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Chantilly, Va. - TVWorldwide.com, a fast-growing web-based global TV network and streaming video service provider, announced today that Santa Claus had agreed to host the 2nd Annual live "Streaming Santa" video webcast with special "webcaptingtm" technology to offer captioned video streaming for the disabled. The holiday event, scheduled for Friday, December 14 beginning at 5 PM EST as a simul-webcast available at www.tvworldwide.com and co-promoter www.christmas.com, will feature Santa reading holiday stories and interacting with participants around the world by chat, e-mail and phone in different scheduled appearances throughout the evening. Those with disabilities will be able to join in the fun thanks to the webcaptedtm streaming video, a process developed in concert with TVWorldwide.com's Abletv.net channel, the first global Internet televsion channel for disabled. The webcast will also utilize the 360-degree camera and lens technology of BeHere Corporation, the leading provider of 360-degree Internet video technology. Be Here's patented iVideo technology provides viewers with a personalized and interactive "be here" experience. With iVideo, Santa fans will have control of the entire 360-degree scene and can watch the Santa interact with the studio audience at TVWorldwide.com's studios.

"Ho, Ho, Ho, This was a blast last year, with kids participating from as far away as Thailand!" remarked Claus. "I can't wait to again talk to everyone around the world at the webcast. Ho, Ho, Ho!… Why I'm even letting Mrs. Claus and all those busy elves take a break to tune in from the North Pole!!!!."

"This is had a huge response last year as an historical first for streaming video and we're provisioning the server to accommodate several million page views based on last years logs and current projections with help of Christmas.com's traffic," stated Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com. "The wepcapting feature will again make it accessible for those with disabilities and the 360 degree feature will give every on-line participant a customized view of Santa in the studio. We're pleased that Santa could again participate."

The web cast always holds a special interest for Christmas.com. "At Christmas.com, we are always interested in providing a personal Christmas experience," commented Christmas .com CEO Keith Basil. "Unfortunately, too often the community of people with disabilities is overlooked. Thanks to TVWorldwide.com's expertise and our sponsors, this Santa web cast with captioning gives us an opportunity to embrace our visitors with disabilities and make them aware that we cherish their time spent with us at Christmas.com."

The event will be compressed and archived for viewing later in both 360 degree and conventional video format. Participants should have the free Real Player installed prior to the event and should log on by 4:30 PM on the 14th. Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250 before and during the event. The event will be archived at www.christmas.com and www.tvworldwide.com for later viewing by those who couldn't attend live.

As a leading streaming video applications service provider, TVWorldwide.com is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcastingsm" to targeted B2B and special interest demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications.

Christmas.com is the home of your personal Christmas experience. This consumer-targeted site provides entertainment and convenience services. Christmas.com's convenience services make the holidays a little easier on each of us allowing us to slow down and enjoy the spirit of the season. Christmas.com, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Virginia. The company was founded in September 1998 to manage Christmas.com and all of its related properties. Corporate information can be found at http://corp.christmas.com or visit http://christmas.com.