Overlooked today....AOL) BigStar.com and America Online
Announce New Agreement
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--
BigStar.com to Have Prominent Placement in
New
Shop@AOL
Marketplace
BigStar Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: BGST), which operates
www.BigStar.com, the leading online movie superstore, today announced a
marketing alliance with America Online (NYSE: AOL), the world's leading
interactive services company.
Under the agreement, BigStar.com will receive Gold tenancy in the Music and
Video department and Silver tenancy in the Home Theater department of
Shop@AOL
, America Online's new comprehensive e-commerce destination. By going to
AOL Keyword "BigStar", AOL members will be able to access BigStar.com's
broad selection of videos, DVDs, and laserdiscs.
David Friedensohn, CEO of BigStar Entertainment, said: "We are happy to
announce this relationship between the number one online service, AOL, and
the number one filmed entertainment e-commerce site, BigStar.com. We are
proud to have AOL as a new marketing partner."
"This agreement brings BigStar.com's great selection of film titles to the biggest
audience in cyberspace," said Gregory Shove, AOL's Vice President for
Interactive Marketing. "Like BigStar.com, we're always looking for more ways
to make online shopping easier and more convenient."
About BigStar Entertainment
BigStar Entertainment, (www.BigStar.com) is the leading online filmed
entertainment superstore, based on customer traffic to its Web sites.
BigStar.com is exclusively dedicated to filmed entertainment products and sells
videos, digital video discs (DVDs) and laserdiscs.
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