable of seeing to a great distance.
 entrepreneurs like RockWindow Television Network understand that the distinctions between "broadcast" and "Webcast" are disappearing. All content will soon flow from one source to many different receivers -- the television, personal computers, it doesn't matter."

"ImOn.comTV brings three things to market that makes Internet television a turnkey solution: viewer-directed seamless branching, instant Web page access, and automated, simultaneous Web research of the topic that is on the TV. These benefits are unique to ImaginOn. We believe this is the turnkey product that will help move the Internet into the next era in its history," Schwartz said.

RockWindow (http://www.rockwindow.com) is the first and only Internet broadcasting Internet Broadcasting (formerly Internet Broadcasting Systems), or IBS, is a provider of television station web sites. IBS hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics.  site devoted exclusively to classic and modern rock and roll music. Pre-production for the company's program line-up is underway; the network is expected to launch in January 2000. For more information on RockWindow Television Network, contact Monica Prasad Prasāda (Sanskrit: प्रसाद), prasād/prashad (Hindi), Prasāda in (Kannada), prasādam (Tamil), or prasadam  at (310) 792-9999 or by email at rockwindow3@earthlink.net.

ImaginOn, Inc. is an information technology company focused on developing and marketing broadband Internet See broadband.  television products. ImOn.comTV, ImaginOn's Internet television product, is a licensed turnkey package that enables any Website to present an interactive television console within a standard browser window on any suitably connected computer. The ImOn.comTV virtual console This article is about a computer user-interface concept. For Nintendo's game download service, see Virtual Console.

In some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux and BSD, a virtual console (VC, sometimes virtual terminal, VT
 offers its users video on demand, video that branches under user command, automated Web searching, and many additional features customized for individual licensees. The company's objective is to deliver Internet television to anyone and everyone who wants to communicate, entertain, inform, educate or market in a new way for a new era of interactive communications.

ImOn.comTV and sellONstream are trademarks of ImaginOn.com and are also protected under U.S. Patents. RockWindow is a trademark of RockWindow Television Network Inc.

Except for the historical information presented herein, the matters set forth in this press 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.
 within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" provision 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. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks include acceptance of ImaginOn software by developers and users, the successful development of competitive software to ImaginOn's, competitive pricing pressures for ImaginOn software and services, and the availability of financing to complete management's plans and objectives. In addition, other risks are detailed in the Company's periodic reports and in its Form S-3/A-2 registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1999. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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