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"WIRED FOR BOOKS" WINS
STREAMING MEDIA AWARD
5/7/99
For More Information, contact:
- David
Kurz, Online Services Coordinator
tel: (740) 593-4789 e-mail: kurz@ohiou.edu
San
Francisco, CA -- The Ohio
University Telecommunications
Center's
"Wired
for Books"
web site was named today as the winner of a Streamers Award
for streaming media at the 1999 RealNetworks
Conference.
This
national award program, now in its second year, recognizes
achievements in using streaming audio and video on the
Internet in effective and innovative ways. "Wired for Books"
won first place in the WebSage educational category. The
public voting, which ran from February 8 through March 25,
attracted nearly 7,000 votes for the Streamers Awards
nominees. A distinguished panel of judges reviewed each
Streamers Awards finalist and selected one winner from each
of the chosen categories. Judges included Jeffrey P. Bezos,
Founder and Chief Executive Office of Amazon.com; Mark
Cuban, President of Broadcast.com; Megan Crawford, Executive
Director, Worldwide Research & Online Marketing, MGM;
Doug Rice, President and CEO of Interactive8; and MJ Bear,
Director of New Media Services at National Public
Radio.
The
award was presented to David Kurz, Online Services
Coordinator for the Telecommunications Center, and the
creator of the Wired for Books site. Kurz accepted the award
at the San Francisco ceremony, which was webcast live on the
Internet from the RealNetworks web site.
"Wired for
Books" features streaming audio and video presentations of
lectures, book and poetry readings, and childrens stories
from the Telecommunications Center's web site. The site
features the works of Beatrix Potter and audio readings of
poetry by Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and classic
English authors. The site also includes Athens, Ohio area
writers reading their own works, including journalist Terry
Anderson, poet Michael Bugeja and author Jack
Matthews.
RealNetworks,
Inc., based in Seattle, WA, is the recognized leader in the
streaming media market. It develops and markets software
products and services designed to enable users of personal
computers and other consumer electronic devices to send and
receive audio, video and other multimedia services using the
Web. RealNetworks can be found on the World Wide Web at
www.real.com.
The
Telecommunications Center at Ohio University operates public
television, public radio, production, distance learning and
online services. The Center's web site is at
www.tcom.ohiou.edu.
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