Mark; on SYCD (fav's index); interesting news today:
Tuesday December 7, 9:31 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Advertising for SyCoNet.com Retail Website Debuts On USA Networks Interactive's SCIFI.COM
MANASSAS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999--SyCoNet.com, Inc. (OTC BB: SYCD), the leading U.S. distributor of Anime (Japanese animated) videos and DVDs, today announced that its retail website, www.animedepot.com, has begun its advertising blitz on USA Networks Interactive's SCIFI.COM.
SyCoNet.com previously announced an agreement with USA Networks Interactive to advertise on its SCIFI.COM, the award-winning website for the SCI FI Channel. The extensive year-long campaign began on December 1, 1999 and will promote SyCoNet.com's newly revamped e-commerce website www.animedepot.com.
SyCoNet.com's Chief Executive Officer Sy Picon stated, ``We are excited to launch the promotion on SCIFI.COM due to its high visibility among Anime fans. The SCI FI Channel is widely recognized as one of the first national cable networks to show Anime programming regularly during weekend air time. In addition, the SCI FI audience provides an enormous opportunity for cross-marketing activities.'
SCIFI.COM is a division of USA Networks Interactive, a USA Company (NASDAQ: USAI - news), which fulfills a variety of commerce, information, and entertainment needs for its wired audience. SCIFI.COM (www.SCIFI.COM), a 1998 ``People's Choice' Webby Award winner, is the official website of the SCI FI Channel and has been lauded as the top online sci-fi destination since its debut in 1995. Dedicated to the vast spectrum of science fiction, science fact, fantasy, horror, the paranormal and the unknown, SCIFI.COM features original entertainment, daily news, feature stories, games and ground-breaking special events.
SyCoNet.com, Inc., formerly SyCo Distribution, Inc., distributes Anime Japanese animated movies, including the enormously popular Pokemon© video series, multimedia games and software, DVDs, CDs, toys, apparel, and related merchandise to over 1,000 wholesale and retail accounts nationwide through two high-traffic websites, a catalog, and direct sales campaigns. For more information on purchasing the Internet's lowest priced Anime videos, see www.animedepot.com and www.altvidwar.com.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the ``safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are |
