New Vivo Enhances First-TV Viewing ExperienceCMP's TV/video site is the first to use VivoActive Player 2.0PRNewswire CMP Media's First-TV is beta testing the newest version of the VivoActive streaming audio and video on its Internet-only TV/video network. CMP's First-TV and LifeOnline Radio (http://www.lifeonlineradio.com/) sites are the first to use VivoActive Player 2.0. The new version of Vivo's streaming video doubles First-TV's present frame size, gives content creators the opportunity to control the shape of the video window, and offers improved audio. "Vivo has significantly raised the standard with the 2.0 version," says Scott Bourne, executive director and founder of First-TV. "Other streaming technologies can't penetrate fire walls and don't offer the viewer a true 28.8 video and audio experience. We will use this technology to deliver the best video available on the Internet." An ActiveX controller automatically downloads the VivoActive player for visitors to the site who use Microsoft Explorer. Netscape users can download VivoActive free at the Vivo site (http://www.vivo.com/). First-TV (http://www.first-tv.com/) was launched Sept. 18, 1996. Its first program -- Fresh Click: Life Online -- is comprised of seven segments covering Internet news, product reviews and Internet personalities. Segments include Web Wars, a debate between two Internet experts over issues of the day, and Web Women, a look at what women are doing on the web. Besides producing original content, First-TV is a forum for emerging videographers and filmmakers, who can submit their work at no charge. First-TV gives the film community a world-wide audience, and visitors to the site can view the films and videos and rate them. Background: CMP Media Inc. provides publishing, marketing and information services to the entire high-technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology -- through print and electronic media. All of CMP's publications and online products can be accessed through the company's TechWeb site on the World Wide Web (http://www.techweb.com/). Other products include the LifeOnline Radio show and web site, as well as the web sites NetGuide Live and First-TV. Print titles include NetGuide magazine and Windows magazine. -0- 3/6/97 SOURCE: CMP Media Inc. CONTACT: Scott Bourne, 612-221-2629, sbourne@first-tv.com; Jana Bourne, |