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Company Background
Yack's Internet Program Guide(SM) made its online debut in 1997, when the bulk of Web programming consisted of live chats. Brandishing its signature chattering
teeth logo, Yack guided early event seekers to the best online chats the Web had to offer. But that was four years ago - a veritable lifetime at Internet speed. And as Web events and programs have expanded to include high quality audio and video, Yack has grown right along with them.
Today, the company formerly known for its chattering teeth has become the ultimate navigational guide to "what's on" online. Recognized by Yahoo! Internet Life
as the Best Guide to Live Events two years running and chosen by Forbes as one of their favorite sites for 2001, Yack is a next-generation search engine that
guides users through the complete spectrum of live, on-demand and regularly-scheduled online events.
Through its vast database of more than 150,000 Web event and program listings each week, Yack steers online audiences through streaming audio, video and chat
events in categories covering Music, TV & Film, Sports, Money, News, Sex & Relationships, Books, Technology, Health & Family, Living & Travel, and Culture &
Learning.
Much like its television program guide counterparts, Yack's listings give pertinent details about each Web event or program: the "channel" (content provider),
date and start time, type of event (audio, video or chat), frequency (live, on-demand or regularly-scheduled), technical requirements, and a program description.
In addition to its unparalleled, up-to-the-minute and easily searchable database, Yack offers original reviews and editorial content.
The Internet Program Guide is also co-branded and syndicated online through top ISPs, Web sites and cable modem partners, as well as in print through
newspapers and magazines. Distribution partners include Road Runner, EarthLink, WorldGate, chello Broadband, Madasafish, Handbag, FreeServe, Line One, Singapore
One, Microsoft, World Online, United Features Syndicate and Sportsticker. Yack also has nearly 300 partnerships with online content and Web event producers
through its Event Producer Network(SM).
Yack is a New York-based company. Steven Fredericks, a 15-year veteran of IBM, serves as the company's President and CEO.
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