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From: "robert neff" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:04 PM
Subject: Fwd: Macromedia Accessibility webcast...Please distribute


PRESS RELEASE
TVWorldwide.com Again Selected by Macromedia to
Produce Accessibility Webcast
TVWorldwide.com&#8217;s AbleTV Channel to Feature
Macromedia&#8217;s Web Accessibility Seminar, Today, April
25 1:30-4:30 PM CDT, Live from Chicago

Chantilly, Va. &#8211; TVWorldwide.com, a fast-growing web-
based global TV network and streaming video service
provider, announced today that it had been selected
by Macromedia to webcast the Macromedia Web
Accessibility Seminar scheduled for April 26, live
from Chicago on TVWorldwide.com&#8217;s AbleTV channel. The
event will feature instruction on the new
accessibility features built into Macromedia Flash MX
and Macromedia Flash Player 6 and how to design an
accessible rich media website, or to retrofit a
current site to meet W3C and Section 508
accessibility guidelines. The free webcast will
feature AbleTV&#8217;s live captioned video streaming
or &#8220;webcaptingsm&#8221; process to assist on-line
participants with disabilities and serve AbleTV&#8217;s
growing audience. This webcast is sponsored by
Macromedia.

Megan Stewart, Director, Vertical Markets for
Macromedia stated, &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to be able to offer
an accessibility seminar itself in accessible webcast
format as we have in the past. We&#8217;ve again selected
TVWorldwide.com and AbleTV to webcast the event
because of their vast expertise in captioned video
streaming, or &#8220;webcapting&#8221; and the extensive
interactive audience they bring from the community of
those people with disabilities.&#8221;

&#8220;We&#8217;re pleased to have been selected again by the
Macromedia for this important event,&#8221; stated Dave
Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com. &#8220;We
always get a huge response to this event nationally
and Macromedia&#8217;s decision to &#8220;webcapt&#8221; the event with
Able TV&#8217;s capabilities is testimonial to the
company&#8217;s commitment to facilitating web site
accessibility.&#8221;

The event will be available live and archived for
later viewing at www.macromedia.com,
www.tvworldwide.com and www.abletv.net. Participants
should have the free Real Player installed prior to
the event and should log on by 1:15 PM CDT, today.
Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 221
before and during the event.

About TVWorldwide.com and AbleTV.net
In addition to being a video streaming service
provider, TVWorldwide.com is building a network of
community-based Internet TV channels, each
underwritten by a strategic partner, &#8220;aimcastingsm&#8221;
to targeted B2B and 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 open captioning to
aid web site accessibility for the disabled. With
this advance, AbleTV.net has received sponsorship
from Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Compaq
and NCR. TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of
the streaming video industry&#8217;s &#8220;Hottest Companies&#8221; by
Streaming Magazine.

For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 25, 2001
Contact: Beverly
O&#8217;Brien
TV Worldwide.com, Inc.
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www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250










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