The ScreenFriends' Generation One program will be featured on The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle DVD as a value-added element to the DVD. The DVD will be released on February 13, 2001. It includes the characters Rocky, Bullwinkle, Natasha, Boris and Fearless Leader and, once installed on a user's computer, allows the user to operate their computer and navigate the web simply by talking to the on-screen characters in everyday language.
"Universal has been a wonderful partner with us from the beginning," said Gregory Santore, CEO of ScreenFriends Corp. "The Rocky & Bullwinkle characters were our first to be released, and we expect their inclusion on the film's DVD to bring us continued success and usership."
Characters are interchangeable and can be used to deliver promotional messages and offers as well as branding their corporate sponsors online and offline. This software may be upgraded to Generation Two, which has the added features of reading users' email, better voice recognition and delivery of special offers. The ScreenFriends Personal Inter(Face)Ô product is a patent-pending software combining voice recognition, animation and computer response technologies. It requires no user-training or special equipment.
ScreenFriends Corp. was founded in 1998 and acquired by WENR Corp. in October of last year. WENR is a holding company that began implementing an Internet/marketing focus earlier in the year with the acquisition of Global Image Technologies [a wholly-owned subsidiary providing Internet support services and web hosting] and the recent acquisition of ScreenFriends.
Universal Studios Home Video is a unit of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com), a part of CANAL+, the TV and Film division of Vivendi Universal, a new global leader in media and communications.
This news release contains information that is "forward-looking" in that it describes events and conditions, which WENR Corp. reasonably expects to occur in the future. Expectations for the future performance of the businesses of WENR is dependent on a number of factors, and there can be no assurance that WENR will achieve the results as contemplated herein. The accuracy of these statements cannot be guaranteed as they are subject to a variety of risks including the possibility that the described activities will not be completed.
Investor Contact:
Dan Green 310-337-0998 dgreen@wenr.net
ScreenFriends Press Contact:
Jonathon Barbato 303-331-8091 jbarbato@screenfriends.com
Universal Studios Home Video Contact:
Maria LaMagra / Evan Fong / Yuko Sakamoto
818-777-4315 / 818-777-5540 / 818-777-0115