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NBCi's Broadband
Portal Unveils New Channels, Functionality and ContentRelationships to
Enrich High-Speed User Experience
05/17/2000
SAN FRANCISCO, May
17 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC Internet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBCI), a next-generation
Internet company connecting buyers and sellers through premiere portal,
entertainment, utility and e-commerce services, today unveiled ten new
content channels on nbci.com, the company's broadband portal and contentdestination
(www.nbci.com). NBCi.com's new, seamless and easy to use channel navigation
allows users to engage in integrated content experiences that combine
audio, video and animation in the following new content areas: business,
entertainment, home, living, news, NBCTV, shopping, sports, technology
and "theWeb's best."
NBCi.com's services
for high-speed users are distributed over the open Internetas well as
through key relationships with leading telecommunications companies,Internet
Service Providers and cable service providers and reach a footprintthat
covers more than 50 percent of the home DSL market.
Also unveiled today
are new content providers to NBCi.com, including eFit.com,HoopsTV.com
Muze, MyPrimeTime and Bloomberg Television, with additionalrelationships
slated to be unveiled in the coming months. New content launchedtoday
includes:
eFit.com, the Online
Health and Fitness Network, will provide originalhealth and fitness programming,
as well as an exclusive co-distribution oftwo eFit.com produced nutrition
and health-related shows on the living channel
HoopsTV.com will
offer text, video and audio commentary including selectexclusive highlights
from college, professional, high school and playground basketball games
on the sports channel
Muze, Inc. will sneak-preview
movie trailers, text and images for upcoming movie releases on the entertainment
channel. Muze, the industry leader in entertainment product information,
also supplies NBCi.com with music, book and video product information.
MyPrimeTime
will highlight an exclusive video series including CEO interviews
covering work, money, health, play and family issues on the living channel
Bloomberg Television
will showcase financial news video 24-hour-a-day, seven days-a-week in
the business ch annel with improved video quality for broadband users
These new providers
join a roster of more than 20 content providers,unveiled when NBCi.com
launched in February 2000, including A&E Networks, The HistoryChannel,
APBnews.com, AtomFilms, BitMagic, Bloomberg.com, Epitonic, Dotcomix, FasTV.com,
LAUNCH.com, MSNBC.com, Mondo Media, Mountain Zone, ON24, On the Scene
Productions, Preview Travel, Quokka Sports, RadioAmp.com,RollingStone.com,
ValueVision International's SnapTV, Visual Data Corp., Virage, Inc., WireBreak.com
and Women.com.
CONTACT: ppoulos@myprimetime.com
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