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Online movie store Reel.com signed a strategic marketing partnership agreement with Visa U.S.A. Reel.com will deliver a variety of exclusive promotions to the 600 million Visa cardholders worldwide through Visa’s 21,000-member financial institutions. In exchange, Visa will receive preferred status and prominent branding throughout the Reel.com site and will be the default payment card on […]

Times Direct Marketing Inc., San Francisco- based direct and online marketing agency, was named the online marketing agency of record for interactive grocery shopping service Peapod Inc. The agreement calls for online marketing programs that will help acquire and retain customers for Peapod’s grocery service in addition to increasing orders with existing customers. Billings were […]

Interactive Toaster Company Inc. launched WinDough, a patent pending, ad-backed Prize Window. WinDough is pop-up window that has a continual display of electronic game pieces containing advertising, content or prize banners that players view and click on to win. Players watch and click on the randomly distributed prize banners to win $10,000 in cash, valuable […]

Delta Air Lines signed a five-year agreement with iXL Inc., an Atlanta-based Internet services firm which will conceive, design and build Web-related products and services to improve customer service, build internal capabilities and increase revenues from electronic commerce. In the first year of the contract, iXL will provide $10 million in Web based products and […]

USWeb/CKS Corp. acquired two companies outside the U.S. that provide system/network integration, network management and security systems–Sysicom of France and Internetworking Systems Group (ISG) of Canada. With the acquisitions, USWeb/CKS now has international offices in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Financial terms were not disclosed. “International expansion combined with strong organic […]

Dallas-based CBQ Inc. said that its wholly owned subsidiary, CyberQuest Inc., has acquired, through an exchange of stock, an interest in an Internet access and advertising company, Net Access Exchange Inc., as part of its e-commerce initiative. CyberQuest, developer of http://www.bid4it.com, is an Internet market-maker. Using patent-pending proprietary software, CyberQuest has created a virtual, Internet-based […]

Ad network DoubleClick Inc. in New York City signed AltaVista to a three-year advertising services agreement. Compaq Computer Corp. which owns AltaVista, will continue to use DoubleClick’s DART (Dynamic Ad Reporting and Targeting) technology for the delivery of ads on the AltaVista site. In addition, DoubleClick will retain domestic, international and local ad sales representation […]

Greg Manning Auctions Inc. (GMAI) said it signed with SSD&W, an integrated marketing and communications firm, “to help the company become the premier Internet auctioneer.” SSD&W (Scelba, Scelba, DeTitta & Wolfson) has combined Web and e-commerce skills with traditional marketing and advertising experience. The agency’s responsibilities will include market planning for GMAI’s Internet business and […]

In recognition of the growing role of the Internet and wide area networking in the Middle East, Cisco Systems Middle East will hold a training seminar on 25 January 1999 focused on virtual private networks (VPNs) and network security. VPN technology allows companies to create their own office-to-office networks using the Internet or third party […]

WindDance Networks Corp. this week swept its way into the server market with Breeze, an all-in-one network server designed for small- and medium-sized businesses. The Breeze Thin Server, which includes a LAN server, Web server and Internet gateway, is a ready-to-use, turn-key, hardware and software solution. The software comes pre-installed and is administrated via a […]

RCN Corp. Thursday completed the acquisition of four major Internet companies and added a new executive to focus on revenue-generating opportunities. RCN completed the internal integration of Erols Internet Inc., Interport Communications, JavaNet and UltraNet Communications. RCN.com now provides Internet access to nearly 500,000 East Coast Internet subscribers through the four acquisitions. “RCN has an […]

The current series of mergers between high-speed Internet service providers and technology partners, such as @Home and Excite, will leave ISPs scrambling to come out on top of the high speed heap. The Strategis Group Inc. study, “High-Speed Internet: Demand, Technology, and Strategy,” finds that companies are moving towards consolidating in providing home and business […]