Los Angeles-based Jones Naughton Entertainment Inc. said it will
market its Internet kiosks as “GoOnLine” to build brand awareness and signed
a distribution agreement with start-up PDQ Internet Services Inc. of
Sarasota, FL.
Chairman Joe Naughton said the company has renamed its COMMUNITY
MARQUEE division as the GoOnLine Internet Kiosk division.
The IT holding company also announced new site agreements in Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida and California, bringing to 18 the number of
locations offering GoOnLine Kiosk services, and said it has received its
first advertising revenues, in excess of $55,000.
Jones Naughton recently acquired GoOn-line.com, a Chico, CA-based Internet
company specializing in the production of streaming video infomercials over
the Internet. GoOn-line.com is in the late stages of developing a virtual
shopping mall Web site that will feature products that have traditionally
only been available from infomercial companies advertising on broadcast
television.
PDQ Internet Services was recently founded by Stanley Appel, a veteran of the
hotel, resort and hospitality industries. The company will be responsible for
the ongoing development and accelerated distribution of Jones Naughton’s
“Internet Kiosk Information Centers” across the country. Financial
arrangements were not disclosed.
PDQ said it :will utilize Appel’s worldwide contact base to create GoOnLine
brand name recognition and ease entree into the largest hotel chains.”
PDQ agreed to place 20 GoOnLine Internet Kiosks per month (with eight
advertising agreements per kiosk) for Jones Naughton over the next 60 months
for a total of 1,200
kiosks. Appel will also be in charge of GoOnLine’s Kiosk marketing presence
at hospitality, trade and international exhibits.
Jones Naughton is an information technology company focused on combining
traditional marketing methods with Internet technology. The GoOnLine Kiosk
Division provides interactive Internet, advertising and media buying services.