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Streaming Media Alliance Will Become Global Voice of Internet Broadcasting; Will Organize June 12 in NY During Streaming Media East
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000--A global 'Committee of 100' streaming media founding members will oversee the official debut of the non-profit Streaming Media Alliance, Inc., Monday, June 12, at 6 p.m. in the Penthouse East Suite on the 45th and 46th floors of the New York Hilton Hotel, it was announced today.
Then, at 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., on June 13, the organization's Task Force on Capital Growth will sponsor the 1st annual Streaming Media Sector Analyst Forum featuring a keynote by streaming media expert Seamus McAteer, Director, Web Technologies, Jupiter Communications (NASDAQ: JPTR - news), jup.com, leading sector professionals, and presentations by On2.com, Inc. (AMEX: ONT - news), Loudeye Technologies (NASDAQ: LOUD - news), OptiBase Ltd. (NASDAQ: OBAS - news), Streamedia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMIL - news), Visual Data Corp. (NASDAQ: VDAT - news) and Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP - news).
The June 13 investment forum will be broadcast live at investorbroadcast.com and investrend.com. It is expected that the June 12 organizing session will be videotaped for on-demand webcast.
The meetings coincide with the seminars and exhibitions of Streaming Media East scheduled June 12 to 14, but are unaffiliated. Attendees interested in free exhibition passes should register today at streamingmedia.com. After today it is expected exhibition passes will be $40. The Alliance's hospitality suite will be open from 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. June 12 for Members and prospective Members.
According to a spokesperson for the Alliance, its missions -- to work together to remove the speed barriers to the information highway, create a global repository of digital visual content that will soon rival that of any other communications medium, and pave the way in the coming wireless, "websiteless" world for the third broadcast revolution -- will be accomplished through multiple task forces.
Information about the organization's bylaws and task forces are accessible temporarily at geocities.com. |
