WWW.COM Increases the Breadth of Its Destination Site
by Offering a Pop-Up Music Video Player
Vidnet.com (www.vidnet.com), a division of Entertainment Blvd Inc.
(OTCBB:EBLD), today announced that it will partner with WWW.COM Inc.
(http://WWW.COM), the world's largest original Internet broadcaster
according to PC Data Online, to receive a music tuner leveraging the
vast WWW.COM music library on Vidnet.com's streaming entertainment
site.
Under the terms of the agreement, WWW.COM will feature
Vidnet.com's popular pop-up player to provide a selection of Vidnet's
extensive collection of music videos for WWW.COM's destination site,
bringing together WWW.COM's quality music Netcasting content with
Vidnet.com's top-quality streaming media capabilities.
"This partnership provides our top music sites with additional,
rich content," said Scott Purcell, CEO and founder of WWW.COM. "Now,
WWW.COM offers music videos in addition to its radio tuner, and
Vidnet.com provides radio content -- our members have the best of both
worlds."
WWW.COM, which recently signed an agreement with the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA), is the largest online music
broadcaster to have a license to webcast millions of songs produced by
top-tier recording artists.
The company currently offers a digitized music collection of more
than 355,000 songs and more than 230 music stations, which now are
available to Vidnet.com listeners through WWW.COM's customized tuner
on the company's Web site.
Entertainment Boulevard develops and licenses entertaining
content that is broadcast online via Vidnet.com, featuring streaming
entertainment content, including music videos from a variety of
musical genres. WWW.COM's viewers will be able to enjoy a selection of
these music videos through a pop-up tuner.
"This alignment allows each company to expand the content of its
site considerably," said Stephen Brown, CEO of Entertainment
Boulevard. "Our viewers will appreciate the opportunity to enjoy audio
music, and WWW.COM's radio fans can now watch their favorite artists
performing their hits. This alignment has the potential to greatly
benefit both companies."
About WWW.COM
Los Angeles-based WWW.COM is the Internet's leading
business-to-business music broadcaster and the largest provider of
turnkey solutions for Web sites worldwide. The company broadcasts
originally programmed stations, supported by a digitized music
collection of more than 355,000 songs and more than 230 music
stations.
Launched in July 1999, the company's mission is to be the dominant
provider of music and entertainment on the Internet, building a
powerful broadcast network on the convergence of radio, television and
print with a wide range of compelling programming.
About Entertainment Boulevard
Entertainment Boulevard is one of the leading providers of
streaming entertainment-related media on the Internet, as well as a
comprehensive media encoding service provider. Among the firm's Web
sites is one of the most comprehensive interactive music video
channels on the Web.
Vidnet's music site has rapidly become a premier music destination
site on the Internet. The firm's mandate of Internet global expansion
includes not only increasing the content base and broadening the
network channels on the Vidnet network, but also acting as a content
aggregator to some of the largest companies on the Web.
Based in Los Angeles, Entertainment Boulevard continues to
aggressively develop and implement strategic alliances with key
commerce and entertainment companies, broadening its presence
worldwide. Entertainment Boulevard's encoding solutions division
provides its range of services to companies both large and small.
Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant
to the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without
limitation, the continued popularity of the Company's Web sites and
product orders stemming therefrom, increased levels of competition,
technological change, dependence upon third-party suppliers, and other
risks.
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CONTACT: for Vidnet.com:
People's Revolution, Los Angeles (Media)
Jennifer Gross, 323/658-8700; Fax: 323/658-8750
jenngross@aol.com
or
Silverman Heller, Los Angeles
Dan Matsui, 310/208-2550 (Investor Relations)
dmatsui@sha-ir.com
or
for WWW.COM:
Murphy O'Brien Inc., Santa Monica
310/453-2539; Fax: 310/264-0083 (Media)
Christine Brodeur, christine@murphyobrien.com
Kimberly Shepard, kimberly@murphyobrien.com
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