To: Steven Messina,L.M.T. who wrote (30886 ) 12/18/1998 1:54:00 PM From: Gravitar Respond to of 119973
Digital Courier's Videos Now and Books Now Divisions Link Up for Expanded Online Distribution Videos Now and Books Now to Combine Online Storefront into a Virtual Boulevard December 18, 1998 01:49 PM PARK CITY, Utah and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Courier Technologies, Inc. DCTI announced today that its online book and video superstores will begin linking their customer communities to each of the sites www.booksnow.com and www.videosnow.com. "We have developed two compelling and unique user communities with each of the online stores, and each has demonstrated an interest in related titles in other formats," stated R.J. Pittman, CEO of Digital Courier. "We are beginning to bridge the gap between our book, video, and music communities to increase traffic and sales for all the stores." Videos Now shoppers will now have immediate access to the Books Now online store, and similarly, Books Now will have access to Videos Now site. The links will help customers find popular titles such as "Star Wars" in multiple media formats including paperback, DVD, VHS video, or the CD soundtrack. Digital Courier recently announced it would offer movie soundtracks on compact disk format through the Videos Now web site, www.videosnow.com, beginning early next year. Videos Now, which debuted in November of this year on AOL, AOL.com, and Digital City, offers one of the world's largest Internet destinations for buying VHS, DVD, and Beta movies. Digital Courier Technologies, Inc. supplies businesses and major web portals with sophisticated e-commerce, payment processing and content delivery software. The software is based on a powerful matrix of server-side Java software components. Its netClearing division offers sophisticated and secure credit card and payment processing services and technology on the Internet. Its current content offerings, which utilize the powerful e-commerce and content delivery software, include: WeatherLabs, a premiere online weather information service (www.weatherlabs.com) Videos Now, which launched on America Online earlier this month (www.videosnow.com), and Books Now (www.booksnow.com). Among Digital Courier's strategic partners utilizing the Company's software and/or services are major Internet companies such as America Online, Excite, Netscape, @Home and Preview Travel. SOURCE