BigStar.com and INTERVU Align to Deliver Full-length Movies and Trailers Over the Internet
January 19, 2000 06:05 AM
NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000--
Broadband Theater(TM), Next Step in BigStar's Shop-A-Tainment(TM)
Strategy, is hosted on INTERVU's Patented Distributed Network
BigStar Entertainment Inc. BGST , which operates www.bigstar.com, the leading movie site on the Web according to Entertainment Weekly, and INTERVU Inc. ITVU , the leading service provider for Internet audio and video delivery solutions, today announced an agreement for INTERVU to distribute BigStar's Broadband Theater content of full-length films and film trailers over the Internet.
"With a current subscriber list of 1.5 million unique addresses growing at 20% per month, BigStar needs to ensure that our broadband audience receives the highest level of performance," said David Levitsky, bigstar.com's executive vice-president of strategy. "INTERVU's proven distributed network infrastructure for streaming media provides high-quality support for our full-length film content and allows BigStar to focus on what it does best - creating a unique environment where visitors can view movies and previews over the Internet, see information about their favorite stars, and purchase filmed entertainment products, all in one visit."
Bigstar.com's Broadband Theater allows visitors to preview more than 2,000 films and also offers full-length movies that can currently be viewed for free on 28.8-Kilobits-per-second (Kbps), 56-Kbps and T1 connections. The titles in Broadband Theater can also be ordered on digital video disc (DVD) or VHS video for delivery from bigstar.com.
"We are pleased to deliver bigstar.com's broadband programming to its millions of unique visitors," said Ed Huguez, chief operating officer of INTERVU. "Bigstar.com is one of the most heavily trafficked film sites on the Internet and requires an experienced and reliable streaming media provider to ensure the site has the high quality of delivery needed to retain customers. We are confident that INTERVU's scalable streaming media services can seamlessly support not only bigstar.com's current streaming efforts, but also its future plans to deliver downloadable content to its users."
Bigstar.com's Broadband Theater is the company's next step in its Shop-A-Tainment strategy. Shop-A-Tainment is the new Internet term that describes the combination of a fun online shopping experience with an entertaining, interesting and informative environment.
Bigstar.com's Shop-A-Tainment strategy integrates captivating information about movies and movie stars within a fun shopping site resulting in one of the most entertaining shopping experiences for movies online.
About BigStar Entertainment Inc.
BigStar Entertainment BSTS operates bigstar.com , a leading Shop-A-Tainment(TM) film entertainment destination site, based on internal analysis of traffic, sales and other metrics. Bigstar.com is exclusively dedicated to filmed entertainment products and sells more than 40,000 titles of videos and digital video discs (DVDs).
BigStar has forged strategic alliances with companies including Value Vision VVTV , StarMedia STRM , AOL's MovieFone AOL , Shop-at-AOL, Earthlink ELNK , Yahoo! Chat YHOO , FortuneCity.com and Flirt.com among others.
About INTERVU Inc.
INTERVU provides Web site owners and content publishers with services for the delivery or "streaming" of live and on-demand video and audio content over the Internet. INTERVU's services automate the publishing, distribution and programming of video and audio content.
INTERVU's customers use its video and audio distribution services to transmit entertainment, sports, news, advertising, business communications, and distance learning content.
INTERVU's current customers include CNET CNET , CNN TWX , Excite@Home ATHM , House of Blues, Investor Broadcast Network (formerly Vcall), Microsoft MSFT , MSNBC, NBC GE , NetRadio.com NETR ; Quokka Sports QKKA , Saatchi & Saatchi SSA , Tunes.com and Turner Broadcasting.
Additional information can be found at www.intervu.net.
This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of BigStar Entertainment and INTERVU Inc. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially.
In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in BigStar Entertainment's and INTERVU's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: INTERVU Inc. Anjeanette Rettig, 858/623-8400 x134 arettig@intervu.net or BigStar Entertainment Inc. Linda Stephen, 212/741-5106 x17 linda@yeahwhatever.com
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