Creative Momentum High at Rare Medium Inc.: Internet Solutions Firm Adds 'Communication Arts' Award to Its Global Collection
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999--
"1999 Info Design" Award Given for "Titanic Explorer"
Rare Medium Inc. (Nasdaq:RRRR) continues to set themselves apart in creativity with its most recent award from 'Communication Arts.' Rare Medium received the 1999 Information Design Award for the design and development of "James Cameron's Titanic Explorer" interactive CD-ROM in the prestigious magazine's "Interactive Design Annual 5."
Tim Barber, creative director of "Titanic Explorer," said, "We created a snapshot of the future with a product that combines the best of computer and television experiences in a new form of entertainment. It is a thrill to have our forward-thinking work recognized by a premier publication like 'CA.' It doesn't get much better than this."
"'Titanic' pushes the limits of multimedia software development by using the latest video compression codecs and an advanced object-oriented application that communicates with multiple relational databases," explained Barber.
The production features timeline-based browsing of an enormous range of historical background material and hours of high quality video and engaging interactive activities. From early naval travel, shipyard plans and the official maritime reports of the tragedy to the Oscar-winning movie, this documentary guides the user through the life of the R.M.S. Titanic. The production is factual and includes never-before-seen footage edited from the motion picture.
"The 'Titanic Explorer' is very rich," said Gong Szeto, chief creative officer for Rare Medium. "The innovative user-interface and underlying technologies give us a glimpse of what is possible in broadband Internet environments."
In addition to the 1999 Communication Arts award, Rare Medium also has received numerous awards, including: the AIGA Communication Graphics 20 Award; Cannes Lions Award for 'The New York Times'' "New York Today" Web site; One Show Silver Pencil Award for FOX Interactive; and a Silver Award in the I.D. Interactive Media Design Review, to name a few. In 1998, 'Crain's New York Business,' 'Silicon Alley Reporter' and 'U.S. News&World Report' also named Rare Medium Inc. to their lists of top Internet companies.
About Rare Medium
Rare Medium Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rare Medium Group Inc., is an Internet solutions firm that helps clients develop E-commerce Internet strategies, improve business processes, develop marketing communications, branding strategies and interactive content using Internet-based technologies and solutions. Rare Medium develops Internet- and Web-based solutions primarily for large and medium-sized corporations, including Microsoft, 'The New York Times,' Epson, Pfizer, Hotel Reservation Network and the Federal Reserve Bank, among other leading companies.
The mission of Rare Medium Group is to incubate paradigm-shifting ideas and build the next wave of blockbuster companies of the future by leveraging its award-winning Internet development arm, Rare Medium Inc. Companies currently in development include: www.liveuniverse.com, a "Micro-Portal Enabler" with over 100,000 Web sites in its network; www.iface.com, a "VOIP" company, "Voice Enabling" the Internet; and www.changemusic.com, a company at the vanguard of the digital music revolution -- using the Internet to find, promote and distribute the best new music first. Rare Medium Group Inc. employs approximately 400 Internet professionals and is headquartered in New York with additional offices throughout the United States and Canada.
Except for historical matters contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect Rare Medium Group Inc. (Nasdaq:RRRR), and its subsidiaries' business and prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ are Rare Medium's limited operating history; competition; low barriers to entry; reliance on strategic relationships; rapid technological changes; inability to complete transactions on favorable terms and those risks discussed in the company's filings with the SEC.
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