Pappas Television Chooses WorldNow to Launch Sites

Pappas Television Chooses WorldNow to Launch Sites

Seventeen station websites sign up for WorldNow's Web publishing and streaming video

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, a leading provider of Internet technology, content and revenue solutions for over 320 local media websites, announced today that seventeen new station websites for Pappas Television have recently been launched.

As part of this new partnership, WorldNow provides Web publishing and streaming video technology for the following Pappas sites:

   WCWG - Greensboro, NC  www.wcwg20.com   KMPH - Fresno, CA  www.kmph.com   KFRE - Fresno, CA  www.kfre.com   KPTM - Omaha, NE  www.kptm.com   KXVO - Omaha, NE  www.kxvo.com   KCWI - Des Moines, IA  www.kcwi23.com   KDBC - El Paso, TX  www.kdbc.com   NTV/KHGI/KWNB - Kearney, NE  www.nebraska.tv   KSNB/KTVG - Lincoln, NE  www.fox417.tv   KREN - Reno, NV  www.kren.com   WLGA - Columbus,  GA www.wlgatv.com   KCWK - Yakima, WA  www.kcwk9.com   KMEG - Sioux City, IA  www.kmeg14.com   KPTH - Sioux City, IA  www.kpth.com   KSWT - Yuma, AZ  www.kswt.com   

"We've always admired the Pappas Television stations and we look forward to a successful relationship," said Craig Smith, Executive Vice President, Sales and Distribution of WorldNow. "Our goal is to utilize our strengths in technology, content and advertising to help Pappas build their online presence and revenue."

"We're so impressed with WorldNow's high level of customer service and strategic support," said Rosemary Danon, Vice President Digital and New Media Services of Pappas Television. "These core services combined with their ability to help us generate revenue made it easy for us to partner with WorldNow."

About WorldNow

WorldNow, a New York based technology and sales company, provides a comprehensive suite of online revenue solutions to over 300 local broadcasters, newspapers and cable providers. WorldNow enables media companies to build new businesses on the Internet through five core products including a proprietary streaming video solution, Web site publishing platform, online automotive classifieds, local ad sales, and a national advertising partnership with the ABC owned Television Stations. Current WorldNow customers include ABC, Cox, Dispatch, Fisher, Gray, LIN Television, Media General, News Press & Gazette, Raycom Media, The New York Times, Time Warner Cable, Tribune, and Young. For more information about our company, please visit, www.WorldNow.com and www.localmedianetwork.com.

About Pappas TV

Pappas Telecasting Companies is the largest privately held, commercial television broadcast group in the United States in terms of U.S. Household coverage as defined by Nielsen Media Research. The company owns 27 stations, including market-leading FOX, The CW, ABC, CBS, Azteca America, and MyNetworkTV affiliates, and operates four other stations pursuant to local marketing agreements, in most regions of the United States. Additionally, Pappas owns 16 on-air digital channels, operates three others under LMAs, and holds construction permits to build 10 additional television stations. Pappas also is moving KTRB-AM 860 from Modesto to the San Francisco-San Jose radio market, and recently launched KMPH-AM 840 in Modesto. According to statistics from Nielsen, Pappas Telecasting television stations serve more than 16% of all U.S. television households. In addition, the company owns or operates television stations in markets reaching nearly 36% of U.S. Hispanic households and 38% of all U.S. Hispanic persons age 2+. In total, Pappas owns or operates stations in 24 Designated Market Areas. For more information, please visit www.pappastv.com.

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Source: WorldNow

CONTACT: Amy Dowden, Director of Marketing of WorldNow, +1-212-931-1221,
adowden@worldnow.com

Web site: http://www.worldnow.com/
http://www.localmedianetwork.com/
http://www.pappastv.com/

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