For Immediate Release
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Courtney Hylton
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Ivanhoe Launches Medical Breakthrough News on Google Video
ORLANDO, FL (April 8, 2006) -- Ivanhoe Broadcast News, the nation's leading independent producer of medical news, and Google Video, the first open video marketplace enabling consumers to buy and rent a wide range of video content, announce today that Ivanhoe will provide its Medical Breakthroughs news series on Google Video on a pay-per-view basis. The most recent 140 reports on new treatments, procedures and technologies from the leading teaching and research facilities across the country are available to Google Video visitors currently.
"This is yet another platform on which Ivanhoe can leverage its extensive health library to a whole new audience," says Marjorie Bekaert Thomas, Ivanhoe CEO. "Making our programming accessible to the Google Video store guarantees our continuing mission of providing life-changing news to the world."
About Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., Ivanhoe Broadcast News is the country's largest television news-gathering organization covering medical breakthroughs, family health and consumer news for women. From its beginning in 1982, Ivanhoe has earned its reputation for providing TV stations with creative, top-quality and thought-provoking news stories that offer viewers solutions: latest breakthroughs in science and medicine, tips on staying healthy, and advice from women for women. Ivanhoe has a client base of more than 200 television network affiliates in the United States reaching 82 million television households. Ivanhoe's Web site publishes a free weekly e-zine on medical breakthroughs called, First To Know, to 65,000 subscribers worldwide. To subscribe, go to http://www.ivanhoe.com/firsttoknow.
About Google, Inc.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Google Video, an arm of Google, is the world's first open online video marketplace allowing visitors to search for, watch and even buy an ever-growing collection of TV shows, movies, music videos, documentaries, news and personal productions. For more information, visit http://www.google.com.