OCTV Press Release

OUT&ABOUT TV
A Streaming Internet & TV Programming Media Organization

QUADRUPLES -- INTERNET VIEWERS IN ONE MONTH

(Newport Beach, CA - May 6, 2003) Out&About TV’s multi-media web site, www.octv.com, made its official debut mid-April 2003 with a series of public events. The site has been on the Internet for one year. However, in April 2003 the number of hits to the site increased by 425% - a huge upsurge over all preceding months.

The actual number of people who visited the site - read, viewed and listened to the information - increased to 216,667. Prior to that time, the web site received about 50,000 hits per month, which represented an in-depth figure of people actually reading, viewing or listening to the information at the site.

This burgeoning media organization produces streaming audio/video for its web site as well as television programming for Orange County Cable TV, in-room hotel programming, convention centers, visitor information centers and transportation vehicles. Out&About TV also provides video streaming content for more than ten (10) web sites in English and Spanish, including the web site for Anaheim/Orange County Visitors and Convention Bureau (AOCVCB).

Out&About TV’s exclusive footage of Orange County scenery, events, people, places and gatherings appears on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, FOX, Discovery channels through a cooperative relationship with Emily Kaufman, a nationally recognized TV personality known as The Travel Mom.

Explains Owner/Producer Liz Rooney, “Because we are also partnered with the Orange County Film Commission, all our videos are seen by top film and movie location managers, directors and producers who represent studios such as DreamWorks, Universal, Warner Brothers, and many more.” (See listings of movies shot in OC recently, http://ocfilm.org/ocfilms.htm) “The feature film industry spends more than $500 million in Orange County every year through these production studios, including feature films, TV shows, commercials, independent films and music videos.”

While it is difficult to accurately calculate the financial impact and good will that www.octv.com provides for Orange County, it is definitely the aim of this media company to demonstrate over time the effect it will have on bringing business from around the world to this community. “Many CEOs agree with us and share our passion for providing Orange County with a media outlet to spread the word and tell our story,” states Rooney.

For additional information please contact Liz Rooney, Out&About TV, www.octv.com. 949.722.7788.

OUT&ABOUT TV
A Streaming Internet & TV Programming Media Organization

Out&About OC to Launch 4/16/03
ANAHEIM/ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITOR BUREAU
TOWN HALL MEETING

(Newport Beach, CA - April, 2003) Out&About TV sprang onto the media scene in 1999 with a concept that is much more than merely multi-media production. The company provides entertainment news coverage/destination information and business news in the Orange County area by combining Internet streaming media in English and Spanish with television programming, in-room hotel programming, convention center exposure, visitor center airings and transportation vehicles.

The media is invited to the debut announcement April 16, 2003, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Room 204-A, beginning at 9 a.m. and running until 10 a.m.

Out&About TV Producer/Owner Liz Rooney explains: “We believe that Orange County is ascending onto the world stage in terms of international business development and visitor destination planning. We intend to be the first there with our products to serve and inform the County, and especially the international community, about Orange County’s amenities and business opportunities to increase tourism and economic development to Orange County.”

Currently, Out&About TV is producing an entertainment show called Out&About Orange County in conjunction with the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau and their members. Production of this show is under contract through 2005. The goal is to reach four target audiences -- local residents, visitors, meeting/event planners, and the feature film industry -- to promote awareness, tourism and increase economic development.

TV celebrity Emily Kaufman, known as ‘The Travel Mom,’ will host Out&About Orange County. A variety of local celebrity guest hosts, including Society Editor Cherri Farah, Food Critic Fifi Chao, OC's Concierge President Scott O' Hanlon, and Real Estate Specialist Adrienne Brennan, will bring their unusual perspectives to the program content of both these TV and the Web sites.

The show highlights city destinations, dining, hotels, family fun, shopping, spas, museums, golf, real estate, event planners, entertainment, sightseeing, transportation, local events and a monthly calendar. Each program segments consist of from :30 to1:20-second video vignettes of each location highlighting its specific amenities. “The length of each is meant to make it easy for people with busy lifestyles to access the information in a moment,” explains Ms. Rooney.

On April 16, 2003, Out&About Orange County will debut on 9-plus Web sites in English. They are: www.AOCVCB.org, www.AnaheimOC.org, www.OrangeCounty.TV, www.OCTV.com, www.OrangeCountyTV.com, www.OCFilm.org, www.Out&AboutTV.net, www.TheTravelMom.com, www.CyberTVShows.com. The Spanish version of Out&About Orange County will debut on April 30, 2003 on www.OCTVEspanol.com. Bureau members will have rights to stream the content on their own Web sites for one full year.

Additionally, on March 11, 2003, Out&About Orange County began airings on local Orange County TV. By the end of April the airings will also be seen at the AOCVCB Visitor’s Center, at the Anaheim Convention Center, In-Room Hotel Programming and in transportation vehicles.

Emily Kaufman, The Travel Mom, segment hostess for CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Discovery, FOX and NBC, will use Out&About Orange County’s film and video footage for national broadcasting, giving the company even greater added exposure. Ms Kaufman has limited rights to use OCTV’s video footage for segments she hosts for such national media outlets as CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Discovery, FOX and NBC. This exposure will allow Orange County to be seen in different venues throughout out the world.

Future added value advertising venues for Out&About Orange County include airings in-flight programming for three major airlines and Direct TV. Out&About Orange County is estimated to reach between 5-8 million viewers in its first year.

“Community leaders, CEOs and business executives have reacted positively to the Out&About TV endeavor,” states Rooney. “They indicate this form of multi-media-wide programming will fill a need, as well as a void left when OCN ceased operations.” An additional feature of the new programming will be one-on-one interviews with business leaders, allowing them enough time to answer questions in a business-friendly environment.

Out&About TV is a division of Rodney Rooney Production & Advertising, Inc. The company’s mission is to provide its clients with a one-stop source for production and advertising needs.

The media is invited to cover the April 16, 2003, debut/announcement and view programming content demonstration.

For additional information please contact Liz Rooney, Out&About TV, www.octv.com. 949.722.7788.

(Newport Beach, CA — February 25, 2003)
OCTV — Orange County TV—, a new player on the scene covering business, entertainment and hard news for Orange County via Cable TV and Internet streaming media -- has been chosen to cover the 55th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards Ceremony on March 1, 2003, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

"This invitation places OCTV on the big playing field with the elite media, and will bring attention to our up-and-coming media company," says OCTV.com Producer/Owner Liz Rooney. Adds Orange County Film Commissioner Janice Arrington, "This is an especially prized media event. That OCTV has been invited to cover it is a wonderful coup for OCTV.com and for the County of Orange."

The announcement is important because of its place as the precursor of the Academy Awards Director Awards. Only five times since 1949 has the winner of the DGA Award not gone on to win the Best Director Oscar®.
OCTV’s celebrity host, Cherri Farah, will conduct interviews throughout the evening with the nominated directors and DGA members. Tune in to Error! Bookmark not defined. for the latest in streaming media. Error! Bookmark not defined. is a product of Newport Beach-based Out&About TV.

Out&About TV sprang onto the media scene in 1999 with a concept that is much more than merely multi-media production. The company provides entertainment news coverage/destination information and business news in the Orange County area by combining Internet streaming media and simultaneous television programming.

Out&About TV Producer/Owner Liz Rooney explains: "We believe that Orange County is ascending onto the world stage in terms of international business development and visitor destination planning. We intend to be the first there with our products to serve and inform the County, and especially the international community, about Orange County’s amenities and business opportunities."

Currently, Out&About TV is producing an entertainment show called Out&About Orange County in conjunction with the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau and their members. Production of this show is under contract through 2005. The goal is to reach four target audiences — local residents, visitors, meeting planners, and the feature film industry — to promote awareness, tourism and increase economic development.
For additional information please contact Liz Rooney, Out&About TV, www.outandabouttv.net. 949.722.7788. info@outandabouttv.net.