Road Runner Chooses Visual Data to Provide Broadband Travel Content - Leading High-Speed Online Service Looks to Next Phase of Broadband Content -
PR Newswire - August 23, 1999 09:10
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT), which creates original video content for the Internet, today announced a partnership with Road Runner, one of the nation's leading high-speed online services, to provide Visual Data's broadband video content to Road Runner subscribers. The programming will be located within a new travel channel in the Road Runner service. In addition, Visual Data Corporation will be a preferred provider of travel vignettes to Road Runner.
Under the terms of the agreement, Road Runner will promote HotelView(R), as well as Visual Data's other travel programming, to its subscribers through an online advertising campaign. In addition, Road Runner and Visual Data will build a long-term content partnership, looking to supplement additional channels in the future.
Visual Data, leveraging Road Runner's broadband platform, will initially offer on-demand video tours of hundreds of hotels and select destinations. Ultimately, the content will expand into an all-encompassing travel area that will also cover attractions and golf courses from around the world. Visual Data is scheduled to launch its programming on Road Runner in October of this year and will be available to Road Runner's more than 320,000 subscribers.
"We have partnered with Road Runner to build a community of broadband information," said Randy Selman, Visual Data's CEO. "Visual Data is one of the few companies creating original video content for broadband networks. By partnering with Road Runner, a company known for providing quality, high-speed online service, we will bring their users the information they need in a format they are used to."
"Visual Data's broadband programming will be a great asset to Road Runner travelers," said Rebecca Paoletti, director of programming for Road Runner. "We are looking forward to highlighting -- on video -- a variety of destinations around the world."
About Road Runner
Road Runner (http://www.rr.com) is a leading cable broadband online service, serving in excess of 320,000 customers in the communities where it is available. It is a joint venture among affiliates of Time Warner, Inc., MediaOne Group, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Corp., and Advance/Newhouse. It combines the resources and strategic talent of the five partners who are world leaders in media, broadband communications, computer software and hardware, and publishing. The Road Runner character is a trademark and copyright of Warner Bros., a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
About Visual Data Corporation
Visual Data Corporation (http://www.vdat.com) produces, markets and distributes original video and audio content for the Internet and soon Interactive Television. Visual Data's extensive video libraries cover a wide range of topics, including travel, business information, medicine and healthcare and entertainment. Through its subsidiary EDnet, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EDNT), Visual Data has established relationships throughout the motion picture and recording industries. Visual Data's strategic alliances include PR Newswire, a subsidiary of United News and Media Group that provides breaking news and information; InterVu, which provides streaming media and Internet broadcast solutions; TravelWeb, a service of Pegasus Systems, Inc.; Interval International; Broadcast.com; Rezsolutions, the merger of Utell International and Anasazi Inc.; Physicians Online and Intelihealth, a joint venture of Aetna US Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University and Health System.
This press release contains forward-looking statements 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 the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Visual Data Corporation
/CONTACT: Bill Plough of Visual Data Corp., 954-917-6655,
bplough@vdat.com; or Randi Shumaker of Road Runner Service, 703-345-3458,
rshumaker@va.rr.com; or Carl Hymans of G.S. Schwartz, 212-725-4500,
Carlh@schwartz.com, for Visual Data Corp./
/Web site: rr.com
/Web site: vdat.com
(VDAT EDNT)
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