USA Video Interactive Donates Encoding and Hosting Services to National Peace Garden Foundation
Video Features Former Presidents Carter and Bush
MYSTIC, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2001--USA Video Interactive (OTCBB: USVO; CDNX: US; www.usvo.com) has joined a number of other companies and individuals contributing services to the National Peace Garden Foundation (www.celebratepeace.org). With legislative authority from Congress, the National Peace Garden Foundation is planning to build the National Peace Garden on ten acres of federal land and must raise the necessary funds from private sources for the construction and endowment of the Garden by June 30, 2002. The designs of the park and monument have been approved by the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Fine Arts Commission.
USVO is encoding and hosting a sixty-second video featuring former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, honorary co-chairs of the Foundation, speaking about the importance of peace and the need to build the National Peace Garden. The video was produced by Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and already has been broadcast on numerous television stations as a public service.
``The National Peace Garden reminds our young people who shape the future of our nation that peace is one of America's oldest and most beloved ideals,'' said Elizabeth Ratcliff, founder of the National Peace Garden. ``Much as the Statue of Liberty holds high its torch of freedom, welcoming newcomers to add their unique abilities to the most talented society on earth, the National Peace Garden inspires us to work for peace in our schools, communities and in the national and international arenas. Making this video available on the Internet spreads this message beyond any geographical boundaries.''
Within the next few days, the encoded video will be able to be accessed from links on the websites of the National Peace Garden Foundation (www.celebratepeace.org), Peace Front (www.peacefront.org), and USVO (www.usvo.com). It will be available in three bandwidth levels for home-modem and broadband users; it plays through Windows Media Player.
``We chose USVO to help accomplish this mission not only because of the technical quality of their video streaming but also because of their commitment to education and to using the Internet with a social conscience,'' said Miriam J. Masullo, Ph.D., Advisory Board member and Research Staff member of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center of IBM. ``PeaceFront, with this video from Presidents Carter and Bush, will be the website that will launch a million emails from school children and college students reaffirming the commitment of our American youth to peace.''
The leadership of the National Peace Garden Foundation combines internationally known peacemakers with civic, government, educational, and corporate leaders. This group sets nonpartisan standards for the design, educational, and programmatic elements of the Garden itself. Presidents Carter and Bush serve as honorary co-chairs of the Foundation; Susan Eisenhower and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend are honorary vice co-chairs. Dr. Masullo is education and technology advisor to the Foundation.
About The National Peace Garden
The National Peace Garden is an inspiring expression of America's historic and ongoing commitment to peace. As a national symbol of this commitment, the Garden's mission is to provide an interactive place for peace education in our nation's capital. Here, the Garden will celebrate human longing for peace and brotherhood, articulate efforts of peacemaking, and encourage learning about both individual and world initiatives for peace.
The National Peace Garden Foundation Board of Directors is headed by Chair Robert L. Gale, President Emeritus, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; and President/CEO John F. Raynolds, Former Chair, Ward Howell Executive Search Firm, Former President/CEO of Outward Bound USA. Board members include Bruce A. Barnet, Former CEO, Cahners; Harry Belafonte, Entertainer; John M. Capozzi, President, JMC Investments LLC; Jane Condon, Journalist and Entertainer; William A. Delano, First Peace Corps General Counsel; Ambassador Edward E. Elson, First Peace Corps General Counsel; Jeanne R. Ferst, Philanthropist; Tod R. Hamachek, Chairman and CEO, PennWest Pharmaceuticals and Trustee of Williams College; Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, President Emeritus, University Notre Dame; David D. Holbrook, Former Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Trustee of the Tanenbaum Center; Virginia Kirkwood, Owner, Shawnee Inn; Dr. Samuel B. Marks, Marketing Consultant and Former CEO, Humanic Designs Corp.; Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum, US Senator from Ohio (ret.) and Chair, Consumer Federation of America; J. Richard Munro, Former CEO and Chairman, Time Warner, Inc.; Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Professor of Political Science, Emory University; Dr. L. Eudora Pettigrew, Chair, Commission on Disarmament Education, Conflict Resolution, and Peace; Elizabeth Mackay Ratcliff, Founder, Educator/Community Volunteer; and Thomas W. Scott, Co-Founder and CEO, Nantucket Nectars.
The Advisory Board is chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel. Members include Betty Bumpers, A.W. Clausen, Representative Ron Dellums (ret.), Paul Duke, Rear Admiral Eugene LaRocque (ret), Samuel Lewis, Dr. Miriam Masullo, Sheila Avrin McLean, Honorable George Miller, Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, and Paul C. Warnke. Secretary of State, General Colin Powell was a member of the Advisory Board until his appointment to the President's Cabinet.
About USA Video Interactive
USA Video Interactive is an international designer and supplier of high-tech Internet streaming video and video-on-demand systems, services and innovative end-to-end solutions. Its StreamHQ(TM) media delivery services are focused on creating revenues for customers and reducing their Internet costs. StreamHQ(TM) encompasses the entire media experience from source to viewing, including content production; content encoding; asset management; media and application hosting; multi-mode content distribution; and transaction data capture, reporting and analysis. StreamHQ(TM)'s design leverages the capabilities of the Internet while bypassing its latencies, with high availability, reliability, flexibility, scalability and cost-effectiveness. USVO holds the pioneering patent for store-and-forward video, filed in 1990 and issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 1992. It has been cited by at least 145 other patents. USVO holds similar patents in England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany, and has patents pending in Canada and Japan. The USVO patented video technology gives users full-motion video; the flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls; and the convenience of a standard internet-browser format for access. It provides video images significantly faster and at a higher degree of resolution than with previously available methods; significantly overcomes bandwidth restrictions; and eliminates the blockiness and slowness of current technologies. USVO is developing patented Wavelet compression technology that will further enhance the company's ability to deliver unique capabilities as part of StreamHQ(TM). For more information, visit www.usvo.com.
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