Preference Acquires Real-Time Boxing and Bowling Information.Business/Sports Editors & Internet Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000 Preference Technologies(TM) Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :PFER) today announced that it has signed multi-year content agreements with bowl.com and Electronic Boxing Weekly to provide information for MySportsGIG(TM), Channel Two on the Global Information Gateway(TM) (GIG(TM)). Electronic Boxing Weekly (EBW EBW Electron Beam Welding EBW Electron Bernstein Wave EBW Exploding Bridgewire EBW Extreme Backyard Wrestling EBW Electron Beam Welder EBW Everybody Wins EBW Entropy Based Warfare EBW Equivalent Bandwidth EBW Evil, Bad, and Wrong EBW Evil Beyond Words ) provides the GIG boxer ratings, current standings, fight schedules and news for all the professional and amateur weight classes as well as women's boxing information. EBW receives contributed articles from many freelance boxing journalists and experts including Jim and Tom Trunzo, whom have written articles for many of today's top boxing publications. Bowl.com will provide updated news and statistical bowling information. The information will cover the American Bowling Congress (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ), Women's International Bowling Congress The Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) was an organization for women bowlers formed in 1917 as a counterpart to the American Bowling Congress (ABC). In 2005, the WIBC merged with the ABC and the Young American Bowling Alliance (YABA) to form the United States (WIBC WIBC Women's International Bowling Congress WIBC Western International Band Conference WIBC World Indoor Bowling Council ), Young American Bowling Alliance The Young American Bowlers Alliance (YABA) was an amateur sanctioning organization for American bowlers 21 and under, who did not cross over to the American Bowling Congress or ABC. (YABA YABA - /ya'b*/ [Cambridge] Yet Another Bloody Acronym. Whenever some program is being named, someone invariably suggests that it be given a name that is acronymic. The response from those with a trace of originality is to remark ironically that the proposed name would then be ), Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA BPAA Bowling Proprietors' Association of America BPAA Business/Professional Advertising Association BPAA British Poster Advertising Association BPAA Business Pilots Aircraft Association BPAA Beef Palace Auction Arena ) and the college ranks. Additionally, it will provide detailed results for the ABC Championships Tournament, WIBC Championship Tournament, Festival of Bowling, YABA Junior Olympic Gold The Junior Olympic Gold tournament, also known as simply "Junior Gold" or "JOG" is an American national youth singles bowling tournament which showcases youth bowlers who have qualified through certain events. Tournament, ABC/Brunswick World Team Challenge, YABA Coca-Cola Young Bowling Championships, and the College Bowling USA Championships. "The GIG is rapidly becoming the most detailed information tool available on the Internet today," said Bill Louden, president and COO of Preference Technologies. "The addition of extended boxing and bowling information will only enhance each user's experience." About MySportsGIG MySportsGIG is not a Web site, it is a free, downloadable desktop portal. As Channel Two on the GIG, MySportsGIG uses proprietary Internet technology to provide customizable real-time sports score updates, real-time sports betting odds and related news through an interactive experience that only the GIG provides. In addition to real-time sports reporting, MySportsGIG users have access to the Internet's most comprehensive sporting information. Users are able to access information for any major professional or collegiate sport including every major automotive racing circuit, football, baseball and basketball leagues, tennis, and golf tours, as well as support information for regionally based sports. In addition to the many MySportsGIG features, users are able to access the information on the other active GIG channels and news on any topic they want. Users also have access to the GIG's Quantum Source Network (QSN QSN I Heard You (radiotelegraphy) QSN Queue Sequence Number ) broadcast feature, which provides more than 200 sports, business and entertainment interviews from today's most talked about personalities. To download Channel Two of the GIG, visit www.mysportsgig.com. About the Global Information Gateway (GIG) The Global Information Gateway, is a software product that acts as a communications and information aggregator, delivering real-time, customizable information to a user's desktop. The product is comprised of multiple channels that organize and present information by different lifestyle aspects (e.g., business, sports, entertainment, etc.). The first two channels on the GIG are MyMoneyGIG and MySportsGIG. In addition to leading the next generation in accessing information on the Internet, the GIG provides traditional, and non-traditional, businesses a direct communication link to consumers, facilitating more efficient, effective and interactive targeted marketing programs. About Preference Technologies Inc. Preference Technologies Inc., a Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Certified Solution Provider, is a Las Vegas-based Internet technologies company. For more information on the company, visit www.preferencetechnologies.com. Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in the news release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning 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. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. Note to Editors Preference Technologies, Global Information Gateway, GIG, MySportsGIG, MyMoneyGIG and the Preference Technologies logo are trademarks of Preference Technologies Inc. Other companies' products may be trademarked by their respective company and therefore are protected by law. |
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