KANAKARIS INTERTAINMENT STUDIO, BRAINCHILD OF ALEX KANAKARIS AND GEORGE ATKINSON, FOR PRODUCTION OF ONLINE AND LOW BUDGET THEATRICAL MOTION Pictures and Features is Slated to Open Facility Will Be Shared With Content /ISP Partner in Facility Totaling About 50,000 Square Feet
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sep 20, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kanakaris Communications (OTC Bulletin Board: KKRS) announced that it is opening a facility for the production of online and low budget theatrical motion pictures and features, as well as live webcasts, in Newport Beach, California. The Kanakaris INTERtaiNmEnT(TM) Studio will be Southern California's first fully self-contained complex offering both audio/video production services and an integrated Internet Service Provider with a high bandwidth direct pipeline to a major Internet hub and 24/7 support services.
The production facility will be shared with an independent ISP for a combined total of about 50,000 square feet in the vicinity of the 405 Freeway and Jamboree Blvd., near the John Wayne Airport, South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island, in Newport Beach, CA. The area is a hotbed of Internet corporate activity with a large number of public companies located within a five mile radius of the studio. Kanakaris will retain its current Corporate and Desience hardware/technical division offices in nearby Costa Mesa, CA.
The concept for the studio and the new Kanakaris acronym INTERtaiNmEnT (a hybrid of the words Internet and Entertainment) is the brainchild of CEO Alex Kanakaris and home video pioneer and Kanakaris NetMovieMania editor-in-chief George Atkinson.
"When I was employed by George Atkinson in the corporate offices of what was then a network of over 600 Video Station home video rental stores, I learned the financial power that home entertainment involving motion pictures had to offer. The age of the Internet, with web sites like our KKRS.Net and its www.NetMovieMania.com, creates the biggest opportunity ever to deliver movie entertainment into the home," stated CEO Alex Kanakaris.
"Our INTERtaiNmEnT studio, which I conceived with George Atkinson, who is now in charge of our online motion picture development, provides both new and established talent with a facility to create the entertainment of the 21st Century and multiple Internet delivery options. In addition, 35 millimeter motion pictures for theatrical release, can be created at breakthrough cost points with the utilization of digital video cameras and editing available at the studio," Kanakaris added.
The Kanakaris INTERtaiNmEnT Studio will open in early 2000, and there will be a live webcast on opening day which will be carried on the KKRS.NetWork (www.KKRS.Net, www.kanakaris.com).
Further information on Kanakaris: Kanakaris provides full-screen, full-length online motion pictures and secure direct over-the-Internet book delivery at the KKRS.NetWork (www.KKRS.net), as part of its eCommerce "World Downloadable Content Leader" package of services.
Kanakaris Communications is publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board and in Germany. For further information on Kanakaris Communications (www.kanakaris.com), contact Colby Marceau, director of Public/Investor Relations, at 714/444-0560; fax: 714/549-8970; e-mail: info@kanakaris.com; 3303 Harbor Blvd., No. F-3, Costa Mesa, Calif. 92626.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In particular when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan," "confident that," "believe," "expect," "intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act and are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete additional financings, and other risks.
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