The Secret Life of the American Teenager Lycos, Inc., a leading provider of social publishing, media and
search services, and ABC Family, today announced they will continue their
successful relationship, with Lycos Cinema powering additional online
viewing parties for the network's new hit television series "The Secret
Life of the American Teenager."
Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple
platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and
anywhere, Disney-ABC Television Group's ABC Family and Lycos are teaming up
once again to create unique online viewing experiences. Beginning Aug. 13,
fans of ABC Family's new hit series "The Secret Life of the American
Teenager" can visit http://www.abcfamily.com or http://secretlife.lycos.com to
watch episodes of the show simultaneously with others while chatting in
real-time.
Viewers have the opportunity to host their own viewing parties through
Lycos's patent-pending, proprietary Watch & Interact video platform,
scheduling private screening rooms online or meeting other fans of the show
to watch current episodes of the popular ABC Family series. Once in the
room, screening room hosts have complete control, with the ability to
pause, rewind and fast-forward and discuss the episode with others.
"By teaming with Lycos once again, we're able to continue to offer our
communities of fans this unique, interactive viewing experience," said
Vickie Collier, vice president, digital media, ABC Family. "Viewers of ABC
Family are a very social and tech savvy group, and these online viewing
parties are a great new way for them to enjoy our programming and share
that experience with friends, even when they are not in the same room."
"Our experience in powering ABC Family viewing parties over the past
year has proven fans have a strong desire to find new ways to interact with
their favorite shows online," said Chuck Ball, vice president of sales and
marketing for Lycos, Inc. "By providing simul-streamed viewing and
interactivity across physical boundaries, ABC Family is giving their
viewers a unique experience they can't find elsewhere."
"The Secret Life of the American Teenager," a heartfelt one-hour drama
which focuses on the relationships between families and friends and how
they deal with an unexpected teen pregnancy, currently airs on ABC Family
Tuesday nights from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT.
The series boasts an incredible cast of characters played by Shailene
Woodley ("The O.C.") as Amy, Molly Ringwald ("The Breakfast Club") as Anne,
Mark Derwin ("The Bonnie Hunt Show") as George, India Eisley as Ashley,
Kenny Baumann ("Eli Stone") as Ben, Daren Kagasoff as Ricky, Francia Raisa
("Cutting Edge 3") as Adrian, Megan Park ("Life with Derek") as Grace, Greg
Finley ("Cold Case") as Jack and Jorge-Luis Pallo ("Navy NCIS") as Mark.
Guest starring are John Schneider ("Smallville") as Marshall, Josie Bissett
("Melrose Place") as Kathleen, Ernie Hudson ("Ghostbusters") and Steve
Schirripa as Leo ("The Sopranos").
Created and executive-produced by Brenda Hampton, the series is
produced by ABC Family in association with Brendavision.
Lycos first introduced its proprietary, synchronous Watch & Interact
technology with the launch of its Lycos Cinema (http://cinema.lycos.com/)
in 2006 as the Internet's first Community-focused video viewing platform.
Relaunched in May of 2008, the new Lycos Cinema provides both paid and free
ad supported viewing; expanded interactivity and scalability; and utilizes
Adobe's latest Flash Server 3 Technology to deliver H.264 streams to
provide the highest video quality and enhanced security features to its
content partners.
Part of the Disney-ABC-TV Group, ABC Family, distributed in over 95
million homes, features original movies, series and specials reflecting
today's families and entertaining and connecting with adults through
relevant stories about today's relationships, all told with diversity,
dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family's programming is a mix of
quality acquired series and theatricals as well as original movies and
scripted dramas. ABC Family is also the destination for Holiday events with
"13 Nights of Halloween" and "25 Days of Christmas" branded programming
events. ABC Family. A New Kind of Family.
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Lycos, Inc.
Lycos, Inc. operates search and technology web sites
that foster online communities, including the new Lycos Cinema community,
bringing people together one flick at a time. Other Lycos products and
sites include Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Tripod.com, Angelfire.com,
Gamesville.com, Lycos Mail, Webon, WhoWhere.com and The Lycos 50(TM).
Lycos, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a
leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing
presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum
Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in
Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ:
035720.
Source: Lycos
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