USA Video Interactive to Produce Webcast of the Amistad's OpSail 2000 Voyage Through
New York City
USA Video Productions to Shoot Exclusive Webcast Footage of the Freedom Schooner Amistad from Aboard the Mystic Whaler during OpSail 2000 in New York City
Mystic, CT - June 30, 2000 - As the nation prepares to celebrate its 224th year of Independence, USA Video Productions, a subsidiary of USA Video Interactive (NBQ: USVO; CDNX: US; www.usvo.com), will be producing webcast footage of the Freedom Schooner Amistad from aboard the Mystic Whaler during the tall ships parade on the 4th of July in New York City.
From aboard the majestic Mystic Whaler tall ship, the USA Video Productions crew will be shooting video footage of the Amistad as it sails in the tall ships parade in New York City this Tuesday. From there, the raw content will be edited and digitally encoded inside the USA Video Interactive lab, and made available to Internet viewers through USA Video's patented Video-on-Demand™ technologies beginning on July 10th. Viewers will be able to access the webcast through links at both www.usvo.com and www.amistadamerica.org.
"When you look at the mission of the AMISTAD America project, and the involvement of the Amistad in the OpSail event on the 4th of July, you can see a unique opportunity for AMISTAD America to truly make a substantial impact," said Edwin Molina, President of USA Video Interactive. "For some of us, the 4th of July 2000 will represent almost 225 years of freedom, but for others, it may evoke different feelings and thoughts of slavery and other past injustices. It is our hope that by celebrating the Amistad on the 4th of July, and having it sail among some of the most dignified vessels from around the world, OpSail and the Amistad can begin to help educate about, and fill in historical gaps surrounding the issues of, slavery. USA Video Interactive is proud and honored to bring this historical event and its message to the world via the Internet."
About AMISTAD America
AMISTAD America, Inc. is a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to teaching the lessons of history, cooperation and leadership inherent in the Amistad episode and its legacy through the ownership, educational programming and operation of the recreated Freedom Schooner Amistad. Headquartered in Connecticut, the foundation has offices in New Haven, Hartford, and at Mystic Seaport, America’s Maritime Museum. Since the March 25 launching, volunteers have completed the schooner’s carpentry, installed masts, rigging and sails, and undergone sea trials in preparation for departure for New York on July 2. Amistad will return to New London for OpSail CT on July 12 - 14, with a symbolic stop en route off Montauk. On July 15, Amistad will enter its homeport located at Long Wharf Pier in New Haven, CT. For more information on AMISTAD America, Inc. and the Freedom Schooner Amistad, visit www.amistadamerica.org.
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. The USA Video Interactive technology gives users full-motion video; the unique flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls of play, fast-forward, reverse and pause; 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 -- all at a lower cost and at or near broadcast quality. For more information on USA Video Interactive, visit www.usvo.com.
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