Sorry for the short notice, but perhaps some can participate.
Steve
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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 04:49:12 -0400
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Subject: media: AbleTV's 'AbleGang' webcast on 6/28 . . .
My apologies for this very late posting, but heres hoping that many of you
will still be able to make this event. Please note, that you need to have
the Real G2 version 8 "basic" or "plus" players installed on your computer
in order to view the webcast. As always, i would greatly appreciate it if
this information could be forwarded on to other list serves where it has
not been viewed yet. Thanks and I look forward to as many of you as
possible to join in and participate in the webcast.
Jeffrey Pledger
President, AbleTV, Inc.
tvwoRLDWIDE.COM
PRESS RELEASE
TVWorldwide.com's AbleTV to Webcast "Able Gang" Discussion Program
for Community of those with Disabilities
Interactive Event to Address Government Compliance with Section 508, Casey
Martin Controversy and New PAC for Disabled, Enable America, Thursday, June
28, 2:30 PM EDT at www.AbleTV.net.
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Contact: [log in to unmask]
TV Worldwide.com, Inc.
www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250
Jeff Pledger
[log in to unmask]
www.abletv.net
(301) 890-5944
Chantilly, Va. ? In the first program of its kind ever, TVWorldwide.com
will premiere a live webcast on its AbleTV.net web-based TV channel for
people with disabilities, where panelists with disabilities and others who
work with the community again discuss major disability issues affecting 54
million people with disabilities. "The Able Gang" will focus on the new
Section 508 requirements of Rehabilitation Act of 1998 as amended, the
controversy surrounding disabled golfing professional Casey Martin and the
potential impact of a new political action committee for the community of
those with disabilities, Enable America, set to launch shortly.
The panel will also discuss the recent New Freedom Initiative program
launched by President Bush in February and his recent announcement
concerning efforts surrounding this initiative to assist those with
disabilities. The program was to involve putting additional money into
assistive technology development, the purchase of assistive technology
equipment, providing more money for special education for disabled children
and incentives for housing and better treatment for people with mental
health problems.
The Section 508 issue has become particularly hot, in light of
the recent June 25 compliance deadline for government agencies to make
their websites accessible. Some are looking at the Section 508 as a
potential "Y2K" for government CIO's trying to meet a myriad of
requirements in making their agency web sites accessible.
"Disability issues are national issues. The lack of access to jobs,
education, transportation, public buildings, dwellings, recreational
facilities, Internet and assistive technology are a tremendous economic
drain on the country. More devastating to the country is the loss of the
abilities of millions of unemployed people with disabilities," says John
Williams one of the journalists on the panel. Williams writes Assistive
Technology, a weekly column appearing Wednesdays on Business Week.Com under
Daily Briefing. His award-winning column is credited with raising
disability issues to a national awareness in the media and among
politicians, government policy makers, employers, consumers and educators.
"We have a great opportunity to offer employers and
disabled participants an accessible worldwide forum to discuss critical
issues challenging the country," which has adverse implications for the
Americans with Disabilities Act, "said Jeff Pledger, President of
AbleTV.net. Pledger, who is blind, and one of the panelists.
"This show works to inform and build consensus among
people with disabilities to take action, and that's why we continue to
produce similar programs in an ongoing web series that will take on these
issues from a journalistic perspective," commented Dave Gardy, CEO of
TVWorldwide.com who will again be the moderator.
"We are pleased to provide captioned streaming for this live event, just
like we've done for all our live and archived events, " remarked Pledger.
" The disability community is always excited about the voice they have in
this program."
" We have picked experienced, knowledgeable and respected
individuals in this field to discuss issues of national importance," said
Gardy.
The live event, "The Able Gang" is slated for 2:30 PM EDT, Thursday June
28, from the Internet TV studios of TVWorldwide.com.
The webcast will feature AbleTV.net's captioned
video streaming or "webcapting" process to aid those with disabilities in
participating via chat, e-mail and phone.
The program will be archived with the captioning for
later viewing after the webcast at the same event site link. Participants
should have the free Real Player installed prior to the event on the 28th.
Questions can be directed to [log in to unmask] before and during the
event or viewers can call 703-961-9250, ext. 223.
About TVWorldwide.com and AbleTV.net
A full-service video streaming application service provider,
TVWorldwide.com is currently working with a clients and strategic partners
on the latest in live and archived state-of-the-art video streaming content
applications.
The TVWorldwide.com network is an affiliation of
community-based Internet TV channels, each underwritten by a strategic
partner, "aimcasting" to targeted b2b and professional special interest
audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com has worked with one of its first
aimcast channels, AbleTV.net, to pioneer live and archived video streaming
with closed captioning and audio description to aid in web site
accessibility for the disabled. With this advance, AbleTV.net received its
charter sponsorship from Microsoft Corporation.
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