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Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge
in Live Web Simulcast by TV Worldwide for Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fund Memorial Day Observance
Base Technologies and ObjectVideo to Sponsor
Event via Satellite and Webcast to American Troops and Media
Outlets Worldwide at www.USVets.tv
CHANTILLY, VA, May 27, 2004 – TV Worldwide.com,
a web-based global TV network, in cooperation with the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Fund, the National Park Service, Base Technologies
and ObjectVideo will simulcast live via satellite and the
Internet, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's
address during the Annual Memorial Day Observance at the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial beginning at 12 Noon ET on Memorial Day,
Monday, May 31, 2004.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the non-profit organization
established in 1979 to build the Vietnam Memorial, is grateful
to Base Technologies, ObjectVideo, and TVWorldwide.com for
their support this year in covering the Memorial Day Ceremony.
"These companies enabled us to bring this year's ceremony
to American veterans and their families around the world,"
said Jan C. Scruggs, Founder and President of the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Fund.
More than 10,000 Veterans and their
families are expected to attend the Ceremony at the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial this year. In addition to Mr. Ridge, TV
Worldwide's simulcast will feature other speakers to include
The Honorable John P. Murtha (D-PA); Cardinal Theodore E.
McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington; James V. Kimsey, Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Fund Board Member and Founding CEO and Chairman
Emeritus of America Online; Command Sergeant Major Cheryl
M. Mathis; Gentry Davis, Deputy Regional Director of the National
Park Services' National Capital Region; and Diane Carlson
Evans, Founder and President of the Vietnam Women's Memorial
Foundation. Jan Scruggs, Founder and President of the Vietnam
Memorial Fund, will serve as Master of Ceremonies.
"Base Technologies takes great pride in
sponsoring this simulcast for the brave men and women currently
deployed around the world protecting our nation's freedom
and democracy," noted Gary Nakamoto, CEO of Base Technologies.
TVWorldwide has, in cooperation with the
National Park Service, simulcast the November 11, 2003 Veterans
Day ceremonies from the Veterans Veterans Memorial, the July
4, 2003 Fireworks Celebration and the VVMF's April 21, 2003
"In Memory Day" Ceremony via satellite and on TVWorlwide's
USVets.TV Internet TV channel (www.USVets.TV)
for American civilian and military personnel stationed overseas.
"We are again pleased to work with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Fund and our sponsors in producing content for the USVets
TV channel," commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TV
Worldwide.
People around the world can participate
online through the Internet simulcast, accessible through
www.vvmf.org,
www.usvets.tv
,www.tvworldwide.com
and www.homelanddefensetv.com.
Commentary and interviews will be offered prior to the event
and interviews will take place at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Viewers should tune in online at 12:50 PM (ET) and have the
free Windows Media or Real Player installed prior to the event.
Questions during the live pre-show can be directed to 703-961-9250,
ext 223. Satellite Transponder Coordinates are as follows:
SBS 6 transponder 5, Band: Ku, Orbital Slot: 74 Degrees, Downlink
Frequency: 11823 (Vertical)
About Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (www.vvmf.org)
is the non-profit organization authorized by Congress to build
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Today, it
has developed a series of outreach programs dedicated to preserving
the legacy of The Wall, to promoting healing and to educating
about the impact of the Vietnam War.
About TV Worldwide
As a leading global Internet broadcasting and streaming media
company, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com)
is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation
of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten
by a strategic partner, "aimcasting" SM to targeted
demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with
strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived
state-of-the art video streaming content applications. TVWorldwide.com
was recently named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest
Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine, www.streamingmagazine.com,
and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the
50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy currently
serves as the president of the International Webcasting Association
(IWA).
About Base Technologies
Base Technologies, Inc. (www.basetech.com)
offers professional technical and management services to its
clients and provides cost-effective, resourceful, and well-planned
solutions. Its mission is to ensure that clients successfully
reach their goals. Base Technologies is the "technology
connection to the world."
About ObjectVideo
ObjectVideo develops intelligent video surveillance software
to solve today's complex security challenges. Its computer
vision technology adds automated threat detection, identification
and notification capabilities to surveillance systems to significantly
reduce false alarm rates and markedly increase the effectiveness
of security professionals. Founded in 1998 and headquartered
in Reston, Va., ObjectVideo works with government and commercial
organizations.
Contact: Nate Karle
TV Worldwide.com
www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250 ext. 222
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