KANA & XYBR NEWS: Kanakaris Communications to Produce Infomercial For Internet LifeStyle Network Selling Products Ranging From High Tech Computer Electronics To Exclusive Academy Award Winning Star Video Collection
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--
Company To Use Television To Promote Online Sales
Kanakaris Communications Inc. (OTC BB:KANA) Monday announced that it will produce a 30-minute Internet LifeStyle Network(TM) infomercial. The program, produced with consultation from Beryl Wolk, producer of over 1,100 infomercials, will present high-end, high-tech computer electronics, state-of-the-art bicycles, proprietary Blonde Brut(TM) and Platinum Blonde(TM) sparkling wines, the Pink Sapphire Collection(TM) (created for ILSN by TheGemStore.Com), and a proprietary video collection with special case and booklet showcasing Academy Award(R) winning stars.
"This will mark the beginning of Kanakaris Communications reaching a television audience to promote Internet sales of products. Part of the reason Alliance Equities is financially backing Kanakaris is to get the company and its unique approach to Internet e-commerce out before a vastly wider audience, and we are excited about the first Kanakaris infomercial," said Richard Epstein, President of Alliance Equities, based in Florida.
The Internet LifeStyle Network television program will allow viewers to order products directly and will feature promotion for the upcoming Kanakaris web site, www.ILSN.com. Kanakaris Communications, in conjunction with Beryl Wolk's Cable Print Network Marketing, will obtain airtime in various markets throughout the United States for the infomercial beginning in May, 1999, and selected scheduling information will be available online.
Among the products being featured for sale on television and online by Kanakaris is the Xybernaut MA IV(R) wearable computer by the Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR), a specially created Pink Sapphire Collection from TheGemStore.Com, a site created by American Benefits Group (OTC BB:ABFG), as well as the Kanakaris proprietary Blonde Brut(R) and Platinum Blonde(R) sparkling wines. There will also be promotion for the Kanakaris web sites www.NetBooks.com., which features proprietary Internet book delivery technology, and www.Cyberpop.com. The Kanakaris video collection showcasing Academy Award winning stars will include notes by home video legend George Atkinson, the editor-in-chief of the upcoming Kanakaris movie web site, www.GoGoliath.Com.
More than just an infomercial, the Internet LifeStyle Network program will provide an entertaining and educational look at the emerging Internet life style and will feature an interview with Kanakaris Communications Inc. CEO Alex Kanakaris, who will discuss his new book presenting his Internet vision, "The Internet LifeStyle, Quotations from Chairman Kanakaris." A premiere of portions of the infomercial will occur on the Kanakaris worldwide webcast, noon Pacific Time on Wednesday, April 21, at www.cyberpop.com, www.kanakaris.com and other Web addresses.
Kanakaris Communications is publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. 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.
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CONTACT:
Kanakaris Communications
Colby Marceau, 714/444-0560
info@kanakaris.com
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