TVWorldwide.com
Selected to Webcast Council for Exceptional Children Convention
on AT508.com Internet TV Channel
Webcast to Highlight Interviews and ‘Yes I Can!’ Events,
Live from April 11-12 CEC Show in Seattle on AT508.com Internet
TV Channel Featuring John Williams
For
Immediate Release
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Chantilly, Va. – TVWorldwide.com, a fast-growing web-based
global TV network and streaming video service provider, announced
that it had been selected by the Council for Exceptional Children
to webcast the April 11-12, 2003 show live from Seattle, Washington.
Special events featured by the Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional
Children will also be covered. The free webcast at www.AT508.com
and www.tvworldwide.com will feature interviews with industry leaders
present for the show and highlight the latest products, services,
issues and news concerning those who work with students with special
needs. TVWorldwide’s AT508.com Internet TV channel was launched
in October at the World Congress on Disabilities in Orlando, Fla,
featuring world-renowned disability columnist John Williams covering
the latest in assistive technology and Section 508 news and since
then has webcast the TASH, ATIA and CSUN events for the community
of people with disabilities. AT508.com will feature keynotes, presentations
and interviews with exhibitors and speakers during the CEC webcast.
The event will be archived in fully accessible format using the
captioned video streaming of TVWorldwide.com’s “webcaptingsm”
process. Webcast and AT508.com sponsors include The Paciello Group,
Keybowl, HP, Kurzweil Educatonal Systems, Deque, Audio Eye, Sighted
Electronics and Vcom3D.
As
part of the webcast, the following Yes I Can! events will be recorded
live to tape and archived for later viewing during the webcast.
The Yes I Can! Awards April 11th 4:30pm Washington State Convention
Center, room 6A
The Yes I Can! Award Reception Following the Awards April 11th 5:30
Washington State Convention Center,
Room 604
The Teacher of the Year Luncheon and Awards April 12 11:30 - 1:30
West Ballroom of the Washington Sheraton
Visitors to the live CEC webcast will be able to post questions
to interviewees and participate in Q&A via e-mail, providing
a fully interactive forum for sharing of information.
“As a long-time advocate of
streaming media for those with disabilities through our AbleTV.net
Internet TV channel, we are excited about being selected to webcast
the important CEC event,” commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and
CEO of TVWorldwide.com. “This is also a great venue to again
feature our new Internet TV channel, AT508.com, featuring the incisive
and uncensored text and video commentary of highly-respected columnist
John Williams who, himself, coined the phrase ‘assistive technology’.
He has a huge audience and we are preparing our servers to accommodate
it as we build AT508.com.”
The event will be archived for viewing
at www.tvworldwide.com and www.AT508.com. Participants should have
the free Real Video Player installed prior to the event and should
log on by 4:15 PM PST on Friday, April 11.
About
AT508.com
TVWorldwide’s AT508.com Internet TV channel was launched in
October at the World Congress on Disabilities in Orlando, Fla, featuring
world-renowned disability columnist John Williams covering the latest
in assistive technology and Section 508 news and since then has
webcast the TASH, ATIA, CSUN and CEC events for the community of
people with disabilities. AT508.com features articles and videos
on the latest in assistive technology products, services and issues
and during trade show events, highlights keynotes, presentations
and interviews with exhibitors and speakers. AT508.com events are
webcast live and archived in fully accessible format using the captioned
video streaming of TVWorldwide.com’s “webcaptingsm”
process. AT508.com sponsors include The Paciello Group, Keybowl,
HP, Kurzweil Educatonal Systems, Corda, Deque, Audio Eye, Sighted
Electronics Freedom Vision and Vcom3D.
About The Paciello Group (TPG)
Founded
by Mike Paciello, TPG is an international leader in Accessibility
Consulting and Engineering. TPG is dedicated to helping corporations,
government agencies and educational institutions make their IT
resources accessible to all people, including those with disabilities.
They offer professional consulting, technology solutions and monthly
monitoring services to ensure that clients reach and maintain the
ongoing accessibility of their digital assets. Further information
on The Paciello Group can be found online at www.paciellogroup.com.
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, "aimcastingsm"
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.
Contact:
Dave Gardy
TV Worldwide.com
dgardy@tvworldwide.com
www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250 ext. 221
John
Williams
AT508.com
JMMAW@aol.com
www.at508.com
(703) 404-9557
Andrea Gwartney
TVWorldwide.com, Inc.
Andrea@tvworldwide.com
www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250 Ext. 220
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