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Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: media: enaugural ball . . .


I would appreciate it if this information could be cross posted
onto other
list serves where it has not been viewed yet.  Here is an
opportunity for
people with disabilities to attend one of the really cool and fun
balls
that is happening for President elect George W. Bush.  The really
cool
thing about this ball is where it is happening, the Washington
National
Press Club, a venue which poses no barriers for access by people
with
disabilities.  How better to stress the issues for people with
disabilities
than to do it live and in person.

Unfortunately, the event is sold out so you can't attend in
person.
However, You can attend over the web in the only live accessible
webcast
that is being done for any of the balls.  NCR, QuadMedia, Intacta
and other
venders will be demonstrating their latest initiatives in the area
of
assistive technology.  All you need to do is have the latest
version of the
Real G2 player (version 8) and go to either www.enaugural.com or
www.tvworldwide.com and click on the link for the live webcast at
9:30 PM
tonight.  The webcast will be going on for 3 hours, so come and
join in the
celebration of bringing in a new administration.

Jeffrey Pledger
President, AbleTV.net
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'eNaugural' to be Webcast by TVWorldwide.com Live from the
National Press
Club

eNaugural Ball to Highlight High-Tech Community and Offer
Interactive
Participation Worldwide in Webcast via http://www.enaugural.com,
Beginning
9:30 PM EST, January 20

\CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- TVWorldwide.com, a
fast-growing
web-based global TV network and streaming video service provider,
announced
today that it has been selected to webcast the first live
inaugural ball,
known as the "eNaugural.com Ball" with special "webcapting(TM)"
technology
to offer captioned video streaming in support of persons with
disabilities.
The event's webcast, scheduled after the inauguration of
President-elect
George W. Bush, Saturday, January 20 beginning at 9:30 PM EST at
Washington
D.C.'s National Press Club Ballroom Complex will offer three full
hours of
event coverage including interviews with key attendees,
behind-the-scenes
features of the day's inauguration highlights, live entertainment
coverage
and interactivity with eNaugural participants around the world by
chat,
e-mail and phone. Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will serve as
Honorary
Master of Ceremonies and the event will be anchored by tech and
political
commentator Mark Bisnow.

Live entertainment will include J. Geils with the Gerry Beaudin
Jazz trio
and other bands. Persons with disabilities will be able to join in
the fun
thanks to the webcapted(TM) streaming video, a process developed
in concert
with TVWorldwide.com's Abletv.net channel, the first global
Internet
televsion channel for persons with disabilities. The webcast will
also
utilize the 360-degree camera and lens technology of BeHere
Corporation,
the
leading provider of 360-degree Internet video technology. With
iVideo,
eNaugural participants will have control of the entire 360-degree
scene.
Sponsors of this event include Sharespace, cvent.com, and Party DC
Events.
Portions of the proceeds from the event will benefit digital
divide
charities.

"We're getting a huge response to this first-ever event and tech
community
party-goers will enjoy multiple thematic entertainment
experiences," stated
Rich Shea of organizer Events of Purpose LLC. "The eNaugural will
offer a
dotcom perspective for the tech community while offering
TVWorldwide.com's
webcast interactivity for the entire world to participate, not
just
Washington's elite."

"We're pleased to be selected by Events of Purpose for this
historical
first
in streaming video," stated Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of
TVWorldwide.com.
"The webcapting feature will make the eNaugural accessible to
persons with
disabilities and the 360 degree feature will give every on-line
participant
a customized view of the eNaugural activities while our reporting
team
provides up-to-the-minute coverage."

The event will be compressed and archived for viewing later in
both 360
degree and conventional video format. Participants should have the
free
Real
Player installed prior to the event and should log on by 9:00 PM
on the
20th. Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250 before and during
the
event.
The event will be archived at http://www.enaugural.com and
http://www.tvworldwide.com for later viewing.

In addition to its role as a streaming video applications service
provider,
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
B2B and
special interest demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com
is
currently working with a variety of clients and strategic partners
to
research the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video
streaming
content applications. TVWorldwide.com recently received first
round
financing from PSINet Ventures, Ltd., the wholly-owned corporate
unit of
PSINet, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSIX)

Contact: Joseph Juras
TVWorldwide.com, Inc.
703-961-9250
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http://www.tvworldwide.com

Rich Shea
Events of Purpose LLC
703-282-3336
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http://www.eNaugural.com

SOURCE TVWorldwide.com
Web Site: http://www.eNaugural.com/news_press.html


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