BIGE: big news out, partner with TIME/Warner on high-bandwidth
internet store. See below:
Bige.com, a Division of Big Entertainment, Inc., Teams With Time Warner's Road Runner for a High-Bandwidth Internet Studio Store
Bige.com to Be a Primary E-Commerce Provider
BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- bige.com, a division of Big Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIGE - news), and Time Warner Communications'(NYSE: TWX - news) Road Runner division, www.timewarnercable.com, are teaming up to create a high-bandwidth version of BigE's new, recently launched e-commerce Web site, www.bige.com. The high-speed version of bige.com will contain streaming videos, movies, animation, sound and music to be delivered over the Internet using Time Warner's Road Runner high-speed online cable modem service. The program will be initially launched in the Tampa Bay market, with project design coming from Weblink Communications, Inc., www.wlci.com.
''We're extremely excited about the opportunity of creating a long-term, win-win relationship utilizing the content supplied within the bige.com Web site and our high-speed delivery platform,'' said Mark Bailey, General Manager Online Services, Time Warner Communications.
BigE Chairman and CEO, Mitchell Rubenstein, said of the alliance, ''The bige.com Web site fits perfectly on the Road Runner high-bandwidth system and we look forward to being part of the future of the Internet with Time Warner Communications and Road Runner. bige.com looks forward to being a primary e-commerce provider on Road Runner ''
bige.com is an e-commerce studio store offering thousands of merchandise products from the Hollywood studios, TV networks, and popular culture. bige.com is available on the Web at www.bige.com as well as at many popular Web sites, including usatoday.com. bige.com is owned by Big Online, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Entertainment, Inc. BigE was founded by Rubenstein and Laurie Silvers, the founders of the Sci-Fi Channel™.
The matters discussed herein that are forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that may result in such expectations not being realized. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks described in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE: Big Entertainment, Inc. |
