ROSEVILLE, Calif., June 14, 2000 (PRIMEZONE)-- 'Beam Me Up Scotty' may take on new meaning in the fast-moving and exploding industry of streaming media, one of the Internet's fastest growing sectors this year.
To help us understand the opportunities and challenges in streaming media and the technologies and companies likely to be in the forefront, InformedInvestors.com's weekly show "Tech Check" today hosts two of the industry's leaders, iBEAM (Nasdaq:IBEM) Chairman and CEO Peter Desnoes and Chris Maskill, co-founder and Vice President of Activate Corp., a majority-owned operating company of CMGI (Nasdaq:CMGI). Both are key participants at this week's Streaming Media East trade show in New York.
Tune to "Tech Check" today on WALE 990 AM in southern New England, or on the Web at http://www.informedinvestors.com and http://www.broadcast.com/shows/informedinvestors at 1 p.m. Eastern time (10 a.m. Pacific time). Send questions during the show to co-host Tim Quast at tim@informedinvestors.com.
Desnoes has a long history as a senior executive in the television broadcasting industry. He'll discuss the advantages of iBeam's global network, a hybrid of satellite connectivity backed up by terrestrial transport which combines the fidelity, scalability, and efficiency of traditional broadcast with the interactive power of the Internet.
Maskill has daily executive level involvement in operations, business development, and sales at Activate. Under his leadership, Activate generated more than $1 million in revenues during its first 16 months of operation. Activate is a leading Webcaster, providing event broadcasting, live 24X7 broadcasting for radio and television stations, and on-demand replay of audio and video content.
InformedInvestors.com is the leading producer of online and offline industry-specific investment conferences for individual investors and offers a growing stable of resources for in-depth sector-analysis including its two weekly radio shows, "Tech Check" and "Biotalk."