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For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Contact:        [log in to unmask]
TV Worldwide.com, Inc.
http://www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250

Jeff Pledger
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http://www.abletv.net
(301) 890-5944

Regina Genwright
American Foundation for the Blind
(212) 502-7658
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Chantilly, Va. -  AbleTV.net, web-based TV channel for people with
disabilities
on the TVWorldwide.com network, announced today that it had been
selected by
the American Foundation for the Blind to webcast the 15th Josephine L.
Taylor
Leadership Institute (JTLI 2001) keynote address and panel discussion
live from
the Washington Marriot Hotel, at 1:30 PM EST on March 16. The webcast
will
feature keynote speaker Carl Kupfer, M.D. from the National Institute of
Health, followed by a panel discussion on "Bringing Services to People"
with
on-line participation by chat and e-mail. The webcast will feature
AbleTV.net's
captioned video streaming or "webcapting" process to assist on-line
participants with disabilities. The free event will feature the on-line
audience tracking capability of Reliacast, Inc., selected for its
state-of-the-art ticketing software solution.

"We're excited about the prospect of offering the important JLTLI event
for
accessible on-line participation worldwide, " stated Ms. Regina
Genright,
director, AFB Information Center. " AbleTV is renowned for its webcasts
addressing issues important to the community of those people with
disabilities
and we welcome everyone tuning in worldwide."

The webcast will be directed by Jeff Pledger, President of AbleTV.net,
who lost
his sight 17 years ago due to illness.  "We are pleased to provide
captioned
streaming for this live event," remarked Pledger. " The American
Foundation for
the Blind truly is fulfilling Helen Keller's Vision with events like
this to
level the playing field for people who are blind or visually impaired."

"It will be great to have the Reliacast Virtual Turnstile software for
feedback
on our traffic so we can continue to enhance the experience for online
participants," commented Dave Gardy, CEO of TVWorldwide.com.

The program will be archived with the captioning for later viewing after
the
webcast at http://www.abletv.net. Participants should have the free Real
Player
installed prior to the event and can log on for their free Reliacast
R-ticket
any time prior to the webcast on the 16th. Questions can be directed to
[log in to unmask] before and during the event.

About TVWorldwide.com and AbleTV.net
In addition to being a full-service video streaming service provider,
The TVWorldwide.com  is building a network 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
web site accessibility for people with disabilities. With this advance,
AbleTV.net received its charter sponsorship from Microsoft Corporation.
TVWorldwide.com received first round financing from PSINet Ventures,
Ltd., the
wholly-owned corporate unit of PSINet, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSIX)

About the American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blindthe organization to which Helen
Keller
devoted more than 40 years of her lifeis a national nonprofit whose
mission is
to eliminate the inequities faced by the ten million Americans who are
blind or
visually impaired. Headquartered in New York City, AFB maintains offices
in
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco, and a governmental
relations
office in Washington, D.C.


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