Up a 'Creek' with wireless devices.('Dawson's Creek' on the Internet)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 2000 by Kerschbaumer, Ken

Columbia TriStar Interactive, AvantGo bring 'Dawson's Creek' site to mobile Internet It's probably only fitting to find Dawson's Creek in a streaming media venture. AvantGo, a mobile Internet service provider, and Columbia TriStar Interactive, will bring content from the Dawson's Creek Web site to handheld devices based on the Palm and Windows CE platforms, as well as Internet-enabled phones.

"We think Dawson's Creek is a show that can help drive adoption of this technology by teens," says Tim Chambers, Columbia TriStar director of technology and production. "The price point on a lot of these devices is dropping, and now that we're seeing the migration starting, we want content ready and waiting." Chambers says that AvantGo's strength is in the...

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