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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Paltalk Partners with TV Worldwide To Host Live Webcast from 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

Paltalk Partners with TV Worldwide To Host Live Webcast from 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

Video Chat Community Allows Fans to Interact with Celebrities during Red Carpet Interviews

NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Paltalk the leading real-time, video-based community pioneering the socialcasting movement, today announced that it has partnered with TV Worldwide, the first web-based global Internet TV network, to host a live webcast of the 34th Annual Daytime Creative Arts and Entertainment Emmy(R) Awards in Hollywood, CA on June 14th, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. EDT. Paltalk's Director of News and Programming, Gary Baumgarten, will interview television stars live as they arrive on the red carpet and take questions from online viewers.

"Our platform allows viewers to experience the Emmy's and the excitement of the red carpet in an entirely new way, as if they were right there," said Joel Smernoff, Paltalk's COO and President. "By combining video chat with elements of social networking and broadcast content Paltalk creates a new way for online audiences to participate in live events. Not only will they be able to see and hear what's happening, but they can also interact with their favorite stars and each other."

"We're very happy to be working with Paltalk to provide a great interactive experience for people to experience one of the biggest nights of the year in the television industry," said Dave Gardy, founder and CEO of TV Worldwide. "Paltalk's technology not only provides worldwide access to the event to users online, but allows them to be a part of the event in a way that's almost as good as being there in person."

The Webcast will also feature four Emmy Awards for Broadband Entertainment, as well as the presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award to James Lipton, creator, executive-producer, writer and host of the 12-time Emmy(R)-nominated Bravo series, "Inside the Actors Studio."

For more information please visit www.paltalk.com/daytimeemmyawards

About Paltalk


Paltalk is the premier real-time, video-based community pioneering the new socialcasting movement. Socialcasting is defined as the convergence of traditional broadcasting media, social networking, user-generated content and video chat. With more than 4 million active users, Paltalk hosts the world's largest online video chat community offering thousands of users the ability to interact in a chat room together via voice, text and video in real-time.

Privately held, the company's patented technology allows for large scale video rooms where members can join in with thousands of other Paltalkers and engage in voice/audio, video and text conversations. Members can create their own chat groups around any topic as well as individual profiles on themselves in a social network. Paltalk also hosts "Scheduled Shows" including regular programs with celebrities, radio personalities and newsmakers such the shock jocks Opie and Anthony and Samantha Daniels. The company also broadcasts live interactive video chat events such as musical performances and comedy variety shows. In both cases, Paltalkers can interact with the featured hosts and performers in real-time as well as other members in the room.

About TV Worldwide

As a pioneering global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com) developed the first Internet TV network of community-based Internet TV channels, including TV MainStream (www.TVMainStream.com), new media content for the new media industry, itself. Each channel serves targeted, special interest demographic audiences worldwide, ranging from the community of people with disabilities to the maritime industry. Fortune 500 companies, 15 federal government agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, and numerous International Associations, including the National Association of Broadcasters, use TV Worldwide's live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications and Internet TV channels. In recognition of the company's unique achievements in new media, TV Worldwide was selected by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) to webcast the 4th annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting in December 2006 and 58th annual Emmy awards for Technology and Engineering in January of 2007. TV Worldwide has been named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy also currently serves as the President of the International Webcasting Association (IWA) (www.webcasters.org).


Source: Paltalk

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http://www.paltalk.com/daytimeemmyawards
http://www.tvworldwide.com/


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