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Videoaxs Chosen by “The Black World
Today” to Stream Video Content to Web Users Dallas, Texas October 24, 2000 - http://www.tbwt.com Videoaxs has begun streaming video content to The Black World Today web site. The site has been providing news and feature stories to their users since 1996, but now has the opportunity through Videoaxs to offer coordinating video to enhance the users online experience. “We are delighted to be partnering with Videoaxs to deliver video news and features to our rapidly-growing online community,” said Don Rojas, CEO and founder of The Black World Today”. ”Videoaxs cutting-edge service will enhance our position as the leading content provider in the African American Internet market.” Videoaxs is a business-to-business provider of streaming news, entertainment and information content. Video clips are received by Videoaxs via satellite, encoded, digitized, processed through streaming software, and then password-protected for both confidentiality and copyright protection. Clients may access the Videoaxs web site and select the video clips they wish to stream for that day, or Videoaxs can provide a daily automatic feed of clips directly to the customers' sites. "Videoaxs is extremely excited about our new relationship with The Black World Today”. We view them as one of the premiere online newspaper sites in the industry", said Dirk Brinkerhoff, President and CEO of Videoaxs. "We are impressed by the unique design, format and style that The Black World Today displays in its' online presentation, and we believe that the Videoaxs products will undoubtedly add to the substantial success that the site already enjoys. We look forward to exploring the future of online broadband media together," said Mr. Brinkerhoff. In addition to featuring news and commentaries of interest to black communities around the world, The Black World Today also offers sections on Black history, investing, lifestyles, entertainment, travel, and business. Since it went live in 1996, the site has achieved national acclaim for both its news content and opinions. It has been recognized in the New York Times, USA Today, and the Washington Post, and has been nominated for the prestigious “Webby” Award. _____________________________ About Videoaxs http://www.videoaxs.com Videoaxs is a web-based access portal for streaming independent, on- demand news, sports and entertainment audio/video content, and employs both business-to-business and business-to-consumer models. The company will stream refreshed content throughout each day to client organizations proprietary web sites. CONTACT: Corby Bryant Videoaxs 214.720.2981 corby@videoaxs.com The
Black World Today
The Black World Today
(http://www.tbwt.com) is the premier destination site for African-Americans worldwide. The
site offers informational and entertainment services including news,
sports, commentaries, audio content, job listings, music, weather and
shopping. The site is read and listened to in over 70 countries and
receives approximately 2 million page views each month. |