Online Boxing Auction to Feature Boxing Legends' Memorabilia.Anywhere on the Internet--(BW SportsWire)--September 15, 1999-- The Auction Channel, QXL QXL Quixell (European online auction website) QXL Quark Express Element Library .com and Sky Sports team to bring TV and Internet Bidding to Boxing Fans World-Wide If names like Ali, Marciano, Holyfield, Lewis and Naseem make your heart race faster than a 10th round champion's, cancel all other appointments on September 23, 1999, because that's when you will be able to bid for 140 items owned by these and other all-time boxing greats from wherever in the world you happen to be. The Auction Channel, a division of Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : BDE See Borland Database Engine. ), QXL.com and Sky Sports team to bring television viewers and Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f live access to, and an opportunity to bid in, this unique auction event. The boxing memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a pl.n. 1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia. 2. auction takes place and will be broadcast from Ladbroke Hall, Ladbroke Grove, London and will commence at 2:30 p.m. E.D.T. on Thursday, September 23rd. Auction lots include a pair of Muhammad Ali's white satin satin, lustrous silk in which the filling is so arranged as to bind the warp as seldom as possible and so spaced that practically nothing shows but the warp. Satin was first woven by the ancient silk weavers of China and was greatly desired by early Greeks and Romans. boxing trunks, Alan Minter's ring gown worn when he fought Gratien Tonna on November 7, 1978, a print of Holyfield signed by Holyfield and tickets to watch the Holyfield - Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. USA heavyweight title fight. These lots and many others will be available through real-time, online bidding provided by The Auction Channel. Seventy auction lots will go under the hammer during a 90-minute television and Internet broadcast, following which an additional 70 lots will be auctioned on the Internet via The Auction Channel's Web site. Sky Sports 1 (United Kingdom) subscribers can view the televised portion of the auction as well as bid in real time on all lots by telephone by using The Auction Channel's unique Interactive Bidding System
Jason Gleave, The Auction Channel's founder and Managing Director, commented, "We are delighted to be associated with QXL.com. The Auction Channel's television broadcast distribution and real time bidding technology, combined with QXL's excellent track record in the European online auction market, enables us to offer this truly exciting and memorable auction in a variety of media and remote bidding formats to boxing fans world-wide." "The Auction Channel with their interactive TV-based bidding format can put QXL.com's boxing auction into over 5 million U.K. homes via Sky Sports," said Alex Czajkowski, QXL.com's Marketing Director. "Combining The Auction Channel's TV expertise with our online auction experience, we can create a true multimedia event for every boxing fan wishing to participate." Full information on the sale, including an illustrated catalogue, details on how to bid, auction highlights and much more can be found on both QXL.com's and The Auction Channel's Web sites, however, auction registration is only available on QXL.com. About The Auction Channel A division of Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc., The Auction Channel (http://www.theauctionchannel.com) is the first interactive themed television and Internet channel The Internet Channel is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo.[1] On December 22, 2006, a free beta version (promoted as a "trial version") of the browser was released. offering live coverage of auctions and related programming, broadcasting via satellite and cable to television viewers and Internet users around the globe. The Auction Channel `s unique Interactive Bidding System(TM) allows participants to use the Internet or their telephone to bid simultaneously with bidders in the auction room while watching the live action on television or their computer screens. The Auction Channel has entered into agreements to provide its services to major auction houses including Christie's South Kensington Coordinates: South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) west south-west of Charing Cross. , Phillips, Bonhams Bonhams is a privately owned British auction house founded in 1793. It is the third largest auctioneer after Sotheby's and Christie's, and conducts around 700 auctions per year. The firm has London salerooms in New Bond Street and Knightsbridge. , Allsop & Co., Brooks and Antiquorum. About QXL.com QXL.com (www.qxl.com) is a leading pan-European online auction community. QXL.com conducts consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer auctions in four languages and currencies. The QXL.com online auction community facilitates trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week in an efficient, convenient and entertaining environment. QXL.com enables buyers to bid on merchandise and services from across Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). which are sold by QXL.com, merchants and members in an auction format. QXL also enables sellers to locate and trade with buyers in new geographic markets. A wide range of merchandise and services is available on our online auction community, ranging from computer software and hardware, consumer electronics, household appliances and collectibles to travel-related items and sports equipment. QXL provides access to the QXL trading community in English (www.qxl.com and www.qxl.co.uk, launched in November 1997), German (www.qxl.de, launched in October 1998), French (www.qxl.fr, launched in December 1998) and Italian (www.qxl.it, launched in June 1999). Information about Forward Looking Statements Statements in this news release that relate to The Auction Channel's future prospects 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 Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. Actual circumstances may differ materially due to a variety of factors set forth in Brilliant Digital Entertainment's most recently filed Form 10-KSB report and 10-QSB report and are available from Brilliant Digital Entertainment's Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. department and may be obtained by calling or writing to our investor relations company, Jaffoni & Collins at 212-835-8500 or bde@jcir.com. |
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