From: duffy@csn.net (Rick Duffy)
Date: 10 Jul 1995 00:28:21 GMT
Organization: SuperNet, Inc.
Contact: Vicki Stearn
301-986-0444, Ext. 5436
vstearn @ discovery.com
Discovery Channel On-Line: <URL:http://www.discovery.com>
NEW ART OF PROGRAMMING FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB
- Discovery Channel Online Previews Begin July 1 www.discovery.com -
Stepping out as one of the first major media companies committed to
commissioning original programming for the World Wide Web, Discovery
Communications, Inc., the diversified media company anchored by The
Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel, will launch its new
programming service on July 1, 1995, called DISCOVERY CHANNEL ONLINE
<URL:http://www.discovery.com>. The announcement was made today at a
press conference in New York City by Greg Moyer, president and chief
operating officer of Discovery Networks and Worldwide Programming.
3Viewers of The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel are among
the most computer savvy of all cable audiences,2 said Moyer. 3They
expect us to deliver the same promise of quality programming in cyberspace
that they9ve come to anticipate from our television channels.2
Logging into www.discovery.com, users will have access to original
non-fiction stories, produced exclusively for the Internet. Each day of the
week will focus on a different theme. Stories will be elaborated with
daily updates, including digital photographs, personal letters from the
field.
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