Interactive MultiMedia Publishers Inc. announces installation of multimedia kiosks at northern Ohio golf clubs.AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1996--WorldWide Sports Marketing (WSM), a division of Interactive MultiMedia Publishers Inc. (IMP), (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 OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB Symbol:DROM DROM Deutsches Register Osteopathischer Medizin DROM Data Read Only Memory ) announced today that it has begun installation of multimedia kiosks in 30 northern Ohio golf clubs. The kiosks, which will be 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, 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. According to NOGA Executive Director Robert A. Wharton, "This is the first program in the country to offer the GHIN system along with state-of-the-art multimedia equipment. We believe that this will provide several new benefits to our member clubs and other participating clubs using the GHIN system." 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 competitor in the international marketplace for the development and sale 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 include AST Computer, Jet Express and Cleveland Magazine. Advertising rates begin at $4,000 per month. The total number of guaranteed player interactions is estimated to be over 600,000 for the 1996 season. CONTACT: Interactive MultiMedia Publishers Inc., Akron Karl Bunkelman, 800/462-5483 |
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