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TV Merges With the Internet

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Oct 16, 2006, News Report

"TV is merging with the Internet and neither medium may ever be the same," declared Alex Kanakaris, Chairman and founder of Wi-Fi TV Inc., following an explosive and widely viewed series of live webcasts on Oct. 12 and 13 at www.MN1.com -- a live Internet TV channel specializing in financial news and analysis.

"We tend to think of television as a quaint medium when compared with the rapidly changing Internet. Yet TV now seems poised to become every bit as dynamic as the likes of Google and Yahoo! because TV is merging with the Internet," wrote Edward B. Driscoll Jr. in a feature article the November 2006 edition of Home Entertainment magazine.

"The growth potential is amazing when you realize that the Wi-Fi TV platform has virtually unlimited expansion ability in terms of country and category listings and universal accessibility, not just to watch but to participate," stated Kanakaris, who is also the author of Signs of Intelligent Life on the Internet.

"We launched our Internet content company in the mid-90s, delivered the first full-length movie for Internet viewing in December 1995 and innovated for years with video and eBook delivery. Today, thanks to the Internet, we're giving everyone the power to own a TV channel or create video content or messages for a world audience. We are bringing live meetings for up to 25 participants with video and audio. We are letting viewers chat with each other with text messages while watching the same shows. And we are delivering to a geographic audience that makes the biggest cable TV networks look like they are stranded on a deserted island."

"At the same time, we are ramping up the delivery of traditional TV over the Internet, with 400 live TV channels and other live video feeds," Kanakaris added KW

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