NBC to have coverage Aug. 12th.at 10pm(ET). With both Discovery Channel and Dateline NBC covering the expidition now RMS will get
the publicity it deserves::::::::
NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOST) announced
today that in an unique partnership between a cable and broadcast network, Discovery Channel and
"Dateline NBC" will collaborate on television coverage of its fifth expedition to the Titanic wreck site this
August. Television coverage includes a special edition of "Dateline NBC" -- RAISING THE TITANIC
-- on Wednesday, August 12 from 10-11 PM (ET/PT). Additional coverage on NBC will include
segments on "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" and "Today." As previously announced, Discovery
Channel's two-hour live special, TITANIC LIVE, airs on Sunday, August 16 from 8-10 PM (ET)/5-7
PM (PT).
"Dateline NBC" correspondents Sara James and Bob McKeown will be reporting for the "Dateline
NBC" special, RAISING THE TITANIC, and will contribute both live and taped reports for Discovery
Channel's TITANIC LIVE. The correspondents will be on-board one of the four surface ocean vessels,
joining the more than 90 scientists, historians and technicians involved in the expedition. In addition, an
MSNBC studio will be customized for the TITANIC LIVE broadcast anchored by MSNBC's John
Seiganthaler.
"Dateline NBC's" program -- RAISING THE TITANIC -- will focus on the expedition's attempt to raise
a 20-ton section of Titanic's hull, dubbed the "Big Piece, which the Company attempted to recover from
the debris field surrounding the wreck during its 1996 expedition, and will provide viewers with never
before seen video of the ocean liner. The program will also report on the failed 1996 attempt to raise the
Big Piece, a profile of George Tulloch, president of RMS Titanic, Inc., and artifacts recovered on past
expeditions.
Discovery Channel's TITANIC LIVE will be seen live in more than 100 counties with simultaneous
translation in Spanish, Mandarin, Thai and Japanese. The live broadcast will bring views closer to Titanic
than ever before and feature the first ever images from deep within the ship's bow and stern. There will
also be interviews with top-notch ocean specialists and historians researching how the ship sank and how
Titanic is currently being lost to the forces of nature.
RMS Titanic, Inc. will cover the expedition on its web site (www.titanic-online.com), with daily reports
and photographs to be dispatched by its expedition team directly from the wreck site to the web site.
Internet users throughout the world will be able to follow the activities and progress of the expedition
each day.
Dateline NBC, the signature broadcast for NBC News in primetime, is the most watched network
newsmagazine. The multi-night franchise, broadcast four nights a week, is seen weekly by more than 60
million viewers. Discovery Channel is one of the United States' three largest cable television networks,
serving 74 million households across the nation with the finest in informative entertainment.
Formed in 1987, RMS Titanic, Inc. was granted salvor-in-possession rights to the wreck of the Titanic
by a United States Federal Court order in 1994, reconfirmed again in 1996. The court award includes
the exclusive rights to own all of the objects recovered from the Titanic wreck site and the exclusive rights
to photograph Titanic. In a June 1998 court ruling prohibiting a proposed sightseer expedition to the
Titanic, United States District Court Judge J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr. commended the Company for
"maximizing the wreck's historical value and returning the wreck's artifacts to society for the general use
and education of all mankind." During the years 1996, 1994, 1993 and 1987, research and recovery
expeditions conducted by RMS Titanic, Inc. have recovered approximately 5,000 artifacts from the
Titanic wreck site. For more information about the Company, visit the RMS Titanic, Inc. web site at
www.titanic-online.com.
In addition to historical information contained in this press release, certain matters discussed above are
"forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can generally be
identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the Company
"believes," "anticipates," "expects," or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe the
Company's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. All of these
forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results
to differ materially from those currently anticipated, including, but not limited to, possible delays in or
obstacles to implementation of the Company's expedition plans. Shareholders, potentials investors and
other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this press release and the
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
Shares of RMS Titanic, Inc. are publicly-traded (Bulletin Board) under the symbol "SOST".
For further information about RMS Titanic, Inc., please contact George Tulloch at (212) 558-6300. The
contact for Investor Relations for RMS Titanic, Inc. is Matt Hayden at (843) 272-4653.
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