Netscape Teams with AOL's Entertainment Asylum to Offer New
Movie and TV Areas on Netscape Netcenter; Redesigned Channel Provides Visitors
with Easy-to-Use Entertainment Planning Services
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced that it has teamed-up with AOL's
Entertainment Asylum, where the fans meet the stars online, to provide movie
and television-related content and services for the Netscape(R) Movie and TV
sub-channels on Netscape Netcenter. These additions complement the newly
redesigned Netscape Entertainment Channel, where Entertainment Tonight Online
continues to provide new, easy-to-use features and services designed to help
visitors relax and plan their free time.
The new Netscape Movie sub-channel on Netscape Netcenter offers users a
wealth of movie and entertainment resources in one convenient location.
Netscape's Local Channel provider, AOL's Digital City, Inc., the nation's
largest and the Internet's most popular local city resource and interactive
community guide, provides local content services in the Movie sub-channel
making it easy for moviegoers to have instant access to local movie listings
and showtimes. In addition, moviegoers have access to Entertainment Asylum's
full, multimedia-rich entertainment features about the latest movie releases,
Hollywood news, award nomination information, top box office and top video
rental information, polls and On-Demand celebrity video clips. Entertainment
Asylum and Digital City content make it easy for anyone to find movie
information fast such as full listings and showtimes in a local area, favorite
movies by category and what movies are opening on a particular weekend.
Television viewers can now find everything they need to decide what to
watch and when to watch it with the new Netscape TV sub-channel on Netcenter.
Entertainment Asylum and GIST TV provide users the latest TV listings
personalized to their local cable system and interests and Entertainment
Asylum content brings together in one place current TV headlines, full
multimedia features on the latest TV shows, interviews, 'behind-the-scenes'
set visits, sweeps information, events and polls.
The new Netscape Movie and TV sub-channels join the redesigned and
enhanced Netscape Entertainment Channel which features general entertainment
coverage, the Celebrity sub-channel programmed by Entertainment Tonight Online
and the Music sub-channel, programmed by JAMtv Corporation's Rolling Stone
Network. Building on the success and favorable customer reaction to the
existing programming, the new Entertainment channel features an Entertainment
Planner that provides users with everything they need in one location to plan
an evening or weekend including movie listings, TV listings, concert
happenings and local dining information and a What's Coming area that features
a look at what is coming out in theaters, TV, video, CD-ROM and DVD. The
channel has been redesigned to offer consumers an easier-to-use look that
gives them more planning tools and utility right up front.
"With Entertainment Asylum's top-notch programming for the new Movie and
TV subchannels, and the expansion of our existing quality programming from
Entertainment Tonight Online and Rolling Stone Network, the Netscape
Entertainment Channel easily becomes a leader in providing the breadth and
depth of entertainment-related content and services that consumers are
demanding from the Web," said Jerrell Jimerson, vice president of consumer
programming for Netscape Netcenter. "Adding our new interactive planning
tools gives users one, convenient place to get all the information they need
to make the most out of their free time."
Netscape Netcenter is Netscape's leading portal site and provides users
with a home base on the Internet. From Netcenter, users can navigate the
Internet, access a broad range of consumer and business content and services,
and communicate with others online. The site has 18 channels, a set of
leading-edge services that includes Netscape-branded Search, Netscape Contact,
Netscape SmartUpdate, Software Download, Member Directory, the My Netscape
personalization service, and WebMail.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and
services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep
customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of
enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet
portal to help companies build, buy, or outsource Internet applications that
drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of
business efficiency. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP, Netscape
Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available
on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to
info@netscape.com, or by calling corporate sales at 650/937-2555.
Netscape, Netscape Navigator and the Netscape N and Ship's Wheel logos are
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