CHANTILLY, Va., April 15, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- TV Worldwide, a fast-growing web-based global TV network and streaming video service provider, announced today it has been selected by Barcelona 2004 US to team with Waterside Productions to produce live and archived webcast coverage of Forum Barcelona 2004, May 9th through September 26th in Barcelona, Spain. The 141-day mega-event has been billed as "a new and creative space for reflection and experimentation in relation to the main cultural and social conflicts that humanity is faced with at the outset of the 21st century." The event has been organized by the Barcelona City Council, the Catalan Autonomous Government and the Spanish Government in cooperation with the event's main partner, UNESCO and its 186 member states. Waterside Productions, Inc. holds the exclusive Forum Barcelona 2004 marketing rights for North America and has engaged TV Worldwide to assist in the promotion, sponsorship management and production of webcast coverage for the event. The webcast will highlight Forum Barcelona 2004 entertainment and "dialogues" featuring cultures from around the world through large and small scale exhibitions, workshops, markets, performances, games and more. An interactive video press conference webcast live from the floor of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas is scheduled for 2 PM ET on April 19, 2004 at: (www.tvworldwide.com) to discuss the event webcast.
Bill Gladstone, CEO of Waterside Productions, stated, "We're excited to be able to feature Forum Barcelona 2004 utilizing a high-tech medium to showcase the rich schedule of content at this international event. We've selected TVWorldwide.com to promote and webcast the Forum because of their vast expertise in streaming successful interactive worldwide events via Internet TV."
"We're pleased to support the Waterside team to facilitate the webcast promotion and sponsorship efforts for Forum Barcelona 2004 and we applaud Waterside for having the vision to pursue this endeavor," commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com. "This truly will be an historical one-of-a-kind event and we're pleased to be able to make this unique content available to the world."
The live interactive video press conference webcast is scheduled for 2 PM ET on April 19, 2004 at: (www.tvworldwide.com). Participants should have the latest version of the free Real Video Player installed prior to the webcast press conference and should log on by 1:45 PM (ET) on April 19th. Questions for press conference participants and technical inquiries can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 223.
The Forum Barcelona 2004 event will be available as live and archived video for viewing later at: (www.tvworldwide.com). Based on sponsorship participation, TV Worldwide will attempt to cover as much of the 141-day event as possible. Questions about this coverage and sponsorship opportunities can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 222.
About TV Worldwide
As a leading global Internet TV network and streaming media company, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com) is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting"(sm) to targeted demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications. TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine (www.streamingmagazine.com) and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy also serves as President of the International Webcasting Association.
About Waterside Productions
As the world's premiere literary agency for computer and technology authors, Waterside Productions is passionate about representing authors' interests and has agented more bestselling authors and more bestselling books than all other agencies combined. Since the company's founding in 1982, Waterside agents have successfully represented more than 5,000 books to over 50 publishers, generating more than $150 million for authors. Waterside is also a long-time supporter of the authoring community as the host of the computer book industry's annual gathering, the Waterside Publishing Conference. For 10 years the top authors and publishers have met to discuss the computer book industry's most pressing issues.