Gaithersburg, MD - AWS, Inc.
is pleased to announce that WNBC-TV in New York has secured a major TV/Internet convergence sponsorship with JEEP. The new WNBC-JEEP partnership generates significant new revenue for the station in on-air and online categories. JEEP funding will also provide for expansion of
WNBC's WeatherNet to 50 additional schools, extending WNBC's ability to provide viewers with hyper-local and personally relevant weather content - on-air and on the NewsChannel4 web site.
"This new partnership with Jeep clearly demonstrates WNBC's superior commitment to schools, and to their respective communities who rely on this hyper-local weather information," said AWS President, Bob Marshall. "The program truly has a profound impact on education and on each community that participates in WeatherNet. We are extremely pleased to be a partner in WNBC's highly successful program."
AWS, Inc. is the world leader in delivering hyper-local convergence products for broadcast television and the Internet. The AWS WeatherNet is the world's largest real-time weather network, which is now more than triple the size of the National Weather Service reporting network. AWS' live weather data is freely accessible via local partner TV stations, PC's on the Internet, digital pagers, Internet-ready wireless phones and Palm PilotsÓ. Schools participating in WeatherNet receive AWS' nationally acclaimed educational technology.
AWS recently launched WeatherNet+ which has quickly garnered prestigious awards which include the heralded Media & Methods Award for Excellence in Education; the highest-possible five-star rating from ZDNet; and the Television Broadcast Editors' Pick of Show at the 2000 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention. New AWS convergence products include InstaSports, the largest local sports network in the nation and eNewsPlus, the premiere turnkey e-Messaging solution for traditional media outlets.
