In keeping with Mike's post, another company that is of course also pursuing a syndication strategy in streaming. But, as best I can tell, minus any streaming ads and at a significantly higher encoding rate for their ravioli picture....( last I checked)
<< Visual Data's Travel Content To Be Featured On AOL's Digital City
Visual Data to Offer Consumers Engaging Real-Life View of Travel Destinations
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT) today announced an agreement with AOL's Digital City, the #1 local online network, to feature co-branded content from Visual Data's travel- and destination-related video libraries on Digital City. Visitors to Digital City will now be able to see video of their travel destinations before making their final travel arrangements.
Under the agreement, location-specific content from Visual Data's travel- and destination-related streaming video libraries will be featured and available to consumers in the destination guides section of Digital City's city guides. Visual Data's content will further enhance the Digital City sites by adding streaming videos that offer online tours of places to stay and things to do in each of the over 200 markets covered by Digital City.
"This agreement demonstrates our ability to establish significant new distribution channels based on the quality and value of our content," said George Stemper, chief operating officer for Visual Data Corporation. "Our new relationship with Digital City is expected to generate additional opportunities for us to expand membership in our video library programs."
"Our alliance with Visual Data is very exciting for us and the millions of people who turn to Digital City as a resource for planning their itinerary when they travel," said Jim Riesenbach, Vice President and General Manager of Digital City. "This will be an important feature that helps people make better informed decisions about their travel and leisure needs, including travel options and entertainment recommendations."
Digital City is available on the Web at digitalcity.com and through the local channels of AOL, CompuServe, and Netscape. Digital City offers a wide variety of information about things to buy and see in more than 200 cities coast to coast, including local entertainment and events, dining information, travel bargains, and guides to local auto purchasing, real estate, employment, shopping and health -- plus much more.
About Visual Data Corporation
Visual Data Corporation is a leading full service broadband media company that enables businesses to market their products through various channels including print, television and the Internet. Visual Data's extensive video libraries and media offerings (http://www.vdat.com) cover a wide range of topics, including travel, golf, leisure activities, medicine and healthcare and business, corporate and financial information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, some of which may relate to Visual Data Corporation, and which involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in Visual Data Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Visual Data Corporation
CO: Visual Data Corporation; AOL Digital City
ST: Florida
IN: MLM PUB
SU: CON
04/11/2001 15:32 EDT prnewswire.com >> |
