Activeworlds.com partners with Visiosonic to Bring Online Music Parties to the Next Dimension @ [7/18/2000 2:20:07 PM] by: Activeworlds Press

Alliance Will Build 3D Music Environment to 1,000,000 Visiosonic Visitors
Activeworlds.com Inc., a leading Internet 3D provider, today announced a joint partnership with Visiosonic Ltd., a leading Internet destination for MP3's and music production solutions and New Wave Technology Group, Inc. a development and marketing group for companies with emerging technologies.

The agreement is intended to create a co-branded virtual environment that will be promoted on Visiosonic's popular PCDJ Phat MP3 player. A shared revenue stream will be generated as users register to attend various events and performances in the customized 3D music environment.

As partners, Visiosonic.com members will have access to the Activeworlds Virtual Reality Browser, a technology that allows for the streaming delivery of 3D and chat-related services. This technology creates the potential for shared revenue streams with the partners along with supplying end users with a compelling 3D experience. In the virtual 3D clubs members will be able to have access to real time file sharing, music selection and multi-user chat and games.

"Our partnership with Visiosonic offers an excellent opportunity to further extend the Activeworlds Platform to an already highly visited and innovative web site," said Rick Noll, CEO of Activeworlds.com . "The idea of bringing something normally reserved to a "real life" experience online is very exciting to us. This is a natural fit for Visiosonic's more than 600,000 unique monthly visitors." "Our relationship with Activeworlds.com supports our overall marketing strategy to deliver personalized tools to the more than 800,000 registered at our site,"says David Oak, Visiosonics Senior Business Development VP, "Activeworlds is a natural partner for us as it enables us to enhance our existing music community with a virtual club. The combination of our digital music collections and a 3D world will give our users a truly unique experience. This creation of the internets first Dance Club will provide a never before seen stickiness to our website and media player."

"We are excited to be involved in this synergistic partnership that will deliver Active World's powerful entertainment and educational technology to a group who will certainly be passionate about it, those involved in Internet music and entertainment" says Steven Hendrikes, COO for New Wave Technology Group, Inc. "This revenue generating membership model will allow us the opportunity to bundle the internets most intriguing services, while partnering with the leaders in music and entertainment content such as artist and record labels." says Derek Klootwyk, CEO.

About Visiosonic Ltd. (http://www.visiosonic.com/)
Founded in March of 1999, Visiosonic manufactures proprietary, state-of-the-art PC-based digital music performance systems, and distributes dance records and CDs to professional DJs, performers, dance clubs, and dance music lovers around the world.
The company established an online presence in September of 1999, and their website, www.pcdj.com, quickly became recognized as one of the Net's most popular entertainment portals for the dance and mix culture. The site currently averages over 12 million hits per month and 13,000 PCDJ player downloads per day.

At its website, the company operates SonicVibes Internet Radio, two channels of 24/7 cutting-edge dance music.

PCDJ.com visitors can also digitally download and sample dance music, and make online music purchases through SubSonic, the company's CD vinyl record distribution division.

The company operates an aggressive affiliate marketing program, and has established several soon-to-be-announced strategic alliances with major online music vendors.

Visiosonic's PCDJ player is now co-branded by StarMedia Network (NASDAQ: STRM - news), Latin America's leading Internet entertainment portal.

About New Wave Technology Group Inc. (http://www.nwtg.net/)
NWTG, Inc is an information technology group who specializes in the consulting and business development of ASP services, by building revenue generating business models, for large-scale websites and emerging technologies.
Our ability to recognize and build strong partnerships with the Internets most intriguing application service providers allows us to offer our clients substantial revenue streams by transforming their conventional websites into a 3D interactive combination.

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