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To: MMM Mule who wrote (9518)	12/22/1999 11:10:00 AM
From: Michael E. Baldino	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19297

HOT OFF THE PRESS NEWS!!! QBIZ: (COMTEX) B: Business Use of Streaming Video is Growing At a Fast Pace B: Business Use of Streaming Video is Growing At a Fast Pace, But Who's Producing the Content?; 'One-Stop' Streaming Media Development Facilities Will Be the Answer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec 22, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ask any business today where to go to get Internet video production services and there's a good chance that you'll be greeted with a blank stare. This is because there are very few video production companies specializing in Internet video development for business applications. Just as surely as television followed radio, the rapid advancement of Internet technology now makes it possible to add high-resolution, interactive visual presentations on the Web. Streaming video, is the hottest and most exciting immediate development on the Web today. RealNetworks (Nasdaq:RNWK), the pioneers of streaming audio and video over the Internet, reports that 86% of Website visitors who will stay, listen to or watch a streaming media presentation. RealNetworks reports over 65 million downloads of its streaming media player. Media Metrics reports that 15 million people experience a streaming presentation every week. With these statistics, the time is now for small business to take the initiative and leap into these new Web-marketing techniques. There is something different about walking into a QuikBIZ Media Center environment. It's one of only a few retail facilities in the country where businesses can walk-in and get on-demand services for Internet video production. QuikBIZ Media Centers believes the answer for businesses to get Internet video services, is its "on demand" media development center, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company plans on growing this concept into other geographical areas in the US. Streaming media is the current breakaway technology of the Internet. As the broadband technologies of cable, satellite, and fiber optics evolve, the full media experience on the Internet is not far away, the capability of sending audio video and other forms of multimedia "on-demand" 24-hours a day is revolutionizing the way businesses communicate. QuikBIZ Media Centers, has been providing media services to thousands of businesses for the past nine years. QuikBIZ Media Centers acts as a service bureau, as well as providing turnkey media content development to all types of businesses, government agencies, schools, universities, religious organizations and nonprofit companies. QuikBIZ Media Centers is wholly owned by QuikBIZ Internet Group, Inc. (OTCBB:QBIZ) a company specializing in providing business communication services. "We want to become the service bureau of the Internet," stated David Bawarsky, President and CEO of QuikBIZ Internet Group. "In January, we'll launch a new business-to-business e-commerce site, which will take us closer to reaching that goal. We feel that QuikBIZ is better positioned to become the brand name in providing Internet video production services to businesses." About QuikBIZ Internet Group QuikBIZ Internet Group, Inc. is an Internet-related communications company, which wholly owns several subsidiaries including: -- SmithAgency.com, a full-service advertising, marketing and public relations agency; -- QuikBIZ Media Centers, walk-in media production and duplication centers; -- QuoteIT.com and The QuikBIZ Mall - a business-to-business communications virtual mall. For further information about QuikBIZ Internet Group, Inc., visit the company's Web site at quikbizgroup.com. For more information about the QuikBIZ Mall visit the mall at quikbiz.com. The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to customer orders, demand for products and services and other risks identified in the Company's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. Distributed via COMTEX. -0- CONTACT: QuikBIZ, Fort Lauderdale Steve Rice, 954/970-3553 srice@gl-group.com WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: FLORIDA INDUSTRY CODE: RETAIL INTERNET E-COMMERCE Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. * end of story *