Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!news From: Darragh O'Grady Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: Eurovision Web Page (Song contest info via Trinity College) Date: 29 Apr 1994 19:15:06 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 69 Approved: announce@ibm.cl.msu.edu Message-ID: <2prtmp$qeq@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ibm.cl.msu.edu The URL is: http://www.ieunet.ie/EuroVision/ Details attached below. -------------------------- PRESS RELEASE Dublin 27 Apr 1994 Ieunet, RTE collaborate on Eurovision Internet Project ====================================================== Ieunet, the premier provider of internet services in Ireland and RTE, the Irish National Broadcasting Organisation have come together to highlight the European and Worldwide interest in the Eurovision Song contest. Using the power of the World Wide Web, Ieunet have created a multi-media on-line database which contains the details of the Eurovision contestants with photographs and music clips from each country. Internet users in Ireland and around the world can browse this online database 24 hours per day and the results of the contest will be entered as they come available. Ireland is unique in staging the Eurovision Song Contest in two successive years. When Niamh Kavanagh sang her way to victory in Millstreet, County Cork, last year, she put the Irish music industry even more firmly on the international map and gave a huge impetus to the tourism industry. An estimated 300 million people will watch the maximum 25 countries who will participate this year, including nine countries from Eastern Europe. Over 1,000 delegates and international press will converge on Dublin for the week leading up to the Grand Prix. There are over 20 million users attached to the internet worldwide and this figure is doubling every nine months. Michael Nowlan, Ieunet managing director, says "As more and more of the world's knowledge comes on-line, power is not in what you know, but knowing where to find the knowledge you need! Ieunet offers internet tools for sifting throught the terabytes of information, resources and services on-line to find that vital nugget." We see the Eurovision internet project as a unique opportunity for Ireland to show its talents and expertise to an international audience. The media attention focused on the show and surrounding activities and the 'post card' snapshots of Irish culture and scenery will bring Ireland as a whole, priceless publicity which will be of substantial long-term benefit to the country. Further information: Press and Information office RTE, Jane McSorley eMail: paulc@rte.ie Tel: 642414 Ieunet, Michael Nowlan eMail: info@ieunet.ie Tel: +353-1-679 0832 -- Darragh O'Grady e-mail: dog@ieunet.ie IEunet Ltd Internet Service Providers Trinity College, Dublin Ireland