Television Internet's "Sitcom" is the
Highest-Rated Series Premiere in Net's History
The cast of
"Sitcom, a sitcom"
APRIL 17, 20002. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. Tuesday's
premiere of Anthony Kling's "Sitcom, a sitcom" notched record ratings for
Television Internet. The new romantic comedy about the running of a dotcom network was the
highest-rated new series premiere in Television Internet's history, seen in 2.1 million
households worldwide.
The premiere of "Sitcom", a
spin-off of the net's first half-hour series "Muscle Beach", was up 65% from
"Muscle's" premiere in 2000. "Sitcom" was helped in part by a strong
lead-in from the third season premiere of "Muscle" that featured the net's first
crossover episode in which the cast of "Sitcom" visited "Muscle".
The "Muscle"-"Sitcom" premieres shattered average
internet usage figures for "Time Spent During Surfing Session" by US surfers (32
minutes, according to Neilsen NetRatings for the week ending April 07, 2002.); 75% of
"Muscle" viewers watched both premieres, spending 53 minutes at
televisioninternet.com for the night.
"Sitcom" was boosted by higher than expected numbers from
hearing impaired viewers, 10% of total viewers utilizing the net's first closed captioning
offering, and by overseas surfers from Canada (2.5%), UK (2.4%), and Italy (1.4%).
"Sitcom" and "Muscle" are from Executive
Producer/writer Anthony Kling. Kling is the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time
Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody Kling who collectively have been attached to all
six decades of television history with credits including "All in the Family",
the "Carol Burnett Show" and "Maude" and two of the "Top 100 TV
Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com.
Part two of the three-part series premiere of "Sitcom" aires
next Tuesday night at 8:00 PM US EST. Once aired, each episode of "Sitcom" is
viewable for free 24/7 at televisioninternet.com using the Windows Media player for both
modem and broadband users.
DEAFBASE: Captioned Internet
Broadcasting
APRIL 15, 20002. ONLINE. Over the
last decade, cable television has slowly taken rating shares away from network television.
But according to one network broadcaster, an online network called the Television Internet
Broadcasting Network, two premieres of internet shows on Tuesday night, offering
groundbreaking closed captioning for the hearing impaired, will start a new decade of
internet shows taking ratings shares away from network and television.
Exactly two years after Television Internet''s series
Muscle Beach exploded on the net to become its most watched series, the preeminent online
network is now set to premiere the third season of Muscle and its highly-publicized
spinoff show, Sitcom, a sitcom, on Tuesday April 16 at 8 PM and 8:30 PM U.S. Eastern
Standard Time, respectively.
In an surprising statement Monday, however, Television
Internet CEO & Founder Anthony Kling predicted "that the Muscle and Sitcom
premieres will take measurable rating shares from primetime broadcasters on the east coast
and more significant shares from local network affiliates on the westcoast airing news
programming at that time."
Since the Santa Monica-based network expected the Muscle
and Sitcom premieres to show highest among males 18 to 24 and female 25-34 demographics,
Television Internet chose April 16 as its premiere date.
"For east coast viewers, like in New York for example,
Muscle will be going up against only one new episode from the networks (Dharma & Greg
- WABC, ABC affiliate) with two re-runs airing (JAG, CBS; Will and Grace, NBC). We expect
Sitcom at 8:30, with the Muscle lead-in, to find its strongest competitor in Watching
Ellie (WNBC, NBC affiliate) which has suffered ratings decline since its premiere. For
west coast viewers, since Television Internet shows are not tape-delayed, but viewable
24/7 once released, the premieres should show strong against local news which does not
draw similar demographics."
"However, we are most confident in predicting that
Sitcom and Muscle will shatter average internet usage figures for Time Spent During
Surfing Session," says Kling, which according to Neilsen NetRatings was 32 minutes
for U.S. surfers for the week ending April 07, 2002. "If a surfer views both
premieres, they will have spent over an enormous one hour at televisioninterrnet.com, let
alone just being online."
With nearly two dozen articles written about the series to
date, Sitcom is garnering unprecedented attention for providing the hearing impaired a new
form of closed captioning for viewing the net''s first situation comedy. Television
Internet has developed software coding that enables the hearing impaired to watch the
original half-hour comedy series for free while following along with the show''s script.
Television Internet has shown how an episode of Sitcom for
the hearing impaired actually airs. In one window, individuals can watch the video of the
episode at their chosen connection rate. In a separate smaller window, individuals can
read alone with the script of that episode, scrolling down the page as the video in the
other window plays.
Today, one out of every ten Americans suffer from hearing
loss. 48% of adults in the U.S. believe that they have suffered some hearing loss.
"We hope that Television Internet''s small step to develop advances for the hearing
impaired will encourage other online companies to do the same," said Kling.
Sitcom, a comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom
executives go through to deliver primetime shows online, will air twenty-six half-hour
episodes and will test consumer demand for the hearing impaired episodes soon after the
series'' premiere.
Sitcom is a face-pace, highly scripted romantic comedy from
Kling about the trials and tribulations a group of twenty-something dot-com executives go
through while falling in and out of love. Sitcom is a semi-autobiographical portrayal of
the behind-the-scenes workings at Television Internet.
Following the Muscle special at 8:00 PM, Sitcom will
premiere at 8:30 PM with a TV-movie of the week (the net''s first), a three-part
mini-series airing over three consecutive Tuesdays: Part 1, The Security Gate (premiering
April 16, 8:30 PM); Part 2, Creative Control (April 23, 8:00 PM): and Part 3, Really Cute
(April 30, 8:00 PM).
In Part One The Security Gate, on the heals of its recent
success with Muscle Beach, Television Internet gives Muscle''s Alabama-born executive
producer Justin Chase [played by Allen Burns] the green light to produce with his pushy
but sexy publicist Sarah Louise Porto [Laura Buckles] the next series for the network.
However, Chase, Porto, and their stunning head of Marketing and Promotions Brandy Dubuffet
[former Ms. Playboy Lunden De''Leon] soon learn that producing a follow-up hit to the
net''s most successful series is easier said than done. Sitcom also stars Eric Turic
[Giovanni Messina], Natalie Sutherland [Penelope St. Andrews], Ryan Angel [Foxy Manowski],
and Kevin Deen [Barth Silvermanarian]; Jim Morrow [Jim] of Muscle Beach guest stars.
Since September, the series that Yahoo! News called
"the first situation comedy series for the Internet" has (1) marked internet
history; (2) been heralded by the entertainment and technology industries for its
groundbreaking achievements; (3) been acclaimed by the African-American community for its
positive portrayal of African-Americans; and (4) been praised by the hearing impaired
community for its closed captioning achievements.
While publications agree Sitcom is the series to watch this
April, the question is how good is Sitcom. "Television Internet has already been in
talks to bring the series to network television. We believe it will happen; the only
question is when and on what network," says Kling.
Yahoo! News says the show is so good it " ''could
easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season '' " On April 16, the
company that made a show about muscles on a beach into a net-household name will learn if
Sitcom can overtake Muscle Beach to become the net''s most watched series. [Copyright
2002. Deaf base- Deaf & Hard of Hearing News Online]
DEAF & HARD OF HEARING SERVICES CENTER, INC.: Internet Comedy,
"Sitcom", Gets Closed Captioning.
MARCH,
2002. ONLINE. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet
series programming, announced on January 7, 2002 that the network will feature for its new
online series Sitcom, a sitcom closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
In a press demonstration streamed online from its website at televisioninternet.com, Sitcom's
Executive Producer and Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling showed that Sitcom
will provide the hearing impaired a new form of closed captioning for viewing the net's
first situation comedy. Television Internet has developed software coding that enables the
hearing impaired to watch the original half-hour comedy series for free while following
along with the show's script.
In the demonstration, Television Internet showed how an episode of Sitcom for the
hearing impaired actually airs. In one window, individuals can watch the video of the
episode at their chosen connection rate. In a separate smaller window, individuals can
read alone with the script of that episode, scrolling down the page as the video in the
other window plays.
Today, one out of every ten Americans suffer from hearing loss. 48% of adults in the U.S.
believe that they have suffered some hearing loss. "We hope that Television
Internet's small step to develop advances for the hearing impaired will encourage other
online companies to do the same," said Kling.
Sitcom, a comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom executives go through to
deliver primetime shows online, will air twenty-six half-hour episodes and will test
consumer demand for the hearing impaired episodes soon after the series' premiere.
Kling is the son of writer/producer Woody Kling whose credits include All in the
Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude, according to Variety.com.[Copyright 2002. USA-L News and NVRC, Fairfax.]
VENUS MAGAZINE: Sitcom - Lunden
De'Leon Stars as First African-American Lead on TV INTERNET Show
"It sends a positive image regarding the
world of Black executives in Hollywood."
SPRING, 2002. PRINT. For the
last few years there has been great debate about the lack of black faces on network
sitcoms. But now renowned actress-comedienne Lunden De'Leon is set to star in a brand-new
sitcom to be aired this year entitled simply Sitcom. But this will not be just
any new sitcom; it will break ground as the first-ever situation comedy show airing solely
on the Internet. Sitcom is the creation of the Television Internet Broadcasting
Network, an innovator and pioneer in internet series programming, and will be airing this
winter on www.televisioninternet.com
"Sitcom could easily finish in the
top ten of any network show this season," says the veteran performer who will be
making Internet history. De'Leon's carrer has spanned every part of the art spectrum. She
has appeared in over 50 movies and television shows and has graced the pages of Swimsuit
Illustrated. "As a black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows that
African American wmen can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent," she says about her
show.
In the pilot episode, De'Leon played one of the
fictitious heads of Television Internet, which has just completed a hit series called Muscle
Beach. Riding high on its success, the network then decides to give the OK for Muscle
Beach producer Justin Chase [played by Allen Burns] and his marketing and promotions
head Brandy Dubuffet [De'Leon's character] to produce the next series for the network.
De'Leon explains that having an African-American
woman as one of the fictional network heads was important to the production of the show.
"It sends a positive image regarding the world of Black executives in
Hollywood," De'Leon explains. Sitcom promises to be a hilarious, innovative
new show everyone can enjoy and on many different levels. [Copyright 2002. Venus Magazine. Magazine Image Copyright 2002 lundendeleon.com.]
GLOBAL BLACK WOMAN MAGAZINE:
Internet Television's New Star
SPRING, 2002. PRINT. Lunden De'Leon
considers herself blessed. She is one of the burgeoning stars on the growing presence and
business of television internet. Already a hit outisde of the United States, she's set to
star in a comedy that will being airing in Spring, 2002. The one and one half hour show
produced by the Television Internet Broadcasting Network will be the net's first original
television movie of the week, and the start of a half-hour series slated for ten episodes.
She's probably best known for her starring role in the German
television series, Vital Signs. Lunden played the character Joanne Mbutu, a young
lady from Kenya trying to make it in the United States. The series directed by acclaimed
Dieter Kehler was shown on a major network throughout Germany.
The international actress grew up in Marion, South Carolina,
a small suthern town with a population of 10,000, best known for its tobacco and sugar
cane. The daughter of a minister, she spent most of her time in church where she looked
forward to singing with the choir. "I remember singing my first song and the look on
my dad's face - he was so proud," reminisced Lunden.
After school, she headed to Long Beach, California, on a
Greyhound bus "with only 200 dollars in her pocket". In Long Beach, she attended
college, majoring in communications. During the course of her studies Lunden was able to
intern with the television show, Inside Edition, working along Star Jones, now
know for her co-hosting of the hit show, The View. At the time Star was a legal
correspondent for the popular television series. According to Lunden, she was able to work
during her internship together with Jones on the O.J. Simpson civil case. Said Luden,
"Star worked hard and demanded respect. She's truly my idol."
After her taste of Hollywood, Lunden still in college decided
to expand her repetoire into acting by taking theater classes.In on class, she had the
opportunity through a classmate to connect with a talent agency in Hollywood for models
and actresses. She ended up signing with the agency and landing a variety of television
and movie roles.
Since then, Lunden's been on another roll. Look for her on
the Windows Media Platform of your computer in the beginning of 2002. [Copyright 2002.
Global Black Woman Magazine. Magazine Image Copyright 2002 lundendeleon.com.]
NATURAL HAIR & BRAID
MAGAZINE: De'Leon Makes History
SPRING, 2002. PRINT. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series programming, has
announced that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the network's new series Sitcom,
a sitcom premiering on televisioninternet.com.
In a
press conference streamed online from its website, De'Leon announced that she will be part
of internet history as Sitcom becomes this winter the first situation comedy
series for the Internet. Television Internet will aire online twenty-six original
half-hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon will also make
internet history as the first African-American actor to star in an original series for the
Internet.
"Sitcom
could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season. It's that good,"
says De'Leon who has starred in over fifty movies and television shows and graced the
pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and most recently, the fall edition of Black
Men's Magazine. "As a Black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows
that African American women can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent." In the
pilot episode of Sitcom, following the success of its last show Muscle Beach,
Television Internet gives Muscle's fictitious Executive Producer Justin Chase
(played by Allen Burns) the greenlight to produce with his head of marketing and
promotions Brandy Dubuffet (played by De'Leon) the next series for the network.
De'Leon's
character is one of the fictious heads of the network. "Having a Black woman as one
of the heads of the network was important to the production of the series. It sends a
positive image regarding the role of Black executives in Hollywood," explains
De'Leon.
Recently in the August 15,
2001 NAACP President's Report on Television, Kweisi Mfume said that "while there have
been increases in the number of minority actors in on-air television roles, since 1999
when he said there was a 'virtual whitewash' in network television, an absence of color
remains in the executive levels."
"In the
spring of 1999. Mr. Mfume reported that none of the 26 new series on the four major
networks had a Black character in a lead role. That's disgraceful," explains Sitcom's
writer and executive producer, Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling.
This year's NAACP
President's Report indicated that for on "air positions, Fox Network reported having
24.8 percent African American actors, 6.4 percent Hispanics, 4 percent Asian Americans and
1.6 percent Native Americans. CBS reported the numbers of African American, Latino and
Asian American actors increased in the 2000-2001 season. CBS reported no Native American
actors nor presented any percentages according to the total workforce."
Kling's last
Television Internet series Muscle Beach, was lead by Asian American actor Ryan
Moriarty; the seriesbecame the net's most watched series and was the only U.S.
program nominated for the RAI Italy netcasting award. In addition to De'Leon, Sitcom also
stars Hispanic actor Eric Turic and Indian actor Kevin Deen.
Kling is
the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody
Kling who collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history with
credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude
and two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com. The
elder Kling was intrumental with Norman Lear in the 1970s in placing African Americans in
leading comedic roles in shows like All in the Family, the Jeffersons,
and Good Times.
"While
Sitcom focuses on many themes, a core theme in the series is the interracial
relationship that blossoms between Dubuffet and Chase - a white Alabama-born golf
fanatic," explains Dubuffet.
Not only is Sitcom is
the first primetime quality situation comedy for the net, it's also the first time in
programming history a netcaster turns the cameras on its operations. Sitcom is a
semi-autobiographical, face-pace comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom executives
go through to deliver primetime shows online. Sitcom clearly does something that
no other Sitcom has done - it pokes fun at its own broadcasting company and
provides insight into the competitive DotCom content race. Sitcom is also the
first spin-off series for the internet.
If Sitcom
looks like a network sitcom, that's not accidental. Sitcom will be airing the
first crossover episode for the net (when Jim Morrow of Muscle Beach joins the
cast of Sitcom in a two-part crossover special), the first movie of the week (a
one and half hour Sitcom special), and a series of controversial episodes (on
racial discrimination in Hollywood, glass ceilings for female executives, and
under-representation of Latinos in television today).
Television Internet's
shows like Sitcom have been covered in virtually every major television, internet,
and wireless industry publication including the Hollywood Reporter and Daily
Variety. When Muscle Beach premiered in March 2000, Variety quickly
praised the show as the "first network-quality first-run series for the Web".
Today, Muscle is in its third season as the net's longest running series.
Since September, Sitcom
has been heralded for delivering the "Net's First TV Movie of the Week" (Microsoft
Newsstand), been acclaimed for being part of the "first wireless broadcasting
network to deliver net-original series programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC
wireless devices" (Microsoft Newsstand), been covered in a story alongside Blink 182
and Julianne Moore (Playboy Magazine), appeared on cable tv* (Techlink), and
was the only series to be part of the October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release in two
continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 (San Francisco, CA).
In Sitcom,
Television Internet shows how that the making of a sitcom is itself a sitcom. With one of
the strongest casts and comedy scripts ever assembled, Sitcom issues in the next
generation of net programming, broadband delivery, and wireless original programming.
[Copyright 2002. Natural Hair and Braid Magazine.
Magazine Image Copyright 2002 lundendeleon.com.]
The Sitcom
Spinoff to Make Internet History: Net's
Most Watched Series starts season 3 with a romantic comedy spin-off
APRIL 2, 20002. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. Exactly two years after
Television Internet's series MuscleBeach exploded on the net to become
its most watched series, the preeminent online network is now set to premiere the third
season of Muscle and its highly anticipated spinoff show, Sitcom, a
sitcom, on Tuesday April 16 at 8 PM and 8:30 PM U.S. Eastern Standard Time,
respectively.
With nearly two dozen articles written about the series to date, Sitcom, a
sitcom is garnering unprecedented attention as the first situation comedy for the
internet. Sitcom is a face-pace, highly scripted romantic comedy from Anthony
Kling [MuscleBeach] about the trials and tribulations a group of
twenty-something dot-com executives go through while falling in and out of love. Sitcom
is a semi-autobiographical portrayal of the behind-the-scenes workings at Television
Internet.
Sitcom
visits Muscle: 8:00 PM
Sitcom will follow the Muscle Beach season three
premiere at 8 PM. In the Muscle premiere, Television Internet will aire a
half-hour special entitled Sitcom visits Muscle in which the
cast of Sitcom visits Muscle for the net's first ever crossover episode.
In Sitcom visits Muscle, two years have
passed since the Muscle gang first met. The show that became the first primetime-quality
half-hour series and made Jim a household name with "egg whites into protein
shakes" is now, however, in major trouble.
Its star, Jimmy, has threatened to quit the Television Internet series.His
executive producer, Justin Chase, and publicist, Sarah Louise Porto, have to visit the set
of Muscle to save the program. In this special, viewers are treated to a
cavalcade of a dozen Television Internet stars.
Background
on Sitcom
In September, 1972, following the recent success of All in the Family, CBS
decided to aire a spinoff series Maude that brought All in the Family's
Executive Producer and Kling's father, writer Woody Kling, to write what became the number
four most watched show that season. Now, three decades later, following the recent success
of MuscleBeach as the net's most watched series on
TelevisionInternet.com, Kling's son Anthony will deliver the spinoff series Sitcom
which bares many resemblences to the Maude spinoff.
Like Maude, Sitcom will aire Tuesdays at 8:00 pm eastern standard
time. However, unlike television, the internet enables Sitcom to be viewed
on-demand 24/7 after its initial aire time.
Maude became one of the most controversial shows of the 1970s with the first
lead character getting an abortion in primetime; Sitcom expects to be the most
controversial series this year as the first internet show to have a lead character in an
interracial relationship. Sitcom follows Muscle Beach's executive
producer Justin Chase and publicist Sarah Louise Porto as they leave the beach-and-body
show to produce the next series for their network.
Crossover episodes, which feature cast members from one show visiting members from the
other show, and often visa versa, were pioneered on television in the 1970s by Woody
Kling. With Norman Lear, Kling used crossover episodes to jump start spinoff shows like Hello,
Larry from Diff'rentStrokes, for example. Kling went on to
garner seven time Emmy Nominations and two time Emmy Awards for his writing.
Sitcom,
a sitcom: 8:30 PM
Following the Muscle special, Sitcom will
premiere at 8:30 PM with a TV-movie of the week (the net's first), a three-part
mini-series airing over three consecutive Tuesdays: Part 1, The Security
Gate (premiering April 16, 8:30 PM); Part 2, CreativeControl(April 23, 8:00 PM): and Part 3, ReallyCute(April
30, 8:00 PM).
In Part One TheSecurity Gate, on the heals
of its recent success with Muscle Beach, Television Internet gives Muscle's Alabama-born
executive producer Justin Chase [played by Allen Burns] the green light to produce with
his pushy but sexy publicist Sarah Louise Porto [Laura Buckles] the next series for the
network. However, Chase, Porto, and their stunning head of Marketing and Promotions Brandy
Dubuffet [former Ms. Playboy Lunden De'Leon] soon learn that producing a follow-up hit to
the net's most successful series is easier said than done.
Television Internet's general counsel Jessica
Pimbrose quits; their head writer Nick Matthews dies, the network is sold to venture
capitalists employing the young and inexperienced Barth Silvermanarian [Kevin Deen] as
Chase's boss; and an obtrusive, decadent Scottish actress Penelope St. Andrews [Natalie
Sutherland] is given a 26 episode contract for a series that doesn't even exist.
Chase quickly hires heartthrob
writer Giovanni Messina [Eric Turic] to revamp the show - only to find Messina revamping
the entire female staff - and clueless Foxy Manowski [Ryan Angel] to be his assistant,
only to find her marrying his boss. Muscle Beach's Jim [Jim Morrow] guest stars.
Since September, the series that Yahoo! News called "
the first situation comedy series for the Internet" has (1) marked internet history; (2) been heralded by the
entertainment and technology industries for its groundbreaking achievements; (3) been
acclaimed by the African-American community for its positive portrayal of
African-Americans; and (4) been praised by the hearing impaired community for its closed
captioning achievements.
1. Marking Internet Programming History
For Sitcom's writer/executive producer and
Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling, the series marks several historic firsts for the
net. First, Sitcom is the net's first show from a family that "collectively have been attached to all six decades
of television history with credits including All in the Family, the Carol
Burnett Show and Maude" (Yahoo!
News). Also, the series has been praised as a show that's "on laugh track"
is the "first time an Internet
program has been spun off from another ... just like a half-hour TV sitcom, except that
it's available only online" (HollywoodReporter).
And finally, the series sets Television Internet as "the first broadcasting company to deliver original programming to
Windows' Pocket PC wireless devices" and "an unsurpassed forum for incubating new programming
ideas on their way ... to traditional media" (HollywoodReporter).
Sitcom is not just the first situation comedy for the net and the first series
to deliver a TV-movie of the week online; the show is also the first spin-off series for
the net and the second series (Muscle being the first) to aire a cross-over
episode online.
2. Technological Achievements
As a result, the technology community has also
praised Sitcom's historic achievements. The series has been heralded for
delivering the "Net's First TV
Movie of the Week" (Microsoft Newsstand),
and been acclaimed for being part of the "first wireless broadcasting network to deliver net-original series
programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC wireless devices" (Microsoft Newsstand).
On October 4, 2001, Sitcom was the only series to be part of the October 4,
2001 Microsoft press release in two continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 (San
Francisco, CA). The Microsoft Corporation continued to herald Sitcom's
achievements through year-end stating, "
We are pleased that the Television Internet Broadcasting Network is taking
advantage of the new feature functionalities of Pocket PC 2002 in producing Sitcom
for the Windows Media platform, enabling to watch half-hour episodes, even hour and a half
movies of the week, with full screen, stereo sound."
(Chris Hill, product manager for the Microsoft Corporation).
3. Portrayal of African Americans
In early 2002, the African-American publications
from Florida to California applauded Sitcom for its positive portrayal of African
Americans and interracial relationships. Sitcom was given thumbs-up for having
"the first African-American
actress to star in an original series for the Internet"
... a show that demonstrates that an " 'African-American women can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent '" (BlackVoices.com). Series star Lunden De'Leon was
praised for giving a "historic
performance as the first African-American actor to star in an original series for the
Internet" (North East Florida Advocate).
In a press conference recently streamed online from televisioninternet.com, Sitcom
star, African-American comedian, Lunden De'Leon announced that Sitcom, a sitcom
hopes to "breakdown America's digital divide through the use of urban storylines,
second-generation quality broadband programming and wireless deployment". The digital
divide still remains pervasive in Amercia. The U.S. Department of Commerce found in 2000
that almost twice as many White (46.1%) and Asian American/Pacific Islander (56.8%)
households had internet access compared to Black (23.5%) and Hispanic (23.6%) households.
In whole, publications agreed that Sitcom sends "
a positive image regarding the role of Black
executives in Hollywood" and an "interracial relationship" (Columbus Post Newspaper).
4. Closed Captioning Offerings
By February, the Hearing Impaired community
recognized Sitcom for its groundbreaking offering for deaf viewers of closed
captioning.
Hearing loss strikes Americans each year at a staggering rate. Today, one out of every
ten Americans suffer from hearing loss. 48% of US adults believe they have suffered some
hearing loss. As a result, in 1990, President Bush signed into law a bill mandating all
television sets 13 inches or larger sold after July 1, 1993 to have the capability for
displaying closed captions.
The show was applauded for making "
internet programming history in 2002 for the deaf and hard of hearing ...
[providing] the hearing impaired a new form of closed captioning for viewing the net's
first situation comedy" (Deaf Voice).
Publications called Sitcom's offering as an "unpredecented closed captioning for the hearing impaired .... a
software coding that enables deaf and hard of hearing individuals to watch the original
half-hour comedy for free while following along with the show's script." (DeafBase).
April 16th
Irregardless, since September, everyone has agreed
upon one thing: Sitcom is sexy and funny.
Playboy Magazine, Global Black Woman Magazine, Natural Hair and
Braid Magazine, Venus Magazine, and Black Men's Magazine have
featured the series with star Lunden De'Leon in stories alongside Blink 182, Brandy, and
Julianne Moore. The cable series Techlink spent an entire day filming the series
for a ten minute special cable program. The music video for the series' theme song You
are the One was a MTV TRL daily submission. And hundreds of thousands of
people worldwide tuned for the series' Ladies of Sitcom Week and Sitcom Stud
Week in March in which cast photos and behind-the-scene interviews gave a pre-release
glimpse into the series.
While publications agree Sitcom is the series to watch this April, the
question is how good is Sitcom. "Television Internet has already been in
talks to bring the series to network television. We believe it will happen; the only
question is when and on what network," says Kling.
Yahoo! News says the show is so good it "
'could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this
season ' " On April 16, the company that made a
show about muscles on a beach into a net-household name will learn if Sitcom can
overtake Muscle Beach to become the net's most watched series.
Breaking Down the Digital
Divide: African American comedian
De'Leon and Hispanic Actor Turic Deliver Laughs with Meaning in Television Internet's
Sitcom, a sitcom
MARCH 15, 2002.
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of
Internet series programming, announced today that its new series Sitcom, a sitcom hopes
to breakdown America's digital divide through the use of urban storylines,
second-generation quality broadband programming and wireless deployment.
In a press conference streamed online from
televisioninternet.com, Sitcom star, African-American comedian, Lunden De'Leon
announced today that she will be part of Internet history as Sitcom becomes the
first situation comedy series for the Internet. "In shooting Sitcom, we
constantly knew that, from the cutting edge storylines, to tackling serious issues, the
show will impact internet usage among inner city youths more than any streaming video
content before it."
"The statistics of the expanding digital divide in America
are staggering," says series creator and writer Anthony Kling. "Young children
needed someone to look up to on the internet. The characters that Lunden and Hispanic
actor Eric Turic play fit that image - funny, smart and successful."
The digital divide still remains pervasive in Amercia. The U.S.
Department of Commerce found in 2000 that almost twice as many White (46.1%) and Asian
American/Pacific Islander (56.8%) households had internet access compared to Black (23.5%)
and Hispanic (23.6%) households.
Kling believes that not only Sitcom's urban
themes but also its use of (1) "second generation quality broadband programming"
and (2) wireless deployment will combat this digital divide.
First,
Sitcom will
launch what Television Internet calls "second-generation quality broadband
programming". Following eighteen-month research and development testing,
Television Internet has confirmed that Sitcom will aire for broadband users with
a visual clarity never before deployed by a netcaster on the Windows Media platform.
Netcitizens will see the lowest level of video degradation for a net original program.
As explained by De'Leon to the press, Television Internet's
research and deployment first began during the shooting of its first series Muscle
Beach back in the late 1990s. Through the production and eventual deployment of Muscle
Beach, Television Internet isolated certain production and encoding traits that when
modified enhanced the quality of streamed video and audio measurably.
Television Internet was able to achieve this second-generation
quality broadband programming for two main reasons. First Television Internet creates its
content original for the net. Television Internet does not encode preexisting movie or TV
content for internet audiences. Second, Television Internet streams its content itself.
Television Internet Streaming Media services, established in 1999, will be deploying the
new series Sitcom. Sitcom can be viewed at full screen with rates as
high as 300K with stereo sound.
Television Internet believes that enhanced net-video quality will
spur greater usage among young adults. "If you don't pay attention to the quality of
video offered to lower-speed users, you don't care about the digital divide and people who
can't afford broadband and have to settle for a dial-up modem."
Second, De'Leon also announced that
Sitcom
will serve as the flagship for Television Internet's anticipated deployment of Television
Mobile. Under the product name TelevisionMobile.com, viewers can soon watch Sitcom
on the less than hand full of wireless devices worldwide that support the Windows Media
player.
"We believe that in the next five years we'll see a faster
rise in internet usage in the inner cities on wireless devices than PCs", says Turic,
who plays in Sitcom New York born writer Giovanni Messina.
"The current Microsoft player will enable owners of the
Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs, HP Jornadas and Casio Cassiopeias the opportunity to download to
their Pocket PC and play Television Internet hit shows like Sitcom ",
according to Turic.
"Pocket PC 2002 has a great advantage in the marketplace
because it is designed to be the most connected and expandable PDA available," says
Chris Hill, a product manager at Microsoft. "We are pleased that the Television
Internet Broadcasting Network is taking advantage of the new feature functionalities of
Pocket PC 2002 in producing Sitcom for the Windows Media platform, enabling to
watch half-hour episodes, even hour and a half movies of the week, with full screen,
stereo sound."
Conquering the digital divide has been consistent with the social
awareness behind Sitcom. The series has been applauded for having the first African-American actress to star in an original
series for the Internet and for providing the hearing impaired a new form of closed
captioning for watching the comedy.
"It means more to be in a sitcom that impacts people's
lives," says De'Leon. Sitcom hopes to begin impacting the way we watch video
online when the series premieres on televisioninternet.com in the coming weeks.
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER: Black Actress Stars In Internet
Sitcom: Comedian Lunden De'Leon Plays A Hollywood Executive In
Series
Lunden De'Leon as
"Brandy Dubuffet" in Sitcom, a sitcom
FEBRUARY, 2002. ONLINE. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of Internet series programming,
announced recently that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the network's new
series "Sitcom," a comedy premiering this winter on telvisioninternet.com.
In a press conference streamed online from its
Web site, De'Leon announced that she will be part of Internet history as
"Sitcom" becomes this winter the first situation comedy series for the Internet.
Television Internet will air online this
winter 26 original half-hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon will also make Internet
history as the first African American actor to star in an original series for the
Internet.
"Sitcom" could easily finish in the
top 10 of any network show this season. It's that good," says De'Leon who has starred
in more than 50 movies and television shows and and graced the pages of "Swimsuit
Illustrated," and most recently, the fall edition of "Black Men's
Magazine."
"As a Black woman, I am very proud that
'Sitcom' shows that African American women can be funny, beautiful and intelligent,"
she says.
In the pilot episode of "Sitcom,"
following the success of its last show "Muscle Beach," Television Internet gives
"Muscle's" fictitious Executive Producer Justice Chase (played by Allen Burns)
the greenlight to produce with his head of marketing and promotions Brandy Dubuffet
(played by De'Leon) the next series for the network.
De'Leon's character is one of the fictitious
heads of the network.
"Having a Black woman as one of the heads
of the network was important to the production of the series. It sends a positive image
regarding the role of Black executives in Hollywood," explains De'Leon.
"While 'Sitcom' focuses on many themes, a
core theme in the series is the interracial relationship that blossoms between Dubuffet
and Chase - a White Alabama-born golf fanatic," explains De'Leon. [Copyright 2002.
Sacramento Observer.]
NORTHERN VIRGINA RESOURCE
CENTER: Internet Comedy, "Sitcom" Gets Closed Captioning
JANUARY, 2002. ONLINE. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series programming,
announced on January 7, 2002 that the network will feature for its new online series Sitcom,
a sitcom, closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
In a press demonstration streamed online
Monday from its website at http://www.televisioninternet.comSitcom's Executive Producer and Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling showed that
Sitcom will provide the hearing impaired a new form of closed captioning for viewing the
net's first situation comedy. Television Internet has developed software coding that
enables the hearing impaired to watch the original half-hour comedy series for free while
following along with the show's script.
In the demonstration, Television Internet
showed how an episode of Sitcom for the hearing impaired actually airs. In one
window, individuals can watch the video of the episode at their chosen connection rate. In
a separate smaller window, individuals can read alone with the script of that episode,
scrolling down the page as the video in the other window plays.
Today, one out of every ten Americans
suffer from hearing loss. 48% of adults in the U.S. believe that they have suffered some
hearing loss. "We hope that Television Internet's small step to develop advances for
the hearing impaired will encourage other online companies to do the same," said
Kling.
Sitcom, a comedy about the
struggles a group of DotCom executives go through to deliver primetime shows online, will
air twenty-six half-hour episodes and will test consumer demand for the hearing impaired
episodes soon after the series' premiere.
Kling is the son of writer/producer Woody
Kling whose credits include All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and
Maude, according to Variety,
DEAF VOICE (ENTERTAINMENT NEWS): Internet Sitcom,
a sitcom gets Closed Captioning
Eric Turic plays
Giovanni Messina in the closed captioned series Sitcom, a sitcom
JANUARY 21, 2001. ONLINE. The Television
Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series programming, announced today
that the network will feature for its new online series Sitcom, a sitcom closed
captioning for the hearing impaired.
In a press demonstration streamed online Monday from its website at
televisioninternet.com, Sitcom's Executive Producer and Television Internet CEO
Anthony Kling showed that Sitcom will make internet programming history in 2002
for the deaf and hard of hearing. Sitcom will provide the hearing impaired a new
form of closed captioning for viewing the net's first situation comedy. Television
Internet has developed software coding that enables the hearing impaired to watch the
original half-hour comedy series for free while following along with the show's script.
[Copyright 2002 Deaf Voice.]
Muscle - Sitcom Spinoff to
Mirror All in the Family - Maude Spinoff: Three Decades later Television Programming Repeats History Online
Muscle Beach's Jim
[played by Jim Morrow] gets a visit from his female publicist and danish-eating executive
producer in the Television Internet special Sitcom visits Muscle
JANUARY 14, 2002. SANTA
MONICA, CALIFORNIA. In September, 1972, following the recent success of All in the
Family, CBS decided to aire a spinoff series Maude that brought All in
theFamily's Executive Producer and writer Woody Kling to write what became
the number four most watched show that season. Now, three decades later, following
the recent success of Muscle Beach as the net's most watched series on
TelevisionInternet.com, Kling's son Anthony will deliver a spinoff series Sitcom, a
Sitcom which bares many resemblences to the Maude spinoff.
Maude became one of the most
controversial shows of the 1970s with the first lead character getting an abortion in
primetime. Sitcom expects to be the most controversial series this year as the
first internet show to have a lead character in an interracial relationship. As the net's
first spinoff series, Sitcom follows Muscle Beach's executive producer
Justin Chase and publicist Sarah Louise Porto as they leave the beach-and-body show to
produce the next series for their network.
Television Internet's younger Kling announced
today that he will aire in March the net's first crossover special entitled Sitcom
visits Muscle. In the special, Justin and Sarah have to visit Muscle
Beach after its star Jim threatens to leave the show that made "him, protein
shakes, and egg whites household names". In addition, Kling announced today that Jim
of Muscle will visit Sitcom, a sitcom in the series premiere later in
March.
Crossover episodes, which feature cast members from one show
visiting members from the other show, and often visa versa, were pioneered on television
in the 1970s by Woody Kling. With Norman Lear, Kling used crossover
episodes to jump start spinoff shows like Hello, Larry from Diff'rent Strokes,
for example. Kling went
on to garner seven time Emmy Nominations and two time Emmy Awards for his writing. Today
father and son together have been attached to all six decades of television history with
writing credits including the Carol Burnett Show and two of the "Top 100 TV
Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com.
Like Maude, Sitcom may also
be slated for Tuesdays at 8:00 pm eastern standard time. However, unlike television, the
internet enables Sitcom to be viewed on-demand 24/7 after its initial aire time.
In its four seasons, the spinoff Maude
finished in the top ten of all shows and yielded its own successful spinoff, Good
Times. "While I expect Sitcom will be as fun as Maude,"
says Kling, "I won't yet say whether a spinoff of the spinoff is in the works."
DEAF
BASE - DEAF & HARD OF HEARING NEWS ONLINE: Internet's Sitcom, a sitcom gets Closed Captioning
Eric Turic plays
Giovanni Messina in the closed captioned series Sitcom, a sitcom
JANUARY 9, 2002. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.
The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series programming,
announced today that the network will feature for its new online series Sitcom, a
sitcom unpredecented closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
In a press demonstration streamed online Monday from its website televisioninternet.com, Sitcom's
Executive Producer and Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling showed that Sitcom
will make internet history this winter, providing for the hearing impaired a new form of
closed captioning for viewing the net's first situation comedy. Television Internet has
developed software coding that enables deaf and hard of hearing individuals to watch the
original half-hour comedy for free while following along with the show's script.
"Developing closed captioning for streaming video presented a challenge,"
explained Kling. "At Television Internet we knew that closed captioning for
conventional television could not work online because of changing frame rates. As anyone
who has watched streaming video knows, the number of video frames you receive are
constantly changing. Sometimes, you receive a steady flow of frames; other times, you
loose frames, creating a 'haulted look' to the video. Therefore, conventional television
closed captioning, where you align text for each frame, made no sense for Sitcom."
In the press demonstration, Television Internet demonstrated how the beta episode of Sitcom
for the hearing impaired actually works. In one window, individuals can watch the video of
the episode. In a separate smaller window, individuals can read alone with the script of
that episode, scrolling down the page as the video in the other window plays.
Hearing loss strikes Americans each year at a staggering rate. Today, one out of every ten
Americans suffer from hearing loss. 48% of US adults believe they have suffered some
hearing loss. As a result, in 1990, President Bush signed into law a bill mandating all
television sets 13 inches or larger sold after July 1, 1993 to have the capability for
displaying closed captions. Closed captioning for conventional television started roughly
in the 1970s but gained speed in 1980 when ABC, NBC, and PBS starting transmitting closed
captions on selected programs.
A semi-autobiographical, face-pace comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom executives
go through to deliver primetime shows online, Sitcom will aire twenty-six
half-hour episodes and will test out demand for the hearing impaired episodes starting
with the fourth episode.
Since September, Sitcom has already been acclaimed for making "Internet
history as Sitcom becomes the first situation comedy series for the
Internet" (Yahoo! News); been praised as a show that's "on laugh track",
"first time an Internet program has been spun off from another ... just like a
half-hour TV sitcom, except that it's available only online" (Hollywood Reporter);
and been applauded for having "the first African-American actress to star in an
original series for the Internet" (BlackVoices.com).
Kling is the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer
Woody Kling who collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history
with credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude
and two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com.
[Copyright 2002. Deaf base- Deaf & Hard of Hearing News Online]
Internet
Sitcom, a sitcom gets Closed Captioning
Eric Turic plays Giovanni
Messina in the Closed Captioned Sitcom, a sitcom
JANUARY 7, 2002. SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series
programming, announced today that the network will feature for its new online series Sitcom,
a sitcom closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
In a press demonstration streamed
online Monday from its website at televisioninternet.com, Sitcom's Executive
Producer and Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling showed that Sitcom will make
internet programming history in 2002 for the deaf and hard of hearing. Sitcom
will provide the hearing impaired a new form of closed captioning for viewing the net's
first situation comedy. Television Internet has developed software coding that enables the
hearing impaired to watch the original half-hour comedy series for free while following
along with the show's script.
"Developing closed captioning for streaming
video presented a challenge we wanted to tackle," explained Kling. "We knew at
Television Internet that closed captioning used for conventional television could not work
online because of the problem of changing frame rates. As anyone who has watched streaming
video knows, the number of video frames you receive are constantly changing. Sometimes,
you receive a steady flow of frames creating a smooth video image; other times, you loose
frames, creating a 'haulted look' to the video. Therefore, we knew that television closed
captioning, where you align text for each frame, made no sense for Sitcom."
In the press demonstration,
Television Internet showed how an episode of Sitcom for the hearing impaired
actually aires. In one window, individuals can watch the video of the episode at their
chosen connection rate. In a separate smaller window, individuals can read alone with the
script of that episode, scrolling down the page as the video in the other window plays.
Hearing loss strikes Americans each
year at a staggering rate. Today, one out of every ten Americans suffer from hearing loss.
48% of adults in the U.S. believe that they have suffered some hearing loss. As a result,
in 1990, President Bush signed into law a bill mandating all television sets 13 inches or
larger sold after July 1, 1993 to have the capability for displaying closed captions.
Closed captioning for conventional television started roughly in the 1970s but gained
speed in 1980 when ABC, NBC, and PBS starting transmitting closed captions on selected
programs. Closed captioning for internet streaming video
has been a different story. "We hope that Television Internet's small step to develop
advances for the hearing impaired will encourage other online companies to do the
same."
Sitcom, a
semi-autobiographical, face-pace comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom executives
go through to deliver primetime shows online, will aire twenty-six half-hour episodes and
will test consumer demand for the hearing impaired episodes soon after the series'
premiere.
Since September, Sitcom
has been acclaimed for making "Internet history as Sitcom
becomes the first situation comedy series for the Internet" (Yahoo! News);been applauded for having "the first
African-American actress to star in an original series for the Internet" (BlackVoices.com);
and been praised as a show that's "on laugh
track", the "first time an Internet program has been spun off from another ...
just like a half-hour TV sitcom, except that it's available only online"
(Hollywood Reporter).
Kling is the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two
time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody Kling who collectively have been attached to
all six decades of television history with credits including All in the Family, the
Carol Burnett Show and Maude and two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All
Time" according to Variety.com.
G21.NET,
THE WORLD'S MAGAZINE Fan Letter Mailbag: Black Actress to Star in Net's First Sitcom
De'Leon Makes Internet History in
Television Internet's Sitcom
JANUARY 5, 2002. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of Internet series programming,
announced today that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the network's new
series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering this winter on televisioninternet.com.
In a press conference Tuesday streamed online from its
website, De'Leon announced that she will be part of Internet history as Sitcom
becomes the first situation comedy series for the Internet. Television Internet will aire
twenty-six original half hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon will also make Internet
history as the first African-American actress to star in an original series for the
Internet.
"Sitcom could easily finish in the top ten of
any network show this season. It's that good," says De'Leon who has starred in over
fifty movies and television shows and has graced the pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and
most recently the fall edition of Black Men's Magazine. "As a black woman, I am very
proud that Sitcom shows that African American women can be funny, beautiful, and
intelligent."
Sitcom is produced by Anthony Kling, the son of seven time
Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody Kling who collectively
have been attached to all six decades of television history with credits including All
in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude. [Copyright 2002
G21.net.]
YAHOO!
NEWS: Black Actress to star in Web Sitcom
Friday January 04 10:01 AM EST. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of Internet series
programming, announced recently that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the
network's new series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering this winter on televisioninternet.com.
The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of
Internet series programming, announced recently that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon
will star in the network's new series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering this winter on
televisioninternet.com.
In a late December press conference streamed online from its website, De'Leon announced
that she will be part of Internet history as Sitcom becomes the first situation comedy
series for the Internet. Television Internet will air 26 original half hour episodes
viewable for free. De'Leon will also make Internet history as the first African-American
actress to star in an original series for the Internet.
"Sitcom could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season. It's that
good," says De'Leon who has starred in over fifty movies and television shows and has
graced the pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and most recently the fall edition of Black
Men's Magazine.
"As a black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows that African-American women can
be funny, beautiful, and intelligent."
Sitcom is produced by Anthony Kling, the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy
Award winning writer/producer Woody Kling who collectively have been attached to all six
decades of television history with credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett
show and Maude. [Copryight 2002 Yahoo! ]
BLACK VOICES: Black Actress to Star in Net's First Sitcom: De'Leon
Makes History in Television Internet's Sitcom, a Sitcom
SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA -- The Television Internet Broadcasting
Network, a pioneer of Internet series programming, announced recently that acclaimed
comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the network's new series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering
this winter on televisioninternet.com.
In a late December press
conference streamed online from its website, De'Leon announced that she will be part of
Internet history as Sitcom becomes the first situation comedy series for the Internet.
Television Internet will air 26 original half hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon
will also make Internet history as the first African-American actress to star in an
original series for the Internet.
"Sitcom could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season. It's that
good," says De'Leon who has starred in over fifty movies and television shows and has
graced the pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and most recently the fall edition of Black
Men's Magazine.
"As a black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows that African-American women can
be funny, beautiful, and intelligent."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: "Sitcom"
series on laugh track to Pocket PCs
Lunden De'Leon plays Brandy Dubuffet in
"Sitcom, a Sitcom".
NOVEMBER 28, 2001. HOLLYWOOD,
CALIFORNIA.A new series from the Television Internet Broadcasting
Network makes it the first broadcasting company to deliver original programming to
Windows' Pocket PC wireless devices.
"Sitcom, a Sitcom" is
just like a half-hour TV sitcom, except that it's available only online. It's also the
first time an Internet program has been spun off from another. In its
pilot episode, a character from Television Internet's ongoing successful series
"Muscle Beach" gets the green light to produce the next series.
"Sitcom" is a semi-autobiographical comedy about a group of young, attractive
dotcommers trying [to] deliver that fictional online show
Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling said the show
"tackles controversial issues - such as racial discrimination in Hollywood and
domestic violene among professional athletes - like my father used to do with "All in
the Family".
Kling is the son of Emmy-winning writer-producer Woody Kling,
who is best known for his work on "All in the Family", "The Carol Burnett
Show", and "Maude".
The younger Kling believes that the Internet provides an unsurpassed forum for incubating new programming ideas on their way,
potentially, to traditional media. Therefore,
all 26 half-hour episodes of "Sitcom" are viewable free, subsidized by the
streaming media services Kling's company provides.
"If a show online can be done at a reasonable cost, and
the script works and the story works, then you've already had a test market," he
said.[By Chris Marlowe. Copryight 2001 Hollywood
Reporter]
NORTHEAST FLORIDA ADVOCATE. Black Actress to Star in Net's First
Sitcom: De'Leon Makes History in Television Internet's Sitcom,
a Sitcom
Lunden De'Leon
NOVEMBER 14, 2001. FLORIDA. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series programming,
announced today that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the network's new
series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering this winter on televisioninternet.com.
In a
press conference Tuesday streamed online from its website, De'Leon announced that she will
be part of internet history as Sitcom becomes this winter the first situation
comedy series for the Internet. Television Internet will aire online this winter
twenty-six original half-hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon will
also make internet history as the first African-American actor to star in an original
series for the Internet.
"Sitcom
could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season. It's that good,"
says De'Leon who has starred in over fifty movies and television shows and graced the
pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and most recently, the fall edition of Black
Men's Magazine. "As a Black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows
that African American women can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent." In the
pilot episode of Sitcom, following the success of its last show Muscle Beach,
Television Internet gives Muscle's fictitious Executive Producer Justin Chase
(played by Allen Burns) the greenlight to produce with his head of marketing and
promotions Brandy Dubuffet (played by De'Leon) the next series for the network.
De'Leon's
character is one of the fictious heads of the network. "Having a Black woman as one
of the heads of the network was important to the production of the series. It sends a
positive image regarding the role of Black executives in Hollywood," explains
De'Leon.
Recently in the August 15,
2001 NAACP President's Report on Television, Kweisi Mfume said that "while there have
been increases in the number of minority actors in on-air television roles, since 1999
when he said there was a 'virtual whitewash' in network television, an absence of color
remains in the executive levels."
"In the
spring of 1999. Mr. Mfume reported that none of the 26 new series on the four major
networks had a Black character in a lead role. That's disgraceful," explains Sitcom's
writer and executive producer, Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling.
This year's NAACP
President's Report indicated that for on "air positions, Fox Network reported having
24.8 percent African American actors, 6.4 percent Hispanics, 4 percent Asian Americans and
1.6 percent Native Americans. CBS reported the numbers of African American, Latino and
Asian American actors increased in the 2000-2001 season. CBS reported no Native American
actors nor presented any percentages according to the total workforce."
Kling's last
Television Internet series Muscle Beach, was lead by Asian American actor Ryan
Moriarty; the seriesbecame the net's most watched series and was the only U.S.
program nominated for the RAI Italy netcasting award. In addition to De'Leon, Sitcom also
stars Hispanic actor Eric Turic and Indian actor Kevin Deen.
Kling is
the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody
Kling who collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history with
credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude
and two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com. The
elder Kling was intrumental with Norman Lear in the 1970s in placing African Americans in
leading comedic roles in shows like All in the Family, the Jeffersons,
and Good Times.
"While
Sitcom focuses on many themes, a core theme in the series is the interracial
relationship that blossoms between Dubuffet and Chase - a white Alabama-born golf
fanatic," explains Dubuffet.
Not only is Sitcom is
the first primetime quality situation comedy for the net, it's also the first time in
programming history a netcaster turns the cameras on its operations. Sitcom is a
semi-autobiographical, face-pace comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom executives
go through to deliver primetime shows online. Sitcom clearly does something that
no other Sitcom has done - it pokes fun at its own broadcasting company and
provides insight into the competitive DotCom content race. Sitcom is also the
first spin-off series for the internet.
If Sitcom
looks like a network sitcom, that's not accidental. Sitcom will be airing the
first crossover episode for the net (when Jim Morrow of Muscle Beach joins the
cast of Sitcom in a two-part crossover special), the first movie of the week (a
one and half hour Sitcom special), and a series of controversial episodes (on
racial discrimination in Hollywood, glass ceilings for female executives, and
under-representation of Latinos in television today).
Television Internet's
shows like Sitcom have been covered in virtually every major television, internet,
and wireless industry publication including the Hollywood Reporter and Daily
Variety. When Muscle Beach premiered in March 2000, Variety quickly
praised the show as the "first network-quality first-run series for the Web".
Today, Muscle is in its third season as the net's longest running series.
Since September, Sitcom
has been heralded for delivering the "Net's First TV Movie of the Week" (Microsoft
Newsstand), been acclaimed for being part of the "first wireless broadcasting
network to deliver net-original series programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC
wireless devices" (Microsoft Newsstand), been covered in a story alongside Blink 182
and Julianne Moore (Playboy Magazine), appeared on cable tv* (Techlink), and
was the only series to be part of the October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release in two
continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 (San Francisco, CA).
In Sitcom,
Television Internet shows how that the making of a sitcom is itself a sitcom. With one of
the strongest casts and comedy scripts ever assembled, Sitcom issues in the next
generation of net programming, broadband delivery, and wireless original programming.
[Copyright 2001. North East Florida Advocate.]
COLUMBUS POST NEWSPAPER. Black Actress to Star in
Net's First Sitcom: De'Leon Makes History in Television
Internet's Sitcom, a Sitcom
Lunden De'Leon
NOVEMBER 9, 2001.
COLUMBUS, OHIO. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of
internet series programming, announced today that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will
star in the network's new series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering this winter on
televisioninternet.com.
In a press conference
Tuesday streamed online from its website, De'Leon announced that she will be part of
internet history as Sitcom becomes this winter the first situation comedy series
for the Internet. Television Internet will aire online this winter twenty-six original
half-hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon will also make
internet history as the first African-American actor to star in an original series for the
Internet.
"Sitcom
could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season. It's that good,"
says De'Leon who has starred in over fifty movies and television shows and graced the
pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and most recently, the fall edition of Black
Men's Magazine. "As a Black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows
that African American women can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent." In the
pilot episode of Sitcom, following the success of its last show Muscle Beach,
Television Internet gives Muscle's fictitious Executive Producer Justin Chase
(played by Allen Burns) the greenlight to produce with his head of marketing and
promotions Brandy Dubuffet (played by De'Leon) the next series for the network.
De'Leon's
character is one of the fictious heads of the network. "Having a Black woman as one
of the heads of the network was important to the production of the series. It sends a
positive image regarding the role of Black executives in Hollywood," explains
De'Leon.
Recently in the August 15,
2001 NAACP President's Report on Television, Kweisi Mfume said that "while there have
been increases in the number of minority actors in on-air television roles, since 1999
when he said there was a 'virtual whitewash' in network television, an absence of color
remains in the executive levels."
"In
the spring of 1999. Mr. Mfume reported that none of the 26 new series on the four major
networks had a Black character in a lead role. That's disgraceful," explains Sitcom's
writer and executive producer, Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling.
This year's NAACP President's
Report indicated that for on "air positions, Fox Network reported having 24.8 percent
African American actors, 6.4 percent Hispanics, 4 percent Asian Americans and 1.6 percent
Native Americans. CBS reported the numbers of African American, Latino and Asian American
actors increased in the 2000-2001 season. CBS reported no Native American actors nor
presented any percentages according to the total workforce."
Kling's last Television
Internet series Muscle Beach, was lead by Asian American actor Ryan Moriarty; the
seriesbecame the net's most watched series and was the only U.S. program
nominated for the RAI Italy netcasting award. In addition to De'Leon, Sitcom also
stars Hispanic actor Eric Turic and Indian actor Kevin Deen.
Kling is
the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody
Kling who collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history with
credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude
and two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com. The
elder Kling was intrumental with Norman Lear in the 1970s in placing African Americans in
leading comedic roles in shows like All in the Family, the Jeffersons,
and Good Times.
"While
Sitcom focuses on many themes, a core theme in the series is the interracial
relationship that blossoms between Dubuffet and Chase - a white Alabama-born golf
fanatic," explains Dubuffet.
Not only is Sitcom is
the first primetime quality situation comedy for the net, it's also the first time in
programming history a netcaster turns the cameras on its operations. Sitcom is a
semi-autobiographical, face-pace comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom executives
go through to deliver primetime shows online. Sitcom clearly does something that
no other Sitcom has done - it pokes fun at its own broadcasting company and
provides insight into the competitive DotCom content race. Sitcom is also the
first spin-off series for the internet.
If Sitcom
looks like a network sitcom, that's not accidental. Sitcom will be airing the
first crossover episode for the net (when Jim Morrow of Muscle Beach joins the
cast of Sitcom in a two-part crossover special), the first movie of the week (a
one and half hour Sitcom special), and a series of controversial episodes (on
racial discrimination in Hollywood, glass ceilings for female executives, and
under-representation of Latinos in television today).
Television Internet's
shows like Sitcom have been covered in virtually every major television, internet,
and wireless industry publication including the Hollywood Reporter and Daily
Variety. When Muscle Beach premiered in March 2000, Variety quickly
praised the show as the "first network-quality first-run series for the Web".
Today, Muscle is in its third season as the net's longest running series.
Since September, Sitcom
has been heralded for delivering the "Net's First TV Movie of the Week" (Microsoft
Newsstand), been acclaimed for being part of the "first wireless broadcasting
network to deliver net-original series programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC
wireless devices" (Microsoft Newsstand), been covered in a story alongside Blink 182
and Julianne Moore (Playboy Magazine), appeared on cable tv* (Techlink), and
was the only series to be part of the October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release in two
continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 (San Francisco, CA).
In Sitcom,
Television Internet shows how that the making of a sitcom is itself a sitcom. With one of
the strongest casts and comedy scripts ever assembled, Sitcom issues in the next
generation of net programming, broadband delivery, and wireless original programming.
[Copyright 2001. Columbus Post Newspaper.]
BLACKHEADLINES.COM. Black Actress to Star in Net's
First Sitcom: De'Leon Makes History in Television
Internet's Sitcom, a Sitcom
Lunden De'Leon
NOVEMBER 9, 2001. COLUMBUS,
OHIO. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series
programming, announced today that acclaimed comedian Lunden De'Leon will star in the
network's new series Sitcom, a sitcom premiering this winter on
televisioninternet.com.
In a press conference
Tuesday streamed online from its website, De'Leon announced that she will be part of
internet history as Sitcom becomes this winter the first situation comedy series
for the Internet. Television Internet will aire online this winter twenty-six original
half-hour episodes viewable for free. De'Leon will also make
internet history as the first African-American actor to star in an original series for the
Internet.
"Sitcom
could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season. It's that good,"
says De'Leon who has starred in over fifty movies and television shows and graced the
pages of Swimsuit Illustrated, and most recently, the fall edition of Black
Men's Magazine. "As a Black woman, I am very proud that Sitcom shows
that African American women can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent." In the
pilot episode of Sitcom, following the success of its last show Muscle Beach,
Television Internet gives Muscle's fictitious Executive Producer Justin Chase
(played by Allen Burns) the greenlight to produce with his head of marketing and
promotions Brandy Dubuffet (played by De'Leon) the next series for the network.
De'Leon's
character is one of the fictious heads of the network. "Having a Black woman as one
of the heads of the network was important to the production of the series. It sends a
positive image regarding the role of Black executives in Hollywood," explains
De'Leon.
Recently in the August 15,
2001 NAACP President's Report on Television, Kweisi Mfume said that "while there have
been increases in the number of minority actors in on-air television roles, since 1999
when he said there was a 'virtual whitewash' in network television, an absence of color
remains in the executive levels."
"In the
spring of 1999. Mr. Mfume reported that none of the 26 new series on the four major
networks had a Black character in a lead role. That's disgraceful," explains Sitcom's
writer and executive producer, Television Internet CEO Anthony Kling.
This year's NAACP
President's Report indicated that for on "air positions, Fox Network reported having
24.8 percent African American actors, 6.4 percent Hispanics, 4 percent Asian Americans and
1.6 percent Native Americans. CBS reported the numbers of African American, Latino and
Asian American actors increased in the 2000-2001 season. CBS reported no Native American
actors nor presented any percentages according to the total workforce."
Kling's last
Television Internet series Muscle Beach, was lead by Asian American actor Ryan
Moriarty; the seriesbecame the net's most watched series and was the only U.S.
program nominated for the RAI Italy netcasting award. In addition to De'Leon, Sitcom also
stars Hispanic actor Eric Turic and Indian actor Kevin Deen.
Kling is
the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody
Kling who collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history with
credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude
and two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com. The
elder Kling was intrumental with Norman Lear in the 1970s in placing African Americans in
leading comedic roles in shows like All in the Family, the Jeffersons,
and Good Times.
"While
Sitcom focuses on many themes, a core theme in the series is the interracial
relationship that blossoms between Dubuffet and Chase - a white Alabama-born golf
fanatic," explains Dubuffet.
Not only
is Sitcom is the first primetime quality situation comedy for the net, it's also
the first time in programming history a netcaster turns the cameras on its operations. Sitcom
is a semi-autobiographical, face-pace comedy about the struggles a group of DotCom
executives go through to deliver primetime shows online. Sitcom clearly does
something that no other Sitcom has done - it pokes fun at its own broadcasting
company and provides insight into the competitive DotCom content race. Sitcom is
also the first spin-off series for the internet.
If Sitcom
looks like a network sitcom, that's not accidental. Sitcom will be airing the
first crossover episode for the net (when Jim Morrow of Muscle Beach joins the
cast of Sitcom in a two-part crossover special), the first movie of the week (a
one and half hour Sitcom special), and a series of controversial episodes (on
racial discrimination in Hollywood, glass ceilings for female executives, and
under-representation of Latinos in television today).
Television Internet's
shows like Sitcom have been covered in virtually every major television, internet,
and wireless industry publication including the Hollywood Reporter and Daily
Variety. When Muscle Beach premiered in March 2000, Variety quickly
praised the show as the "first network-quality first-run series for the Web".
Today, Muscle is in its third season as the net's longest running series.
Since September, Sitcom
has been heralded for delivering the "Net's First TV Movie of the Week" (Microsoft
Newsstand), been acclaimed for being part of the "first wireless broadcasting
network to deliver net-original series programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC
wireless devices" (Microsoft Newsstand), been covered in a story alongside Blink 182
and Julianne Moore (Playboy Magazine), appeared on cable tv* (Techlink), and
was the only series to be part of the October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release in two
continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 (San Francisco, CA).
In Sitcom,
Television Internet shows how that the making of a sitcom is itself a sitcom. With one of
the strongest casts and comedy scripts ever assembled, Sitcom issues in the next
generation of net programming, broadband delivery, and wireless original programming.
[Copyright 2001. BlackHeadlines.com.]
You are the One historic premiere
NOVEMBER 7, 2001. SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA. This Saturday, at 12:00 Noon U.S. Eastern Standard Time, Television Internet
will premiere the music video to You are the One, theme song to the new series Sitcom
a Sitcom. The video will premiere on M(usic)TVI. You are the
One is the rock instrumental hit song whose music video will show the first glimpse
into the cast of the new series Sitcom. Starting at 9:00 a.m., the
broadcast is viewable on demand at anytime thereafter from 28K to 300 K connections.
New Television Internet Series May Loose "Muscle" Lead-in:
Netcaster seeks Younger Demographic while Curbing Traffic Concerns
OCTOBER 10, 2001. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced today that it may move its new series Sitcom
a Sitcom from a planned Wednesday 8:30 p.m. timeslot this fall, after the 8:00 hit
TVI series Muscle Beach, because of fears of site traffic congestion and to show
stronger among the 18 to 25 demographic.
The netcaster explained
that, while it had sloted the new comedy series to have Muscle Beach as its
lead-in on Wednesday night, the network is now concerned that its site may not be able to
sustain exploding traffic demands. "We are still trying to have the third season of Muscle
lead in for our new series since Sitcom is a spinoff of Muscle",
stated Television Internet CEO and Sitcom Executive Producer Anthony Kling.
"However, Television Internet is now witnessing one of the sharpest increases in site
traffic in company history because of Sitcom. Since August, 2001, traffic has
virtually doubled. We haven't even annouced the basic premise of the series. We haven't
even told people that there is not a single bicep curl or protein shake in the show,"
jokes Kling.
The netcaster confirmed that it is also trying to
position Sitcom, a romantic comedy about twenty-years old,for a
stronger showing in the 18 to 25 demographic. "Television Internet is looking at
perhaps moving Sitcom to Tuesday night at 8:30 rather than Wednesday at the same
time" putting Sitcom against What about Joan (ABC) and JAG (CBS)
instead of According to Jim (ABC)and ED (NBC).
"While we expect to make a decision in the coming
week, slating programming for the internet is still like travelling through unchartered
water" according to Kling, "especially for Television Internet whose shows
premiere on a given night and thereafter are viewable 24/7 for free on demand."
MICROSOFT CORPORATION / TELEVISION INTERNET BROADCASTING NETWORK: Hey,
is that a Sitcom in your Pocket? Television Internet to make History by Putting a
Sitcom in your Pocket PC
JOINT PRESS RELEASE (Waggener
Edstrom Public Relations for Microsoft Corporation)
OCTOBER
4, 2001. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. Television Mobile, the wireless division of the
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, announced today its upcoming new series for the
Microsoft Windows Media PC, Sitcom a sitcom, is expected to be the first
situation comedy in history to be deployed on the Windows Powered Pocket PC platforms.
As a member of the Microsoft Mobile
Solutions Partner Program, Television Mobile has been covered in numerous leading industry
publications such as Wireless Reporter, Digitrends, and Zap2it.com.
Television Mobile this winter will be delivering its extensive library of episodic
programming over the Microsoft Windows Media platform. "The current Microsoft player will enable owners of the
Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs, HP Jornadas and Casio Cassiopeias the opportunity to download to
their Pocket PC and play Television Internet hit shows like Muscle Beach and our
upcoming Sitcom series premiering this fall", according to Television Internet CEO and
Founder Anthony Kling.
Television Internet been actively seeking to
broaden into wireless delivery of programming since the introduction early last year of
the Windows Media audio players for Palm devices. For the Santa Monica-based netcaster,
"wireless-casting" of their programming became a reality last December when
Microsoft at Streaming Media West 2000 announced the creation of the first audio/video
Media Player for wireless devices. On March 7, 2001 at eStreaming World,
Television Internet announced that it would deploy
the first wireless broadcasting network by year-end. Kling made the
announcement during the netcaster's presentation at the two-day streaming media conference held at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
"Pocket PC 2002 has a great advantage in the marketplace because
it is designed to be the most connected and expandable PDA available," said Chris Hill, product manager, Microsoft. "We are pleased that the
Television Internet Broadcasting Network is taking advantage of the new feature
functionalities of Pocket PC 2002 in producing Sitcom for the Windows Media
platform, enabling to watch half-hour episodes, even hour and a half movies of the week,
with full screen, stereo sound."
Television Mobile and Sitcom will appear this October on the
cable TV show Techlink. The cable show will feature the first ever-behind the
scenes look at Television Internet and at the cast of its new series premiering this fall.
The Techlink story is anticipated to focus on the
likelihood of Sitcom going to network primetime broadcast for the 2002 season since
the show was almost optioned by one of the three major networks back in the early 1990s
from writer/creator Anthony Kling. The story is also expected to feature footage of
the series, cast, producers, and acclaimed rock theme song. Slated for twenty-six
episodes, the new half-hour comedy series will follow-up the netcaster's successful first
series, Muscle Beach, that premiered online in March, 2000.
As the first situation comedy for the Internet, Sitcom has
become one of the most anticipated shows of the fall season. The show and Television
Internet, recently covered in Playboy Magazine, are currently being heralded in
two different reports in Microsoft's Newsstand for delivering the Net's First TV
Movie of the Week and for being the first wireless broadcasting network to deliver
net-original series programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC wireless devices.
Techlink
is the well regarded weekly half-hour television
program on the digital revolution, produced by Adelphia Communications of Santa Monica,
California for Adelphia @Home cable customers in Southern California.
Television
Internet's Sitcom Joins Microsoft for Pocket PC Launch
SEPTEMBER 30, 2001. SANTA
MONICA, CALIFORNIA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced today that its
new fall "primetime online" series Sitcom a Sitcom has been invited by
Microsoft to be part of the
October 4, 2001 press release for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002. The new comedy series will
join Microsoft and its industry partners for simultaneous events in San Francisco and
London as they celebrate the hardware launch and widespread retail availability of Pocket
PC 2002 devices on October 4.
Sitcom's
stars and producers will be included in the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 launch hard-copy
press kit to members of the media, while a link to a soft copy of Sitcom's major
annoucement on October 4 will be available from the Pocket PC 2002 launch virtual press
kit hosted on the Microsoft® Web site.
Sitcom for
the Pocket PC will be part of an ongoing identification of Television Internet's
relationship with Microsoft in discussions with leading members of the press and analysts.
Back in October, 2000 before a sold-out Los Angeles audience, Television Internet's CEO
& Founder Anthony Kling joined Microsoft in the
nation's first legal discussion on streaming media and its impact on copyright law .
"We are pleased that the Television Internet Broadcasting Network is
taking advantage of the new feature functionalities of Pocket PC 2002 in producing Sitcom
for the Windows Media platform, enabling to watch half-hour episodes, even hour and a half
movies of the week, with full screen, stereo sound," said Chris Hill, product
manager, Microsoft Corporation.
About the Television
Internet Broadcasting Network http://televisioninternet.comLaunched in 1997, the Television Internet Broadcasting Network today remains the
only CDN (content delivery network) producing and streaming half-hour, and now hour-long,
original network-quality filmed episodic programs for the web. When its series Muscle
Beach first premiered in March 2000, the comedy/fitness show immediately became the
net's most watched. As the historic "first network-quality first-run series for the
Web" according to Variety, the show by June made history again by airing the
net's first hour-long original special. Today, the net's most watched series is also its
longest running. In 2001, Kling's Television Internet slated to deliver over thirty hours
of original series programming. Television Internet is currently producing over sixty
half-hour and hour-long on-demand original episodes. After having been best known for its
award-nominated content, the internationally acclaimed Microsoft Content Partner has
matured to become the world's leading destination for original streaming video
programming, streaming media services, broadband services, and wireless programming.
Today, Television Internet has three core businesses (content, products, and services) and
one affiliate business (Television Mobile, a Microsoft Mobile Solutions Partner).
About Sitcom a Sitcom http://televisioninternet.com
Sitcom is a semi-autobiographical portrayal of writer/creator Anthony Kling who is the
son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning writer/producer Woody Kling.
Collectively, the Klings have been attached to all six decades of television history with
credits include All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude and
two of the "Top 100 TV Shows of All Time" according to Variety.com.
Television Internet's shows like Sitcom
have been covered in virtually every major television, internet, and wireless industry
publications including the Hollywood Reporter, Earthlink Magazine and
Daily Variety. Since September, Sitcom has been heralded for delivering the
"Net's First TV Movie of the Week" (Microsoft Newsstand), been
acclaimed for being part of the "first wireless broadcasting network to deliver
net-original series programming to Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC wireless devices"
(Microsoft Newsstand), appeared on the cable television (Techlink), and
been part of the October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002
(San Francisco, CA).
Other product or service
names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Television
Internet Show to be on Television
AUGUST 20, 2001. SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced today that its upcoming
new series will appear this September on the cable tv show "Techlink". The cable
show, which visited the netcaster's studios last Thursday, will feature the first
ever-behind the scenes look at Television Internet and at the cast of its new series
premiering this fall. As the first situation comedy for the Internet, the new Television
Internet series has become one of the most anticipated shows of the fall season. The show,
recently covered in Playboy Magazine, is currently being heralded in Microsoft's Newstand
for delivering the "Net's First TV Movie of the Week".
The "Techlink" story is expected to feature footage of the series, its cast,
producers, and acclaimed theme song. Slated for ten episodes, the new half-hour comedy
series yet unnamed will follow-up the netcaster's successful first series, "Muscle
Beach", that premiered online in March last year. The series was almost optioned by
one of the three major networks back in the early 1990s from creator Anthony Kling.
"Techlink" is the well regarded weekly
half-hour television program on the digital revolution, produced by Adelphia
Communications of Santa Monica, California for Adelphia @Home cable customers in Southern
California.
MICROSOFT NEWSTAND: Net's First Wireless Broadcasting Network Named
Microsoft Mobile Solutions Partner
AUGUST 20, 2001.
EDMOND, WA (ONLINE). "Television Mobile, the wireless division
of the Television Internet Broadcasting Network, announced today that it has been named by
the Microsoft Corporation as a Microsoft Mobile Solutions Partner. Television Mobile is
the first wireless broadcasting network to deliver net-original series programming to
Windows Media-enabled handheld devices.
"As
a Mobile Solutions Partner of Microsoft, Television Mobile will be delivering its
extensive library of episodic programming over the Microsoft Windows Media platform.
"The current Microsoft player will enable owners of the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs, the
HP Jornada and the Casio Cassiopeia Pocket PC models the opportunity to download to their
Pocket PC and play Television Internet content like "Muscle Beach" and our
upcoming comedy series premiering this fall", according to Television Internet CEO
and Founder Anthony N. Kling. Slated for ten episodes, the new half-hour comedy series yet
unnamed will follow-up the netcaster's successful first series, "Muscle Beach",
that premiered online in March last year.
"Television Internet been actively seeking to broaden
into wireless delivery of content since Microsoft's introducing early last year of the
Windows Media audio players for Palm devices. For the Santa Monica-based netcaster,
"wireless-casting" of their programming became a reality last December when
Microsoft at Streaming Media West 2000 announced the creation of the first audio/video
Media Player for wireless devices. On March 7, 2001 at eStreaming World, Television
Internet announced that it will deploy the first wireless broadcasting network by
year-end. Kling made the announcement during the netcaster's presentation at the two-day
streaming media conference held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
"Television Mobile has been covered in numerous
leading publications such as Wireless Reporter and Digitrends and will be featured on
Techlink TV this September." [Copyright
2001, Microsoft Corporation.]
MICROSOFT NEWSTAND: Television
Internet to Deliver Net's First TV Movie of the Week with Windows Media
AUGUST 1, 2001. EDMOND,
WA (ONLINE) "The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a
pioneer of original episodic programming, announced today that it will aire this winter
the net's first original television movie of the week on the Windows Media platform. The
one and half hour event will stream at full screen, stereo sound as a special movie of the
week in conjunction with the netcaster's second series. Slated for ten episodes, the new
half-hour comedy series yet unnamed will follow-up the netcaster's successful first
series, "Muscle Beach", that premiered online in March last year. According to
series creator Anthony Kling, the series is a spinoff of "Muscle Beach". The
movie of the week will focus on the relationships a young, southern-born executive
producer goes through at work. Traffic for the netcaster tripled this spring when Playboy
Magazine ran a mere paragraph blurb that international model/actress Lunden De'Leon would
be starring in the comedy series.
"About Television Internet http://televisioninternet.com . Launched in 1997,
the Television Internet Broadcasting Network today remains the only CDN (content delivery
network) producing and streaming half-hour, and now hour-long, original network-quality
filmed episodic programs for the web. When its series "Muscle Beach" first
premiered in March 2000, the comedy/fitness show immediately became the net's most
watched. As the historic "first network-quality first-run series for the Web"
according to Variety, the show by June made history again by airing the net's first
hour-long original special. Today, the net's most watched series is also its longest
running. In 2001, Kling's Television Internet slated to deliver over thirty hours of
original series programming. Television Internet is currently producing over sixty
half-hour and hour-long on-demand original episodes. After having been best known for its
award-nominate[d content, the
internationally acclaimed Microsoft Content Partner has matured to become the world's
leading destination for original streaming video programming, streaming media services,
broadband services, and soon wireless programming, for its anticipated deployment of
TelevisionMobile.com. Today, Television Internet has three core businesses (content,
products, and services) and one affiliate business (Television Mobile)]." [Copyright
2001, Microsoft Corporation.]
Television Internet gives first glimpse into new cast for second
series.
JUNE 23, 2001. SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA. Television Internet revealed today one of the first glimpses into its second
series, not yet announced. The series, described as a spinoff of the netcaster's hit
series "Muscle Beach", will focus on the relationships a young, southern-born
executive producer goes through at work. As a spinoff of the net's most watched series,
the romantic comedy that has already been featured in Playboy Magazine has scheduled
"Muscle" star Jim Morrow for a visit in what is being heralded as the net's
first crossover episode.
SILICON
ALLEY DAILY: More Thoughts on the
Future of Web Content
NEW YORK ONLINE
EDITION - July 16, 2001
"Most
people forget a simple premise: DRM and any pay-for-content models won't work unless the
content is worth purchasing and at a price that makes sense. In this Home Depot era, if
you can find something of better quality and cheaper you'll go there. Net executives tend
to underestimate how sophisticated netizens are. Netizens are not going to pay for bad
content. They are highly unlikely to pay for mediocre content. And when faced with
excellent content, they are not going to pay for it on one site if another site is just as
good and for free.
"The change in consumer sentiments toward paid content may come, however, in the
immediate future when companies streamline mobile delivery of paid content to wireless
devices. The delivery of content over wireless devices, when it's financially logical to
the wireless consumer, changes the playing field dramatically. Many of us need this
information or entertainment to be mobile for our lives, and are willing to pay a
reasonable sum of money to get it." - Anthony Kling [Copyright 2001. Rising Tide
Studios]
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE: Television Internet newest star De'Leon featured
with Blink-182, Julianne Moore and Baby Spice.
APRIL, 2001 PRINT EDITION.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
NO
JINX ON BLINK. BLINK-182's CD Enema of the State and a live version form
thier tour, The Mark, Tom and Travis Show, shared the charts. The boys went back
into the studio for a July release of future mayhem.
LESS COVERS MOORE. Whatever
Julianne Moore does this year, she'll be thought of as Hannibal Lecter's nemesis - even in
this see-thorugh dress. bon appetit.
SUGAR AND SPICY. Even though
the Spice Girls' CD Forever didn't shake up the charts, Baby Spice Emma Bunton
hasn't lost her sense of humor. She says, "I could never burn my Wonderbra. I'm
nothing without it." We beg to differ, Baby.
ONE, TWO THREE, LOOK AT [LUNDEN
D'LEON]. You may recognize .. [Lunden De'Leon] from her feature film Fury. Her
internet TV series, A Sitcom, is ... [heading for] a 26-run on
televisioninternet.com. [Copryight 2001 Playboy.]
SUPEREVA.IT: Muscle Beach is seen in Italy as a "love-story
con super-palestrati sullo sfondo di spiagge da sogno".
ARPIL, 2001 ONLINE.
ITALY (SUPEREVA.IT) - Televisione online che ha
lanciato “Muscle Beach”, riedizione per il Web di “Baywatch”. Ragazze
tiratissime in mini-costumi, intrecciano love-story con super-palestrati sullo sfondo di
spiagge da sogno.(Television online has launched
"Muscle Beach" the Web's approach to Baywatch. Girls and guys star in swim
suits, interlaced with a love-story about a super gym on the background of a dream beach.)
Television Internet's Kling to speak at California Streamin'
<2> 2001
MARCH 15, 2001 SANTA
MONICA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced today
that CEO & Founder Anthony Kling will moderate California Streamin' <2>, the
nation's leading discussion on streaming media and legal issues in the west. Kling
moderated last year's sold out conference which hosted heads of Microsoft's Windows Media
group and Launch.com. Kling, who early this month tackled streaming media issues as a
speaker at eStreaming World, will moderate this year's discussion in Los Angeles headlined
by reps from AT&T and top law firms.
DIGITRENDS.NET:
OmniSky and Television Internet with new wireless advances
LOS ANGELES (Digitrends.net) - March 9, 2001.
"Now Available: E-mail, TV, Personal Info. OmniSky
subscribers will now be able to get their corporate e-mail over any mobile device. vVault,
developer of mobile technology, has partnered with the wireless e-mail and services
provider to make it possible to access Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes through a PDA.
But if you don't use OmniSky, don't despair: etrieve, a mobile services company, announced
a deal with Dell Computer Corporation to offer Dell's Mobile Office Server, geared towards
small-to-medium sized businesses, to mobile phone users. This agreement will let customers
hear or read e-mail with a wireless phone. Etrieve, which enables users to access e-mail
by phone, also added a calendar and address book feature to its existing application.
FusionOne, which develops Internet and wireless synchronization services, and MobileWay,
provider of wireless access and content distribution via short message service (SMS), have
partnered to give mobile device users access to contact and calendar appointments through
their mobile device. This information will be fully synchronized with multiple PCs,
handheld organizers and wireless phones. And something to look forward to: TV
shows on your wireless phone. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network said it will
deploy the first wireless broadcasting network by the end of the year. The network plans
to deliver its original shows seen only on the Internet to wireless devices by December.
"SkyGo, a wireless marketing company, this week revealed findings from its wireless
marketing study that suggest permission-based alerts delivered to wireless phones capture
consumer attention, drive action and build brand awareness. The study, which concluded on
January 31, revealed that 64 percent of the ads SkyGo delivered as Wireless Access
Protocol (WAP) alerts to mobile phones were opened by consumers. These alerts generated an
overall ad recall rate of 58 percent, and 15 percent of the ads resulted in action or
planned action. In the SkyGo study, the company created more than 550 unique advertising
campaigns, delivering 500,000 plus advertising alerts to the 1,000 Boulder, Colo.
consumers who participated in the four-month study. The study found:
** Interactive calls-to-action drive high click-through rates.
** Wireless permission-based alerts drive high conversion rates
** Wireless advertising is an effective branding medium.
** Study participants receptive to "Click-to-Buy" feature. " [Copryight 2001 Digitrends.net]
WIRELESS
REPORTER: Palm, Nokia and Television Internet with new wireless advances
NEW YORK
(WirelessReporter.com) - March 8, 2001.
"Palm Palm will spend approximately $264 million acquiring
Boise, Idaho-based Extended Systems, a developer of mobile information management tools.
Palm will spend approximately $264 million acquiring Boise, Idaho-based Extended Systems,
a developer of mobile information management tools. "Palm intends to be as popular
with CIOs as it is with individuals,'' declared Palm CEO Carl Yankowski, in a prepared
statement.
"Psion Psion will
discontinue its Odin smartphone venture, following former partner Motorola's January
decision to abandon the project. This is a fairly expected move. Less predictable was
Psion's decision to spend 11 million pounds laying off 20 percent of its palmtop
computing, modem and InfoMedia workforce and consolidating the divisions into a new unit
called Psion Digital Solutions. Psion's recent troubles underscore the difficulty of
competing against Palm in the PDA market.
"Nokia Nokia will supply Nordic telecom
Telia with equipment for its forthcoming 3G network. Telia chose Siemens as its other
supplier; left in the cold are rivals Ericsson and Nortel.
"MTV.co.uk Emblaze Systems MTV.co.uk
plans to use Emblaze's Streamwave streaming media technology to deliver a weekly video
e-mail newsletter to 75,000 subscribers in the U.K. An interesting experiment. Bandwidth
worries and technological constraints have kept most multimedia features out of e-mail in
the states, but Emblaze maintains that its technology allows video to be successfully
streamed over any bandwidth--even the snail-speed connections of wireless devices.
"Television Internet Broadcasting Network
Television Internet said this week that by the end of the year it will be delivering its
lineup of Net-original programming to mobile devices, under the business name
TelevisionMobile.com. TI is very under-the-radar. It hasn't even attracted the "let's
watch this disaster of a business plan collapse!" fascination from the media that
DEN, Pseudo, never-launched Pop.com, and their brethren couldn't escape. Then again, it's
outlasted its more notorious fellow webcasters. The company plans to take advantage of PDA
technologies to enable on-the-go access to its must-download fare, like half-hour
"fitness comedy" Muscle Beach." [Copryight 2001 Rising Tide Studios LLC]
EARTHLINK
BLINK MAGAZINE: Broadband - the Next Frontier (Cover Story)
FEBRUARY, 2001 EDITION. ONLINE. Entertain Yourself: The Internet used to be like a set of
encyclopedias—primarily static pages of information with text and graphics. Today ... you may use your computer to
listen to downloaded music, play Internet video games, watch a film, or even place a very
inexpensive (or free) long-distance phone call.
Broadband delivers a full range of entertainment
options to your computer with music, games, animations, and live-action films. Be
forewarned, however, that many sites are in need of content, so some of the programming
can be less than stellar. On the upside, it's getting much better—very quickly.
Successful writers, animators, producers, directors, and other artists are turning to the
Internet to highlight their talents with projects they can't get produced by the
mainstream media. Since the Internet isn't currently subject to the stringent rules and
regulations that govern movies, television, and radio, much of the content is cutting-edge
stuff you won't hear or see elsewhere. The Internet also provides a creative outlet for
lesser-known, talented artists who might otherwise have a hard time getting their work in
front of an audience. Whoever produced it, their struggle is your gain, because with a
broadband connection the Internet delivers cutting-edge entertainment in the form of
animations, music and radio webcasts, films, and games.
Catch a Screening... At Like Television, you
can watch episodes of your favorite classic television shows, movies, sports, and even get
the latest weather update. For original programming, check out Computer Stew, a daily show
featuring a couple of computer geeks taking their best stab at high-tech comedy. Or visit Television
Internet for a selection of sports, original dramas, and comedies, including Muscle
Beach, a sit-com that claims to be the Internet's longest running and most watched
show. [Copryight 2001 Earthlink Network, Inc.]
ZAP2IT: Internet Entertainment Goes Mobile
INTERNET NEWS, MARCH 8, 2001 05:51 PM
EST
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Miss the latest episode of Television Internet’s
Muscle Beach? Don’t worry now you’ll be able to catch up with favorite webisodes
on wireless devices. Television Internet, creators of Muscle Beach a half hour comedy
series, will be the first to deliver its library of Internet programs to wireless devices
by the years end under the name, TelevisionMobile.com. Television Internet’s desire
for mobile entertainment became a reality when Microsoft announced last December that they
had created the first audio/video Media Player for wireless devices. Now mundane tasks
like waiting in line won’t be quite so bad. [Copryight 2001
Zap2it.com.]
Television Internet to Launch First Wireless
Broadcasting Network
MARCH 7, 2001 SANTA
MONICA. Today at eStreaming World, the Television Internet
Broadcasting Network announced that it will deploy the first wireless broadcasting network
by year-end.
Television Internet CEO Anthony
Kling made the announcement during the netcaster's presentation at the two-day streaming
media conference held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Television Internet expects to
deliver its library of net-original programming, that includes its hit fitness comedy
"Muscle Beach" and a new half-hour comedy series in production, to wireless
devices by year end under the business name TelevisionMobile.com.
TelevisionInternet.com, currently the only company
broadcasting net-original episodic filmed programming, has according to Kling been
actively seeking to broaden into wireless delivery of content since Microsoft's
introducing early last year of the Windows Media audio players for Palm devices. For the
Santa Monica-based netcaster, "wireless-casting" of their programming became a
reality last December when Microsoft at Streaming Media West 2000 announced the creation
of the first audio/video Media Player for wireless devices.
"Today, wireless delivery of programming makes even more
sense than internet delivery, especially when the programming like ours is
information-rich, " explains Anthony Kling. "Because of advances in wireless
devices that now are supported both here and abroad, a viewer could watch programming
whenever they wish, like 'Muscle Beach', and wherever they wish worldwide, free of a PC
and a connection line." The current Microsoft player will enable owners of the Compaq
iPAQ Pocket PCs, the HP Jornada and the Casio Cassiopeia Pocket PC models the opportunity
to download to their Pocket PC and play Television Internet content like "Muscle
Beach".
About Television Internet. Launched in 1997,
Television Internet today remains the only CDN (content delivery network) producing and
streaming half-hour, and now hour-long, original network-quality filmed episodic programs
for the web. In 2001, Television Internet slated to deliver over thirty hours of original
series programming. Television Internet is currently producing over sixty half-hour and
hour-long on-demand original episodes. Best known for its RAI Italy award-nominated
content, the Microsoft Content Partner also provides streaming media and broadband
services.
Television Internet's Kling to speak at eStreaming World
Conference at the LA Convention Center
MARCH 7, 2001 SANTA
MONICA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced today
that CEO & Founder Anthony Kling will talk at the eStreaming World Conference at the
Los Angeles Convention Center. As part of CT Expo, the eStreaming Conference tackles
streaming media issues. Kling will join Michael Terpin (Founder of Internet Wire), Eric
Schepcaro (CEO of Broadstream), and Michael Jones (President of Userplane) in discussing
"Redefining your Web Business: Streaming as a Marketing Edge."
ZAP2IT:
Muscle is "Sexy"
FEBRUARY, 2001 ONLINE - Television
Internet features an ongoing webisode called Muscle Beach, a sexy fitness show .... Also
available on this site is merchandise, a comedy channel, business, news, and more. All
said interesting concepts, worth checking out. [Copryight 2001 Zap2it.com.]
WEB
JOURNAL: Television Internet is the only company to deliver original network-quality
episodes programming over the Internet
SPRING, 2001. ONLNE. THE
FIRST Television Internet is the only company to deliver original network-quality
episodes programming over the Internet." When the Internet series Muscle Beach
premiered in March 2000 it immediately became a worldwide hit. This even became popular in
Sweden and Italy. In July the series posted highest ratings ever on a night against CBS's
Survivor. [Copryight 2001 Web Journal.]
MICHELE
SOLANO, UNIV. OF ALBANY: Television Internet is Primetime Online
SPRING, 2001. ONLNE. Television
Internet is a site that was developed in 1997, Santa Monica, that is the only company
playing half-hour to an hour long episodes for the web today. The CEO and founder of
Television Internet is Anthony Kling. In March of 2000, the series "Muscle
Beach" was first shown and became very popular as a comedy and fitness show. In June,
they made a special show that was an hour long. This was a first for the company and for
the nation. For the season finale in July, the show had its highest ratings ever on the
same night that CBS was showing "Survivor" ... Television Internet's
Broadcasting Network came out with a slogan for this called Primetime Online. [Copryight
2001 Michele Solano.]
ALLT
OM BREDBAND.com & ABOUT.COM: Reviews Television Internet
SPRING, 2001. ONLNE.
TelevisionInternet brings you a Real World-like show for the Internet (About.com)
[Copryight 2001 About.com]
MARCH, 2001 ONLNE. Din TVkanal,
på Internet. (Allt Om Bredband.com) [Copryight 2001 Allt Om Bredband.com]
2000
"Muscle" Season Two Premiere Breaks Records Again
NOVEMBER 26, 2000 SANTA MONICA.
"Muscle Beach," Television Internet's flagship series about love and ligaments,
broke viewership records earlier this month when it premiered its second season.
During the summer, Television Internet saw an increase demand
for "Muscle" after the netcaster announced a renewal of the hit series for
twenty-six episodes, becoming the net's longest running program.
Launched in 1997, Santa Monica-based Television Internet, that produces and streams its
own content, has seen an enormous increase in traffic since September. During the summer,
Television Internet's CEO and Founder Anthony Kling who also serves as the show's
Executive Producer estimated viewership "to increase 50% by year end." Earlier
this month, "Muscle" eclipsed that estimate. "Today, Television Internet is
worldwide understood as the only company delivering half-hour and hour-long original
series for the web."
Kling believes that one of Television Internet's key strengths is name branding.
"Muscle Beach" has become this fall the leading destination for fitness video
and workouts online while Television Internet remains the leading destination for
streaming video programming.
Television Internet producing Sixty Hours of Programming.
OCTOBER 26, 2000. SANTA MONICA.
The Television Internet Broadcasting Network has slated to deliver over thirty hours of
original series programming by next summer. Television Internet, the first company to
deliver ready-for-primetime series to the net, is currently producing over sixty half-hour
and hour-long on-demand original episodes.
Television Internet has renewed its freshman hit series, "Muscle Beach", about
love and ligaments for twenty-six episodes to become the net's longest running program.
"Muscle", the net's first original half-hour series, premieres its second season
next Wednesday November 8 at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. In addition, Television
Internet is currently shooting its second series, which will also be half-hour on-demand.
Launched in 1997, Santa Monica-based Television Internet, that produces and streams its
own content, wants to bulk up its position as the industry's only company delivering
half-hour and hour-long original series for the web. "Today, visitors to Television
Internet are now viewing on average eighty minutes of programming per sit visit, an
amazing four episodes of 'Muscle' on average," according to Television Internet's CEO
and Founder Anthony Kling who also serves as the show's Executive Producer. Kling
estimates "that viewership figure to increase 50% by year end."
Kling believes that one of Television Internet's key strengths is international
viewership. According to Kling, "Muscle" in its first season was propelled by
fitness auds from Sweden and Italy and foreign partner sites. In September,
"Muscle" made Television Internet the only U.S.-based content creator nominated
for the RAI International awards for netcasting. In November, Television Internet will
join United Nations leaders and other invited heads of television and cable networks to
discuss digital convergence.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Panel Mulls Content Delivery
OCTOBER 27, 2000. LOS ANGELES, CA.
A panel of technology and legal experts met to discuss copyright and licensing issues in
Internet content delivery, concluding with a better perception of the questions but no
clear answers.
The "California Streamin' " event was sponsored by Subscreen, a subsection of
the Los Angeles County Bar Assn.'s Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section,
and was targeted at the legal profession. The moderator was Anthony Kling of the Kling Law
Firm, who is also CEO and founder of Television Internet.
Stream linking proved to be one of the most intriguing topics. "Many content
providers approve it to get their streams out to as many people as possible, or they don't
officially authorize it, in which case it's an infringing act," Kling said.
International issues were another major area of discussion. One particular example
dissected by the panel involved the determination of locale. "If the domain name is
one country and the server for the domain is in one country and the content is in another
country, who has jurisdiction? Nobody has answers," he said.
This can become extremely important when it comes to royalties, since ASCAP and BMI base
their decision on where the server is physically located. The panel members were well
aware of how easily a stream could be diverted or otherwise manipulated to avoid meeting
that criteria.
Discussion also focused on derivative copyrights, a concern that the panel agreed was
underappreciated in new media. One example was the skins available to users of Microsoft
Media Player 7: Did changing the branded look of the player create a derivative work?
Other questions cropped up about whether it is possible to register the code of a page
that has a media player and whether that would then create a derivative work. If so, it
has to reference the original copyright.
"Even if it makes business sense and good customer relations, these things create
problems from a legal standpoint," Kling said.
The participants included James Root of Microsoft Windows Media; Bob Roback, president of
Launch.com; Peter Haviland, a partner in the litigation and technology practice groups of
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Llp.; Simon Horsman, a partner in Neff Law Group
Llp.; and Lionel Sobel, an author and editor and publisher of Entertainment Law Reporter.
[By Chris Marlowe. Copryight 2000 Hollywood Reporter]
Television
Internet's Kling to moderate nation's first legal discussion on Streaming Media featuring
Microsoft and Launch.com
SEPTEMBER 29, 2000. SANTA
MONICA, CA . Entertainment attorneys may not be ready for the next possible legal
battleground on the net, streaming media, warned attorneys from Subscreen, the Los Angeles
County Bar Association's subsection of Television and Film and the Internet. As a part of
the nation's largest local bar association, Subscreen will become the nation's
first bar association to address streaming media and its impact on copyright law when it
hosts a roundtable discussion on October 25 featuring top net-streamers from Microsoft and
Launch.com.
"While
the MP3 and Napster decisions may suggest that attorneys comprehend all the legal concerns
underlying content delivery over the net, the truth is quite different" warned
Subscreen Executive Board member Anthony Kling, CEO of netcaster Television Internet.
Subscreen, whose membership
includes Los Angeles' leading entertainment attorneys and corporate counsels, decided to
host the event months before the recent high-profiled net-suits. Subscreen saw a
widespread concern among attorneys as to how to handle streamed content under the
Copyright Act.
Microsoft's James Root will
headline the event followed by Launch.com's President Bob Roback and several leading Los
Angeles attorneys including Lionel S. Sobel. The event is being hosted by Microsoft, whose
Windows Media platform has enabled the emergence content creators and aggregators like
Launch.com and TelevisionInternet.com. Kling will moderate the event.
Television Internet Internationale expands into the
UK, Ireland & Switzerland
SEPTEMBER 25, 2000. SANTA
MONICA, CA . Television Internet UK/Ireland and Television Internet Switzerland have
joined the Television Internet Internationale family, announced the Santa Monica-based
netcaster Monday.
Last
year, the Television Internet Broadcasting Network made history by launching the first
foreign language promotion online for an internet webcast named "Television
Internet Internationale". Television Internet attracts a broad viewer base,
worldwide. As a result, Television Internet launched in 1999 Television Internet
Internationale™, offering lead pages for TVI shows in languages besides English.
Soon, Television Internet Internationale offered Television Internet France, Television Internet Deutschland, Television Internet Italia, Television Internet Japan, and Television Internet España in
conjunction with its series "Muscle Beach."
This fall, Television Internet Internationale
will be expanding its European operations by offering Television Internet UK/Ireland and
Television Internet Switzerland.
Television Internet one of only two U.S. netcasters
nominated for International Award
AUGUST 28, 2000. SANTA MONICA,
CA . Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced Monday it has been nominated as
the web's best netcaster by RAI Italy. RAI, the dominant broadcasting entity in Italy, has
for decades presented annual awards for radio and television. This year, Television
Internet has been nominated for RAI's first ever netcasting award. Nominated with only one
other American-based netcaster (a content aggregator), Television Internet is only U.S.
content creator nominated for the award.
In early April, an Italian promotional tour of Television
Internet's show "Muscle Beach" took the show's producers Italy. In towns like
Genoa kids pushed one another for free items from the "corpi sexi" show they
call "Muscoli sulla Spiagga". Following the tour, Muscle saw an immediate
explosion in its Italian numbers with Italian viewers bulking up to 4% of the show's
demographics.
The show aires continually on
TelevisionInternet.com for free using the Windows Media player platform. To learn more
about Muscle in Italian, visit Television Internet Internationale - the critically
acclaimed foreign language arm of TVI.
Television Internet launches Broadband Service
AUGUST 21, 2000. SANTA
MONICA, CA . Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced Monday the launching of
TVI Broadband DSL service for home and business customers. Television Internet will be a
provider of DSL service, allowing customers to benefit from cost-effective, high-speed
access to the Internet using Digital Subscriber Line service, powered exclusively by
Northpoint Communications. Television Internet
offers two classes of service. Both ensure that you enjoy true Broadband access to the
Internet, while giving you the best value for your actual requirements.
"Muscle" to become Net's Longest
Running Series: Television Internet announces new fall lineup
JUNE 30, 2000. SANTA MONICA,
CA. In a major move Thursday, the Television Internet Broadcasting Network
(www.televisioninternet.com) announced that it has picked up its freshman half-hour series
"Muscle Beach" for two more seasons, slating the show to become the net's
longest running series. "Muscle", by year-end alone, will reach an unprecedented
twenty-six half-hour episodes.
Television Internet's CEO and Founder Anthony Kling explained that "visitors to
Television Internet are now viewing on average four episodes of 'Muscle' per site visit,
amounting to an enormous eighty minutes of programming." By renewing
"Muscle", Kling estimates "that figure to increase 50% by year end."
In addition, Kling announced Thursday that the network is expanding to two nights of
original programming. According to Kling, "Muscle" will be joined this fall by
another series.
Originally developed in 1998, "Muscle" quickly became the first network-quality
episodic series for the Web. In its first season, "Muscle" was propelled by
international auds from Sweden and Italy, becoming in April the net's most watch original
series. Earlier this month, the series made history again by airing the net's first
hour-long original special. The season finale of "Muscle" next Wednesday night
sheds light into the possible changes slated for the fitness sitcom.
While other companies like Lycos TV and iFilm engage in content aggregation of preexisting
four to six minute video clips, Santa Monica-based Television Internet has continued to
develop the industry of original episodic content that it created three years ago. Having
joined Microsoft as a Content Partner last week, and with a major expansion of its
Westside studio facilities soon to be completed, Television Internet is starting to expand
from content producer to also service provider. Recently, Television Internet launched TVI
Services, a boutique Intervu-like services group, that enables other corporations to
stream content from their own sites using the same leading technologies seen in
"Muscle."
Television Internet makes Internet History with
1-Hour Special
JUNE 14, 2000. SANTA MONICA,
CA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network (www.televisioninternet.com) announced
Wednesday that it will make history on June 21 by airing the Internet's first hour-long
original special.
The netcast will be a summer break special of Television Internet's hit comedy series
"Muscle Beach", currently in its first season. With a single mouse click,
viewers at both dial-up and broadband connection rates will be able to watch this historic
network-quality episode beginning at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
"Muscle" starring Jim Morrow made history in March by becoming the net's first
original half-hour network-quality series. Since its launch in 1998, Santa Monica-based
Television Internet remains the only company producing and streaming half-hour, and now
hour-long, original episodic programming for the web. The netcaster is expected to make an
announcement regarding its fall lineup next week.
While other netcasters continue to flood the net with their six-minute shorts, Television
Internet will give netcitizens next Wednesday a historic choice to upgrade to the first
sixty-minute special.
Television Internet to Compete with Akamai for
Streaming Media Clients
JUNE 13, 2000. SANTA MONICA, CA
. Television Internet announced today the expansion of TVI Services to now include
everything from encoding to streaming media hosting. Having joined Microsoft as a Content
Partner last week, and with a major expansion of its Westside studio facilities soon to be
completed, Television Internet is starting to expand from content producer to also service
provider. Today's annoucement establishes a boutique Intervu-like services group that will
enable other corporations to stream content from their own sites using the same leading
technologies seen in "Muscle Beach."
"Muscle" Teens: Hit Series Weighs-in on
Underaged Dating
MAY 16,
2000. SANTA MONICA, CA - Should adults date
minors? "Muscle" - the worldwide hit series on health and fitness - this week
tackles this hot teen issue when star Kerry Kimble's character reveals that she is dating
an underaged bagel store clerk.
"Muscle," since its enormous premiere in late March, has handled similar
difficult issues, confronting the topic of PMS among young women in April and receiving
attention last week for its attack on deceptive labeling among food
manufacturers.Producers of the hit show expect programming moves such as Wednesday's
episode to increase discussions among youth that occupy a large percentage of
"Muscle" viewers.
"Muscle" Raises Arms: Series Uses High
Profile to Attack Deceptive Food Manufacturers Worldwide
MAY 9,
2000. SANTA MONICA, CA - In its first
controversial move to date, "Muscle" - the worldwide hit series on health and
fitness - has declared war on a likely target, food manufacturers that use deceptive
labeling.
"Muscle" announced Monday that they have added for Wednesday's episode a special
segment targeting food manufacturers that use deceptive labeling for sugar substitutes. In
the wake of recent numbers of young active adults stricken with diabetes,
"Muscle" producers added the nutrition segment entitled "Sugar Coated
Names" to episode five to alarm viewers to deceptive names being used for sugar.
Sugar is especially common in fitness powders and supplements.
"Muscle", that since its premiere in March has become an enormous worldwide hit,
has witnessed a rise in traffic in the last two weeks for its Printable Workouts that
provide nutritional information. With 12% of its viewers coming from Sweden and 4% from
Italy, for example, more and more European WebSurfers have each week turned to
"Muscle" for nutritional advice. This week "Muscle" hopes to do ever
more as it uses its arms to put deceptive food manufacturers in their corner.
The show aires continually on TelevisionInternet.com for free using the Windows Media
player platform. To learn more about Muscle worldwide, visit Television Internet
Internationale - the critically acclaimed foreign language arm of TVI.
Sweden and Italian Promotional Tour Helps
"Muscle" Get Even Bigger
MAY 1, 2000. SANTA MONICA, CA
-Since its launch in March, "Muscle" has maintained an enormous presence among
European nations.
By early April, Muscle rose in Sweden to 11% of weekly demographics and Italy, Germany,
France and the UK collectively carried 3% overall. However, by the last week of April,
Muscle's European viewers flexed an even stronger support for the smash hit. Sweden, for
example, rose to end the month with an incredible 12% of April's overall demographics for
the internet hit.
The same month an Italian promotional tour of Muscle took the show's producers to towns
like Genoa where kids pushed one another for free items from the "corpi sexi"
show they call "Muscoli sulla Spiagga". Following the tour, Muscle saw an
immediate explosion in its Italian numbers with Italian viewers bulking up to 4% of the
show's demographics. Germany similarly ended the month at 4%.
The show aires continually on TelevisionInternet.com for free using the Windows Media
player platform. To learn more about Muscle in Italian, visit Television Internet
Internationale - the critically acclaimed foreign language arm of TVI.
"Muscle" Gets Big
APRIL 4, 2000. SANTA MONICA, CA
- Last week - "Muscle Beach", the historic first network-quality
episodic series for the Internet, saw viewership increase more than 150% over its initial
blockbuster premiere only one week before. Moreover, "Muscle" saw viewers on
average watching two episodes, or an incredible 47 minutes, of programming per visit to
TelevisionInternet.com. Helped by a two part special for Spring Break-goers,
"Muscle"'s numbers lifted in Europe with Sweden rising to 11% of weekly
demographics and Italy, Germany, France and the UK collectively carrying 3% overall. The
hit internet series will be launching a similar two part special "Summertime
Countdown" in the coming weeks.
"Muscle" is massive International Hit
MARCH 28, 2000. SANTA MONICA,
CA - International viewers helped TelevisionInternet.com's "Muscle Beach" become
a massive hit when it premiered online last Wednesday night, proving that web marketing
with a "worldwide" appeal works. "Muscle," the net's first half-hour
episodic series, was lifted by 40% of its viewers coming from outside the U.S.
TelevisionInternet.com's marketing of "Muscle" since last fall with foreign
language pages gave the show an enormous hit when it premiered yesterday at 8:00 p.m. EST.
But as Americans went to sleep on Wednesday, the show held traffic as European countries
like Sweden flexed in with an enormous 5% of the show's first day demographics. As the
international dateline changed, "Muscle" got a push from the Czech Republic and
shined in the morning for Japanese that could hear star Ryan Moriarty greeting them in
their native tongue.
"Muscle" is still archived on the site and therefore was viewable anytime after
its Wednesday night launch. International in its theme of fitness and surf, the show was
able to stream strong all day long from one continent's viewers to another. With each
episode a historic half-hour in length, the prime-time online series showed how prime-time
is different when it's online with TelevisionInternet.com.
The show aires continually on TelevisionInternet.com for free using the Windows Media
player platform.
DAILY VARIETY: Netcasting bulks up with 'Muscle Beach'
MARCH 23, 2000. LOS
ANGELES, CA - The Television Internet Broadcasting Network has launched "Muscle
Beach", a streaming half-hour episodic show that bucks the standard of
eight-minute-or-less shows currently on the Web.
Higher-profile Necasters, such
as Shockwave and Entertaindom, have built their programming around animated shorts. Even
sites AtomFilms and iFilm typically stream truncated content.
Breaking the mold, however, is
"Muscle", a sitcom, newscast and fitness hybrid that is digitally shot at Santa
Monica-based Television Internet studio and around Los Angeles area beaches.
The show stars, among others,
former Mr. Switzerland Didi Beyeler. New segs go online every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., but
"Muscle" can be viewed anytime through standard media players available for
download through the site.
Launched in 1997, TVI was
founded by Anthony Kling, son of Woody Kling, writer-producer of such TV shows as
"All in the Family", "Maude" and "Carol Burnett Show".
Anthony Kling as serves as exec producer of "Muscle Beach".
TVI offers fitness-oriented
programming in various languages besides English, including French, German, Italian,
Japanese, ans Spanish. [Copryight 2000 Reed Elsevier Inc]
Television Interent to Make History with Muscle
Beach Premiere
MARCH 14, 2000.
SANTA MONICA - "Muscle Beach", a new
midseason show premiering March 22 at 8:00 PM EST, is getting a lot of attention for a
different reason. While the half-hour show boasts one of the sexiest casts since Baywatch,
the new series is turning a lot more heads because it's premiering not on the networks but
online. Online? If this sounds historic, you're right. "Muscle Beach" is
premiering on the Television Internet Broadcasting Network (www.televisioninternet.com), pioneer of internet
series programming, making history as the first original network-quality episodic series
for the Internet.
By offering "primetime
online" shows, Los Angeles-based Television Internet is the first company to stream
original prime-time episodic programming online. In fact, this first half-hour original
episodic series for the Internet is from the same pioneering family that in 1945 brought
the first hit series to a new medium called "television". And if that's not
enough, "Muscle Beach" has also made programming history as the first hit
multiple format show ever produced for the internet; the show is the first prime-time
quality sitcom, news program, and sports/fitness program all in one. To top it off, all
that's for free! Television Internet shows like "Muscle Beach" are viewable 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, on line with a free downloadable media player.
Muscle Beach: "Muscle
Beach", airing on Wednesday nights at 8:00 EST, centers upon a group of beautiful
trainers, models, and bodybuilders at an ocean front gym. In the series premiere, the men
at Muscle Beach learn the sexiest woman on the beach has just joined the gym and is
looking for a new workout partner. Shot at Television Internet Studios in Los Angeles and
along the Pacific Ocean, the half-hour show stars Jim Morrow,
Ryan Moriarty, Kerry
Kimble, Kristen Davidson, and Mr.
Switzerland-winner Didi Beyeler. Since released
episodes are archived on the site, viewers worldwide can watch any episode whenever and as
often as they wish. Each episode aires with a tie-in free Muscle Beach printable workout
for viewers.
Anthony Kling - son of TV
pioneer Woody Kling: "Muscle Beach" is from Executive Producer and
Television Internet (TVI) founder Anthony Kling, Kling is the son of the pioneer of
television programming, Woody Kling. In the 1940s, Woody Kling with Milton Berle helped
bring to American television sets the first hit television show in television history, the
"Texaco Star Theatre starring Milton Berle". Thereafter, Kling would write
and/or produce shows that defined television programming history: "All in the
Family", "Maude", the "Carol Burnett Show", the "Jackie
Gleason Show", to name a few. As his father brought into our homes then the first hit
shows in that new medium called "television", Tony brings into our homes today
the first hit shows in a new medium called "Television Internet". In the year
2000, the Kling family becomes the only family name attached to seven decades and two
centuries of episodic programming history.
Television Internet
Internationale & E-Commerce TVI Store: In development since 1997, Television
Internet today attracts a broad viewer base, worldwide. As a result, Television Internet
recently launched Television Internet Internationale™, offering lead pages for TVI
shows in languages besides English. Television Internet Internationale currently offers Television Internet France, Television Internet Deutschland, Television Internet Italia, Television Internet Japan, and Television Internet España in
conjunction with its series "Muscle Beach."
Since first announcing the
launch of Muscle Beach publicly last winter, Television Internet has become one of the
biggest fitness-related web sites, regularly beating out network and cable operators like
with number one weekly traffic referral rankings, receiving "four star" reviews
for Muscle Beach, and being listed online next to the major networks and cable operators.
On top of that, last January
TVI launched the TVI Store, the first ever department
e-store™ offering over 10,000 products and services through fifty leading merchants
including Dell & AOL. In a format that draws upon the classic floor layouts of the
famous Manhattan Department stores, the TVI Store now guides visitors through eight
virtual floors with (logically) gourmet food in the "Cellar" and Metropolitan
Museum of Art furniture on the "Fifth Floor". With floor directories, department
listings, and postings on new and discounted products through the department e-store, the
TVI Store uses a layout that shoppers are expected to enjoy.
In conjunction with Muscle
Beach's premiere, the TVI Store also launched the Muscle
Beach Gear Department this week offering a comprehensive list of fitness related
products from top merchants like MET-Rx, TwinLab, SportPharma, and ProLabs.
The series premiere of Muscle Beach is March 22, 2000 at 8:00
PM U.S. Eastern Standard Time.
Television Internet Launches Web's First
Department e-Store: Streaming Series Pioneer to offer over 10,000 products and
services through fifty leading merchants including Dell & AOL
JANUARY 3,
2000. SANTA MONICA, CA - In anticipation of its history-making streaming TV Internet show
- "Muscle Beach"™, the Television Internet™ Broadcasting Network
<http://www.televisioninternet.com> announced today that it's joined forces with
over fifty leading merchants including Dell, AOL, Travelocity, Staples, Priceline.com, and
RCA to launch the first ever TVI Virtual Department e-Store™ on Television Internet
named the TVI Store™.
Launched on New Year's Eve, the TVI Store™ (on an award winning redesigned
TelevisionInternet.com) offers an estimated over 10,000 products and services enabling
viewers to buy everything from power tools to titanium watches, Ralph Lauren handbags to
Global Positioning Satellite Systems, all while watching a primetime quality TVI original
series. In essence, "You've tried Television. Then the Internet. Now try '.com'
" - and you'll get not only a prime-time quality series but also some cold water
lobster with an adorable baby stroller!
Filled with the likes of Nike and Kenneth Cole, the TVI Store™ is housed alongside
the first ever network-quality episodic series, "Muscle Beach"™. But make
no mistake, the TVI Store is not your run-of-the-mill CD-Video-and-Books e-commerce
creation.
Rather, in a format that draws upon the classic floor layouts of the famous Manhattan
Department stores, the TVI Store now guides visitors through eight virtual floors with
(logically) gourmet food in the "Cellar" and Metropolitan Museum of Art
furniture on the "Fifth Floor". With floor directories, department listings, and
postings on new and discounted products through the department e-store, the TVI Store uses
a layout that shoppers are expected to enjoy.
In the coming months, Television Internet will add over fifty additional committed
merchants to the TVI store with an estimated additional 20,000 products. But one thing
that will not be subjected is quality. Television Internet's CEO and Founder Anthony N.
Kling decides the inclusion and exclusion of products using only "top class, unique
and hip items that you won't find at the local mall" and showcasing them on each
floor of the TVI Store with "Best Deals" and "Hot Buys", like a
current Adrienne Vittadini Moroccan bag that he calls "a steal at $70".
1999
Television Internet Show to Launch First
"Muscle Beach" Workout
DECEMBER 17,
1999. SANTA MONICA, CA - Have you eaten too much over the holiday season? Not to worry.
Capitalizing on the recent overwhelming attention it's received for its first series
"Muscle Beach" (tm), the Television Internet Broadcasting Network (tm) - pioneer
of internet series programming (tm) - announced publicly today that it's going to
prerelease the show's first free printable workout online on Wednesday, December 22, 1999
at 9:30 P.M. Pacific Time opposite the network's lineup of "West Wing" (NBC),
"Norm" (ABC), "Greed" (FOX), and "Roswell" (WB).
The Television Internet™ Broadcasting Network
<http://www.televisioninternet.com> recently made Internet history by announcing
that it's airing the first original network-quality episodic series for the Internet -
"Muscle Beach". "Muscle Beach" is the first multiple format show ever
produced for the internet - the first prime-time quality sitcom, news program, and
sports/fitness program all in one.
Riding the wave of this recent buzz, Television Internet has decided to prerelease its
first "Muscle Beach Printable Workout" (tm) prior to its series premiere. Each
half-hour episode offers an on-line printable workout of the routine seen in that episode.
Viewers can print the workout at home and take it with them to the gym, for free.
This first series for the Internet is from the same pioneering family that in 1945 brought
the first hit series to a new medium called "television". "Muscle
Beach" is from Executive Producer and Television Internet (TVI) founder Anthony
Kling. Kling is the son of the pioneer of television programming, Woody Kling. In the
1940s, Woody Kling with Milton Berle helped bring to American television sets the first
hit television show in television history, the "Texaco Star Theatre starring Milton
Berle". Thereafter, Woody Kling would write and/or produce shows that defined
television programming history: "All in the Family", "Maude", the
"Carol Burnett Show", the "Jackie Gleason Show", to name a few. As he
father brought the first hit show to television, Kling is now bringing the first hit
half-hour show to the Internet.
When asked if he was concerned about giving away some of the premiere's surprises by
pre-releasing the first workout, Kling's response was, "Since we all can shed a few
pounds over the holidays, why wait?" In fact, TVI has already given a glimpse to
viewers what they're in store for in the series premiere. TVI recently posted on the site,
"Have you ever been turned-on by someone hot at the gym? Watch what happens when the
guys learn the sexiest woman on the beach, Kerry, just joined the gym and is looking for
two hot motivating male workout partners. How motivated will they all get?"
The biggest question "Muscle Beach" has gotten from online viewers is which male
lead will "Kerry" (played by Kerry Kimble) hook up with in the series premiere.
"Muscle Beach" features the sexiest and most hilarious bodybuilders and models
alive. For that answer, we will have to wait for the series premiere.
Jim Morrow stars in "Muscle Beach" along with Ryan Moriarty, Kerry Kimble,
Kristen Davidson, and Mr. Switzerland-winner Didi Beyeler. "Muscle Beach" is
slated to launch in January on Television Internet as an expected "replacement for
the networks' midseason replacements".
With "Muscle Beach" the Television Internet Broadcasting Network becomes the
first internet company to offer "primetime online", when you what it, how you
want it, and as often as you want.
-- Muscle Beach Printable Workout ™ - Episode 1 (Triceps) - will be released on-line
at www.televisioninternet.com on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 9:30 P.M. Pacific Time.
Television Internet makes Internet History with
First-Network Quality Series for the Web
FALL, 1999.
SANTA MONICA, CA - "You've tried Television. Then the Internet. Now Try '.com.'"
That's the slogan of the Television Internet™ Broadcasting Network
<http://www.televisioninternet.com> which recently made history by announcing the
airing of the first network-quality episodic series to aire first run on the Internet -
"Muscle Beach".
If the idea of "primetime online" (another TelevisionInternet.com slogan) sounds
pioneering, you're right. In fact, this first series for the Internet is from the same
pioneering family that in 1945 brought the first hit series to a new medium called
"television". And if that's not enough, "Muscle Beach" has also made
programming history as the first hit multiple format show ever produced for the internet;
the show is the first prime-time quality sitcom, news program, and sports/fitness program
all in one. To top it off, all that's for free! Television Internet shows like
"Muscle Beach" are viewable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on line with free
downloadable media players.
"Muscle Beach" is from Executive Producer and Television Internet (TVI) founder
Anthony Kling. Kling is the son of the pioneer of television programming, Woody Kling. In
the 1940s, Woody Kling with Milton Berle helped bring to American television sets the
first hit television show in television history, the "Texaco Star Theatre starring
Milton Berle". Thereafter, Kling would write and/or produce shows that defined
television programming history: "All in the Family", "Maude", the
"Carol Burnett Show", the "Jackie Gleason Show", to name a few. As his
father brought into our homes then the first hit shows in that new medium called
"television", Tony brings into our homes today the first hit shows in a new
medium called "Television Internet". In the year 2000, the Kling family becomes
the only family name attached to two centuries of episodic programming history.
In development since 1997, Television Internet seeks to reach a broad viewer base,
worldwide. As a result, Television Internet recently launched Television Internet
Internationale™, offering lead pages for TVI shows in languages besides English.
Television Internet Internationale currently offers Television Internet France™,
Television Internet Deutschland™, Television Internet Italia™, Television
Internet Japan™, and Television Internet España™ in conjunction with its series
"Muscle Beach."
Shot at Television Internet Studios in Los Angeles and along the Pacific Ocean,
"Muscle Beach" features the sexiest and most hilarious bodybuilders and models
alive. Jim Morrow stars in "Muscle Beach" along with Ryan Moriarty, Kerry
Kimble, Kristen Davidson, and Mr. Switzerland-winner Didi Beyeler. In short, with
"Muscle Beach" the Television Internet Broadcasting Network becomes the first
internet company to offer "primetime online", when you what it, how you want it,
and as often as you want.
DAILY VARIETY: Television Internet is launching
the first network-quality first-run series for the Web, 'Muscle Beach'
NOVEMBER 24, 1999.
LOS ANGELES, CA - The combination sitcom, news program and sports/fitness program is
viewable 24-hours a day, online with free downloadable media players.
Presented by Anthony Kling, son
of Woody Kling who, in the early 1940s, launched the Texaco Star Theatre starring Milton
Berle, the network has been in development since 1997. 'Muscle' is shot at Television
Internet Studios in Los Angeles.
Also, the company has recently
introduced Television Internet Internationale for international auds." [Copyright
1999 Reed Elsevier Inc.]
DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES (Business Section):
TelevisionInternet.com - Site of the Week. "Kling of the World"
NOVEMBER 14, 1999. LOS ANGELES, CA - In
the 1940s, Woody Kling teamed with Milton Berle to create one of the first successful
television series. Now, Kling's son, Anthony Kling, is pioneering programming on the
Internet. The younger Kling is executive producer of 'Muscle Beach', a series created for
distribution on Internet via Television Internet (www.televisioninternet.com), a site he
founded. Programming can be viewed on demand, at no charge." [Copyright 1999 Tower
Media, Inc.]
Jim Morrow set to star in "Muscle Beach"
SUMMER, 1999.
SANTA MONICA, CA - Television Internet Broadcasting Network, the first internet site to
offer network-quality, episodic internet series programming, has cast Jim Morrow to star
in "Muscle Beach" - the first multiple format series every produced for the
internet. The show stars Morrow, Ryan Moriarty, Didi Beyeler, Kerry Kimble and Kristen
Davidson. "Muscle Beach" is currently in production. Anthony Kling is the
Executive Producer and writer; Mary Kling is the producer and director.
Television Internet announces Television Internet
Internationale
FALL, 1998. SANTA MONICA, CA -
Television Internet Broadcasting Network, the first internet site to offer
network-quality, episodic internet series programming, announced plans for a new series,
"Muscle Beach". The show will be executive produced and written by Anthony
Kling. Mary Kling is set to produce and direct.
"Muscle Beach" will be the first multiple format series
every produced for the internet. The show will be part sitcom, news program, and
fitness/sports program in one. The show will also provide free printable workouts to
viewers to take to the gym.
MARCH 15, 2002.
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of
Internet series programming, announced today that its new series Sitcom, a sitcom hopes
to breakdown America's digital divide through the use of urban storylines,
second-generation quality broadband programming and wireless deployment.
OCTOBER 10, 2001. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network announced today that it may move its new series Sitcom
a Sitcom from a planned Wednesday 8:30 p.m. timeslot this fall, after the 8:00 hit
TVI series Muscle Beach, because of fears of site traffic congestion and to show
stronger among the 18 to 25 demographic.
NOVEMBER 14, 1999. LOS ANGELES, CA - In
the 1940s, Woody Kling teamed with Milton Berle to create one of the first successful
television series. Now, Kling's son, Anthony Kling, is pioneering programming on the
Internet. The younger Kling is executive producer of 'Muscle Beach', a series created for
distribution on Internet via Television Internet (www.televisioninternet.com), a site he
founded. Programming can be viewed on demand, at no charge." [Copyright 1999 Tower
Media, Inc.]