Here is a copy of PR Newswire release. Just called the company to make sure it reaches Yahoo, where it has not shown up yet. I hear we will be seeing some good news next week. Looks like the stock is moving a bit higher in anticipation.
DEFINITION, LTD SUBSIDIARY ANNOUNCES NEW TV SHOW
LAKE PARK, Fla., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- WINQ-TV, a subsidiary of Definition, LTD, announced a new show, based on the Palm Beach lifestyle. The following article appeared on March 16, 1998 in the Palm Beach Daily News and is printed with their permission:
New TV show explores Palm Beach "In Style"
By John Henderson
Daily News Staff Writer
"A new television show focuses on the Palm Beach Lifestyle.
Airing on Comcast Cablevision and WINQ-TV Channel 19, the program could
be described as a local 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.' It is the
brainchild of Greg Hauptner. Some might remember Hauptner as the man
who several years ago donated his rare Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Corniche Coupe so it could be sunk to the bottom of the ocean off Palm
Beach for an artificial reef. He described the move as a 'public
relations coup.' And, he said with a smile, it was a good tax
deduction. Why did he do it? 'The ash-trays, were full,' Hauptner
said jokingly. 'I thought this might be a nifty idea. I had the car
several years and I was tired of it. Rather than selling it, I thought
I'd donate it.' His new show, called 'In Style with Greg Hauptner,'
targets Palm Beachers as a prime audience. 'I'm looking for anything
that has to do with style and class and elegance,' he said. 'There is
nothing like this in Palm Beach County.' Kim Jones, who edits and
produces Hauptner's new show, said they are always looking for tips for
stories from islanders. 'We go in to Palm Beach and show people if you
had money in your pocket what you could actually do and buy with it,'
she said. The show airs at 8:30 p.m. Saturdays on Comcast's channel 44
(WINQ) and Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday at 10 a.m.,
and Thursday at 4 p.m. Hauptner has interviewed Donald Trump, actor
Tommy Lee Jones and other celebrities at The Mar-a-Lago Club. In
another show he interviewed officials of The Breakers about the hotel's
$75 million in renovations. A program just filmed showcases Aston
Martin cars, a model of car used in James Bond movies, on display at
Palm Beach Motor Cars Ltd. in West Palm Beach. 'We wanted to focus on
the glamour side of life,' said Jan Orazio, vice president-general
manager of Channel 19. 'Greg is a great guy. He really has a nice
camera presence. He fits in with the Palm Beach look. You put him in
a tuxedo and he looks like he belongs.'
Orazio said the show has several Palm Beach sponsors, including Aquaterra restaurant and several Palm Beach galleries. Orazio said Hauptner's show is also broadcast from a station in Palm Springs, CA. She said Hauptner's show has the potential to be syndicated nationwide. 'We feel there is a similar audience in Palm Springs and Palm Beach,' she said. 'So the show has a natural appeal. Everyone knows Palm Beach, Worth Avenue.' Hauptner said he wants the program to show more than how rich people live. He wants viewers to see how wealthy and famous people interact with those less fortunate. He also has interviewed teens putting on a cabaret show at the Kravis Center and their parents. Allison Malcolm, the center's public relations director, said she saw Hauptner's show, last weekend and was impressed. 'I think it's a great idea,' she said. 'They are interested in getting out into the community and interested in focusing on educational programs, which is wonderful.' She said there are discussions about featuring other Kravis Center events on his show.
When he is not filming shows, Hauptner has many other ventures. He is master stylist at Premier Salons International's salon in the Boynton Beach Mall. For eight yews he was the stylist for Burt Reynolds theater and he has worked on the B.L. Stryker television series starring Reynolds, as well as Win, Lose or Draw television game show, and television commercials. This year he became the master hair stylist and artistic director for the Miss Universe pageant, where he was in charge, of 45 hair stylists and makeup artists for 80 contestants. The idea for his television show, which he writes and narrates, was born when Hauptner was styling Orazio's hair in the salon in Boynton Beach. 'I was cutting her hair one day and I said, "I'd be happy to do a show for you,"' Hauptner recalled. 'She said, "What do you have in mind?" I said "A Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous show with a focus towards the beauty angle." It has evolved to a show of style, class and elegance.'"
SOURCE Definition, LTD
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