YouthStream and Consumer Electronics Association Launch "The ThunderDorm Campus Technology Tour 2001"; AOL, RCA, TechTV Sign On as Sponsors of Nationwide Technology Tour.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2001 YouthStream Media Networks (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 : YSTM), in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Association, today announced that it will launch "The ThunderDorm(SM) Campus Technology Tour 2001" at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. in Storrs, Conn., on Friday, October 5. The promotional tour celebrates the latest in consumer technology for the college lifestyle, and features on-campus entertainment, sponsored activity tents and interactive product demonstrations. Best of all, one lucky student will win the contents of the ThunderDorm(SM). The ThunderDorm(SM) experience will consist of: - ThunderDorm(SM) - The centerpiece of the tour, ThunderDorm(SM) is a Plexiglas-encased, custom-fabricated trailer housing the Ultimate College Dorm Room. It will showcase the latest high-tech electronics and gadgets and will be furnished by Ikea. The same high-tech products will be featured in the Registration Tent so students can get a "hands on" experience and watch product demonstrations. - The "Buzz Net" Audio Pavilion: Presented by the Consumer Electronics Association, BuzzNet is an interactive experience showcasing the latest in consumer audio equipment. It will include a surround sound home theater demonstration, a gaming system equipped with state-of-the-art audio technology, and a variety of audio equipment provided by CEA members such as Sony, Denon, Yamaha, Sima Products and Pioneer. - Presenting Sponsors Tents: Product demonstrations, premium distribution and more will be featured in sponsor tents, including: - America Online, Inc. - AOL will display wireless products and services that are ideal for students with an active lifestyle who want the convenience of easy access to AOL features and services from anywhere. The tent will feature the AOL Mobile Communicator(TM), a two-way communications device designed for easy access to e-mail and instant messaging on the go. The tent also includes laptops and workstations that will allow students to access their AOL accounts. - RCA - RCA offers an extensive line of RCA brand digital audio products including the Lyra Personal Digital Music Player and the K@zoo mini-mp3 player. The RCA Lyra player features an FM tuner and a 64 MB CompactFlash memory card, which holds up to two hours of digital music files. The ultra-compact RCA K@zoo mp3 player fits in the palm of the hand, and weighs less than three ounces. - Tech TV -- Students will be able to experience the TechTV Net Cam Network, view highlights of TechTV's original programming, and check out the TechTV Web site. - Registration/DJ Tent: In this tent students can register for a chance to win the products featured inside the Ultimate College Dorm Room. It will also feature a DJ who will play music as well as emcee contests and promotional giveaways such as custom-made ThunderDorm(SM) premiums, as well as premiums and prizes provided by sponsors including a DVD player, a 13" TV, and an RCA mp3 player at each school. This tent will house the additional ThunderDorm(SM) setup (as mentioned above) and products from supporting sponsors - Gravis Footwear, Dirty Dog Sunglasses, Questia, Palm and TVT Records. Over the next two and a half weeks, The ThunderDorm(SM) Experience will wind its way from the East Coast into the Midwest visiting seven college campuses including, Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. and The Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. before reaching University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
About YouthStream YouthStream delivers the teenage and young adult market to advertisers and the entertainment industry through its unique combination of media properties. The Company's media properties reach this growing and highly sought-after demographic group in more than 9,000 high schools and middle schools and 2,000 U.S. colleges. YouthStream's media properties include: Network Event Theater(R), a national network of on-campus movie theaters; American Passage(R), a leading college newspaper advertising placement service; Campus Voice(R), the largest out-of-home wall media network on college campuses; HotStamp(R), a national, free postcard advertising brand; and Teen.com, a leading online community for 13-19 year-olds. YouthStream also operates a retail business, Beyondthewall(R), selling decorative wall posters through a growing chain of stores and through on-campus sales events. About the Consumer Electronics Association The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ) represents more than 650 U.S. companies involved in the design, development, manufacturing and distribution of audio, video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, CEA's members account for more than $70 billion in annual sales. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org, the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry. About America Online See AOL. , Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL). Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. About TechTV TechTV is the only cable television channel covering technology information, news and entertainment from a consumer, industry, and market perspective 24 hours a day. Offering everything from industry news to product reviews, updates on tech stocks to tech support, TechTV's original programming keeps the wired world informed and entertained. TechTV is one of the fastest growing cable networks, currently available in more than 27 million households and distributing content to 70 countries. With more than 1.3 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. per month, TechTV.com is a community destination that encourages viewer interaction through e-mail, live chat, and video e-mail. TechTV, formerly ZDTV ZDTV Ziff Davis Television , is owned by Vulcan Inc. About RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. About Thomson multimedia With sales of 9.1 billion Euros (U.S. $ 8.3 billion) in 2000 and 73,000 employees in more than 30 countries, Thomson multimedia (Paris Euroclear: 18453) (NYSE: TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales ), provides a wide range of video (and enabling) technologies, systems, finished products and services to consumers and professionals in the entertainment and media industries. To advance and enable the digital media transition, Thomson multimedia has five principal activities: Digital Media Solutions, Displays and Components, Consumer Products, Patents and Licensing, and New Media Services. The company distributes its products under the popular THOMSON, RCA and TECHNICOLOR brand names. For more information: www.thomson-multimedia.com About Questia Founded in 1998, Questia Media, Inc., launched the world's largest online library of books with powerful search and writing tools. The Questia service, which launched in January 2001, now offers more than 70,000 books and journal articles created specifically to help students write better papers faster. Questia provides unlimited access to the full-text of an extensive collection of books, as well as a wide range of tools including highlighter high·light·er n. 1. A usually fluorescent marker used to mark important passages of text. 2. A cosmetic for emphasizing areas of the face, such as the eyes or cheekbones. , markup, automatic footnotes and bibliography builder. For millions of students and researchers, the Questia service will enable them to efficiently research and compose papers at any time, from virtually every connected corner of the world. Based in Houston with offices in 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 and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Questia is delivering on the true promise of the Internet by providing access to a wealth of human knowledge. Visit www.questia.com for more information. About IKEA IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location) Since its founding in 1943, IKEA has offered a wide range of home furnishings and accessories of good design and function, at prices so low that the majority of the people can afford them. IKEA is recognized as a socially responsible company, and continuously supports initiatives that benefit causes such as children and the environment. Currently, IKEA has 163 stores in 30 countries, including 15 stores in the United States and seven stores in Canada. To visit the IKEA web site, please go to http://www.ikea-usa.com. About Dirty Dog Eyewear Dirty Dog Eyewear is from New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . The land of extremes. Where more people are outdoors more of the time inventing and doing more extreme activity than any other place in the world. Dirty Dog Eyewear is designed to protect against the heat and UV rays of New Zealand; a place with a sun intensity that makes Florida, Arizona, and California tame by comparison. That means they provide sufficient protection for any place in the United States. Or on the planet. As for quality, Dirty Dog frames can stand up to the maximum punishment. Guaranteed. The polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. lens can take a spike. Frames that can stand all the stress wearers can dish out. They can sit on them, and then still put them on. There are no better premium sunglasses at any price. About Palm Palm handheld computers offer simple, quick, fun and smart ways to communicate and learn wherever you go. With a Palm handheld computer, a college student can do amazing things: access the Internet wirelessly, take notes, create drawings, collect data, check references, graph mathematical functions, organize activities and assignments and instantly beam messages to friends. Palm, Inc. is a pioneer and market leader in handheld computers. About TVT Records TVT Records is the largest freestanding independently owned record label in the country. The label launched in 1985 with the release of the million-selling Televisions Greatest Hits, an eight volume series chronicling the history of the TV theme song. TVT TVT transmissible venereal tumor. has since grown into a diversified music company with popular artists on its roster including platinum selling Snoop Dogg and Tha Eastsidaz, hip-hop legends Naughty By Nature Naughty by Nature is a Grammy Award Winning American Hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1991 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee. The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey (colloquially referred to as "Illtown" in the 1980s). , gold selling hard rock quintet Sevendust, southern hip-hoppers Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz (current top 5 rap record), indie-rock heroes Guided By Voices, pop-geniuses XTC XTC See Ecstasy, MDMA. and newcomers, Default. TVT is known for launching the career of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails with the release of Pretty Hate Machine, one of the best selling independent, alternative albums ever released. |
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