U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and TV Worldwide to Produce Live Webcast -- "Breaking Down Barriers to Health Care for Women With Disabilities," Dec. 6, 9AM ET at www.HHS.gov/od

Market Wire, December, 2004

TVWorldwide.com, a fast-growing web-based global TV network, announced that it had been selected to work with the Office on Disability and the Office on Women's Health at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Interagency Committee on Disability Research at the U.S. Department of Education to produce a live webcast of a national summit, "Breaking Down Barriers to Health Care for Women with Disabilities" on December 6, 2004 from 9 AM to 12 noon ET at www.HHS.gov/od. TV Worldwide will also feature the webcast on its Internet TV channel for the community of people with disabilities, AT508.com (www.at508.com).

The goal of the summit webcast is to highlight the many challenges facing women with disabilities in obtaining appropriate healthcare, and to explore ways that health professionals and facilities can overcome these barriers to provide the best possible care. The summit will feature programs and paradigms that have been successful in improving access to care for people with disabilities, including projects that focus on educating health care professionals about these issues.

"As a long-time developer of streaming media content for the community of people with disabilities, we are excited about being selected to produce this webcast on this important subject of interest to women with disabilities," commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TV Worldwide. "We applaud HHS and DOE for deploying the latest in streaming media and webcasting technology to foster interactive communication across the country for this important event. With our AT508.com audience tuning in, we expect huge on-line attendance and we are preparing our servers to accommodate everyone who wants to attend this free webcast."

The free webcast of the event will be available live and archived for a full year in Section 508 accessible format at www.HHS.gov/od using the captioned video streaming of TVWorldwide.com's "webcapting(SM)" process. To view the webcast, participants should have the latest version of Real player or Windows Media Player installed prior to the event and should log on at any time prior to 8:30 AM ET on December 6, to test their set up in preparation for the start of the webcast at 9:00 AM ET. Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 220 before and during the event. Visitors to the webcast will be able to post questions and participate in Q&A via e-mail, providing a fully interactive forum for sharing of information.

For further information on the webcast and the summit, please contact Madeleine Levin at the National Research Center for Women & Families (www.center4research.org), which is coordinating the meeting, at 202-223-4000 or ml@center4research.org.

About AT508.com

TV Worldwide's AT508.com Internet TV channel was launched in October 2002 at the World Congress on Disabilities in Orlando, Florida, 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. During industry trade shows, AT508.com 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 "webcapting(SM)" process. AT508.com sponsors include The Paciello Group, HP, textHELP!, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Corda, Deque, Audio Eye, Sighted Electronics Freedom Vision, the Council for Exceptional Children and Vcom3D.

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, "aimcasting(SM)" 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. Mr. Gardy currently serves as the president of the International Webcasting Association (IWA).

Contact: Andrea Gwartney TV Worldwide.com, Inc. andrea@tvworldwide.com www.tvworldwide.com (703) 961-9250 Ext. 220

 

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