Corbis to Be Featured as Premier Active Channel Partner On Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

Business Wire, July 15, 1997

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 1997--

Millions of Users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

Expected to View Corbis' Trip Channel

Corbis Corporation today announced that its new world travel Web site will be featured as a premier channel on Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, Microsoft Corp.'s new version of its Internet browser.

By maximizing the technological advances of the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 platform, Corbis' channel, Trip, will take viewers, via their desktops, to the most beautiful, mysterious and exciting places on the globe. Trip will be immediately accessible to millions of users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 as a premier channel in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Channel Guide.

"We are proud to have Corbis as a premier Active Channel partner for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0," said Brad Chase, vice president of the application and Internet client group at Microsoft. "We chose Corbis for its proven ability to create compelling, first-class interactive products and services. The Active Channel from Corbis, Trip, is a visual delight -- a combination of fascinating images and innovative technology that gives users a travel experience with an edge."

With Trip, viewers can escape every week to a different destination without ever having to leave their desks. Corbis' new channel will feature images from the world's largest digital image collection updated daily, an inside look at featured destinations through the images and insights of the world's top photographers, and fun interactive games and puzzles. Viewers will also be able to purchase prints and posters of selected Corbis images.

"We are excited to be featured as a premier Active Channel partner on Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0," said Steve Davis, president of Corbis. "As a leading supplier of visual information and entertainment on the Internet, Corbis is continually looking to provide consumers with innovative ways to view and interact with Corbis' image collection. Through the combined efforts of Corbis' award-winning production team and the advancements of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, Trip will offer users an unparalleled Internet experience, delivering on Corbis' commitment to provide consumer access to the largest image collection in the world."

A preview version of Trip is available today at http://www.corbis.com/trip/ or through the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Channel Guide. A final version of Trip is expected to be released later this summer. There is no subscription or membership fee to view Trip, but users must have Internet access and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Active Channel content is a key component of the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 vision, delivering "the Web the way you want it." Active Channel technology offers enhanced and exciting content optimized for easy, fast and personalized delivery. Microsoft Active Channel partners are leading Internet content providers that are designing their content to take advantage of innovative new functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, including Dynamic HTML and channel definition format (CDF)-based webcasting. With Dynamic HTML, Active Channel publishers can create more highly interactive Web pages whose colors, images, text styles, data and 2-D positioning can change and animate quickly based on user interaction.

Active Channel technology also includes CDF-based webcasting, which enables users to easily select compelling, personalized, up-to-date content provided by Active Channel partners and to have this content brought to the Active Desktop interface, screen savers, ticker windows and more.

Corbis, a pioneer in the convergence of visual content and technology, is a leading provider of imagery worldwide. Home to the world's largest digital image collection, Corbis offers an ever-expanding range of high-quality images drawn from leading photographers, institutions and museums. Corbis, founded in 1989 by Bill Gates, continues to develop innovative uses for its images, creating new ways of looking at the world, while setting industry standards for the protection of intellectual property rights in the digital age.

More information is available at the Corbis Web site at http://www.corbis.com/ . Corbis is based in Bellevue, Wash., with offices in New York City and London.

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NOTES:

Corbis and the Corbis logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Corbis Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Corbis Corporation

Jim DeNike, 425/401-4007

jimde@corbis.com

or

Waggener Edstrom

Rebecca Levy, 425/637-9097

rebeccal@wagged.com