ActiveAccess Launches NewsView: Free Desktop Application to View
Breaking News, Sports, and Entertainment Directly on the Computer Desktop
Continuously Updated Digital Content from Voxant Comes from Over 200
Breaking News Sources; News Feeds, Video Streams and RSS Feeds All
Delivered to Desktops through Web 2.0 Technologies
CHANTILLY, Va. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) April 21, 2008 --
ActiveAccess, a digital
content delivery platform offered by BIA Information
Network (BIN), has launched NewsView,
a free desktop application that continuously provides breaking
news, headline stories, sports news, health, entertainment,
local weather, traffic, and other content directly onto laptop and
desktop computers. NewsView eliminates the need to rely solely on
websites or email for news by delivering news feeds directly to the
computer desktop through web links and a robust RSS reader. It is the
first of several consumer applications being developed by BIN to
make content more accessible to end users.
“We created NewsView as a response to the over
saturation of email and Internet content that the public experiences on
a daily basis without a method for filtering or aggregating what matters
most to them,” said Mike Ferrara, vice
president of BIA Information Network. “By
creating desktop applications that give consumers' subject channels of
choice, BIN is responding to their need to find sought-after information
amidst a cluttered Internet. Consumers can use NewsView on a day-to-day
basis to stay informed of breaking news and important subjects.”
NewsView provides users news and information on sports,
entertainment, business, politics, health, science, and technology via
video and text feeds. The application also includes an RSS reader that
can be customized by the user to include additional news feeds of
choice. NewsView also has the ability to send emergency weather alerts,
breaking news, and headline news via a crawler and audible notification,
depending on user's settings.
News and content is provided to NewsView through BIN's partner Voxant,
an innovative provider of licensed content from more than 200 news
sources, including the Associated Press, CBS, MTV, Reuters, the NBA, TV
Guide, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the National
Hockey League. Other NewsView partners include the National
Weather Service for local weather and national weather
and Traffic.com for local city
traffic.
“Voxant is pleased to provide its
content through NewsView's unique desktop application,”
said Marcien Jenckes, CEO of Voxant. “While
our news and information has always been available through Web sites and
blogs, this is the first time it has been fed directly to the desktop of
a computer. A Web 2.0 technology like ActiveAccess gives users
the ability to receive information like breaking news and news feeds in
an entirely new and easy way.”
ActiveAccess is available
through a light-weight download from the ActiveAccess website at http://www.activeaccess.com/newsview.htm.
To operate, it requires about as much memory as a single webpage and is
the most secure desktop application available, containing no adware,
spyware or malware. NewsView can operate at work or home and does not
interfere with corporate servers or network environments. Once
installed, the application sits as an icon on a PC desktop and requires
Internet access. As with all ActiveAccess desktop applications, NewsView
can deliver targeted content based on user preferences and zip code.
Currently used by corporations and trade associations, ActiveAccess'
desktop applications are expanding to the consumer market as a method to
un-clutter the Internet and provide convenient access to
subject-specific information chosen by the user and delivered directly
to the PC. For more information on ActiveAccess and how it can be
customized to deliver digital content for companies, or how it can
generate new forms of revenue, visit http://www.activeaccess.com
or email info@activeaccess.com
to request a personal demonstration.
About Voxant
Voxant is building a new kind of network that delivers unparalleled
licensed content, advertising and syndication services to thousands of
Web sites and niche communities that comprise the long tail of the Web.
Voxant's 43,000+ Web publisher affiliates have access to the Web's
largest, most diverse selection of free, high quality, fully licensed
news and information for their Web sites and blogs. Voxant provides full
monetization while maintaining control over content integrity, quality
and branding for more than 300 content providers. For more information,
please visit www.voxant.com.
About BIA Information Network
BIA Information Network, LLC, a subsidiary of BIA Financial Network,
Inc., is a Chantilly, Va.-based company focused on providing new media
solutions for corporations, non-profits, education, government and media
industries. BIN's premier product, ActiveAccess, is a private-label
desktop application used by more than one million people that has
the ability to deliver customized interactive content directly to any
computer desktop. ActiveAccess supports marketing initiatives by
fostering brand loyalty and engagement with targeted audiences. Current
clients include: Entercom Communications Corporation, Clear Channel,
Gray Television Incorporated, American Business Media, Meredith
Corporation, Nexstar Broadcasting, The George Washington University, and
Penn State University. Further information is available at: http://www.activeaccess.com.
Release Summary:
ActiveAccess, a digital content delivery platform, has launched
NewsView, offering free desktop news with continuous breaking news,
headline stories, sports news, health, entertainment, local weather,
traffic, and other content.
KEYWORDS: breaking news, desktop news, digital content, free news
feeds, health news, live news feeds, news feeds, political news, rss
feeds, rss news feeds, sports news, video feeds
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