Interactive MultiMedia Publishers Inc. announces completion of multimedia kiosk installations at 30 Northern Ohio golf clubs.AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1996--WorldWide Sports Marketing (WSM WSM Samoa (ISO Country code) WSM Wave Structure of Matter WSM Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland) WSM Web Services Management WSM Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset, England) ), a division of Interactive MultiMedia Publishers Inc. (IMP), (NASDAQ/OTC: DROM DROM Deutsches Register Osteopathischer Medizin DROM Data Read Only Memory ) announced today that it has completed installation of its multimedia kiosks in 30 Northern Ohio golf clubs. The kiosks, which are now located in the clubs' pro shops, are being sponsored by the Northern Ohio Golf Association (NOGA NOGA Northern Ohio Golf Association NOGA National Oil and Gas Assessment ), a USGA USGA United States Golf Association USGA Uhren & Schmuck Gassner (Germany) USGA US Global Nanospace Inc. (stock symbol) USGA Undergraduate Student Government Association regional organization. The USGA has 60 regional associations with 8,000 clubs in the U.S. The WSM kiosks with AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. Pentium PCs feature the USGA's computerized golf handicap system, GHIN GHIN Golf Handicap and Information Network , and also will provide club news, golf tips, NOGA/USGA news and advertising. The program has been developed as a "proof-of-concept" for the 1996 season which runs from April through October. "We view this project as a milestone in sports marketing and information services. It will provide the foundation for IMP's expansion into the national golf market for both private and public courses," stated IMP President P. Joseph Vertucci, Ph.D. IMP estimates that the advertising revenue potential for the 1996 NOGA project is between $450,000 and $650,000. The national market potential for all USGA clubs is estimated to be between $75 million and $150 million. The participating clubs include: Acacia C.C., Alliance C.C., Ashland C.C., Ashtabula C.C., Aurora C.C., Avon Oaks C.C., Canterbury C.C., Columbia Hills C.C., C.C. of Hudson, East Liverpool C.C., Elyria C.C., Fairlawn C.C., Firestone C.C., Hawthorne Valley C.C., Lake Forest C.C., Legend Lake C.C., Madison C.C., Mayfield C.C., Medina C.C., Oberlin C.C., Prestwick C.C., Sharon Golf Club, Shelby C.C., Spring Valley C.C., Tanglewood C.C., Walden Golf & Tennis Club, Westwood C.C., Weymouth Course of Fox Meadow, Wooster C.C., and Youngstown C.C. IMP is a leader in the international marketplace in the development and sales of interactive multimedia software, kiosks and CD-ROMs. IMP's clients include many Fortune 1000 companies including Goodyear, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. and IBM. Professional sports teams and venues include the Cleveland Cavaliers, the MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Center, the Utah Jazz, the Phoenix Suns and the Washington Bullets. WSM is selling advertising space on the kiosks to sportswear, airline, computer, automobile, financial services, real estate and resort companies who are focusing on this high income niche market. Participating advertisers in the NOGA project include AST Computer, Jet Express and Cleveland Magazine. CONTACT: Interactive MultiMedia Publishers Inc., Akron Karl Bunkelman, 800/462-5483 |
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