NetLive Communications signs agreement with Dr. William Masters.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 1996-- To Jointly Develop Video Conferenced Sexual Therapy Service NetLive Communications Inc. (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 : NETL NETL - A semantic network language, for connectionist architectures. ["NETL: A System for Representing and Using Real-World Data", S.E. Fahlman, MIT Press 1979]. , NETLW) announced today it has signed a letter of intent with Dr. William Masters
Under the terms of the agreement, NetLive will provide all technological aspects for the project, including videoconferencing, electronic commerce, scheduling, billing and World Wide Web page design and maintenance. NetLive will also retain therapists, develop a referral network for on-line patients and market and promote the service. The company said Dr. Masters will personally supervise all substantive aspects of the project, including the recruiting, training and hiring of therapists. In conjunction with the live, videoconferenced therapy service, NetLive and Dr. Masters will jointly develop a free, on-line library of sex therapy literature, which will include selections from Dr. Master's extensive writings on the topic. Laurence Rosen, NetLive's president, stated, "This is an extensive project which we expect will be well received by Internet users. We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with an individual of Dr. Masters' ability and reputation." NetLive pointed out that while the agreement contains an exclusivity clause for both parties during its term, the agreement expressly permits either party to engage in discussions with Dr. Masters' former co-author, Dr. Virginia Johnson, and/or the Masters & Johnson Institute regarding the possibility of their joint endorsement of this project. Dr. Masters began researching human sexual function at the Washington University School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the most competitive and highly regarded medical schools and biomedical research institutes in the United States. . He and Dr. Johnson undertook the first scientific study of the physical aspects of sexuality. Their data, which was the only reliable data in the field, served as the basis for their first book, and national bestseller, Human Sexual Response. Doctors Masters and Johnson Masters and Johnson, pioneering research team in the field of human sexuality, consisting of the gynecologist William Howell Masters, 1915–2001, b. Cleveland, and the psychologist Virginia Eshelman Johnson, 1925–, b. thereafter founded the Masters & Johnson Institute in St. Louis in 1964 to provide qualified sex therapy. NetLive Communications Inc. is the first company to provide live, one-on-one, videoconferenced entertainment, educational and counseling services over the Internet. The company utilizes proprietary technologies that allow customers to videoconference with the company's licensed professionals and entertainment performers over the Internet in an interactive and user-friendly environment. CONTACT: NetLive Communications Inc., 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 Laurence Rosen, 212/343-7082 or KCSA KCSA Krannert Center Student Association KCSA Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (Frankfort, KY) KCSA Kyiv City State Administration KCSA Kalamazoo Christian School Association KCSA Kentucky-Canadian Studies Association Public & Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , New York Joe Mansi/Paul Holm 212/682-6300 ext. 205/201 |
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