Press Release

[Jiri Orsag]

News Release from EUnet, distributed today 5th August 1994.

For Immediate Release

EUnet puts the European Championships in Athletics onto the Internet

Helsinki; 5th August 1994:  EUnet, the leading European Internet service
provider, has established an on-line information service providing world-wide
access to up-to-the-minute coverage of the European Championships in Athletics
to be held in Helsinki, 8-16th August.  The service will mix text, sound,
still pictures and moving images to provide an interactive information service
for on-line audiences.

The recent coverage over the Internet of the Lillehammer Winter Olympics
and the soccer World Cup USA '94 have shown that new, networked electronic
services are very effective supplements to traditional, non-interactive
broadcast and printed media.

Using the Internet, people from all over the world will be able to find out
not only the latest results, but also additional background information,
pictures of the participants and events, references to sources for more
information and particular reports and stories. The reader selects the
information to view, at any time and from any place.

The service is provided using technology known as the World Wide Web.  This
enables viewers to read information on-screen page by page.  Clicking with the
mouse on highlighted text and pictures brings up new, related information to
the viewer's computer screen, thus providing a fast and efficient research
tool.

The Helsinki games service will offer:

- - Information about the games and the organisational aspects

- - Profiles on participating teams and individual athletes

- - Event schedules

- - Up-to-the-minute results

- - Information on the venue and surroundings (accommodation details, maps,
  tourist information etc.)

The EUnet service is accessible using the locator
"http://helsinki94.eunet.fi".

The EUnet World Wide Web service is accessible from all Internet-connected
desktops. The anticipated popularity of the service means that EUnet has set
up load balancing mirror sites in many European countries, as well as in the
USA.

Note to Editors:

EUnet Limited is jointly owned by the EUnet national service providers and
EurOpen, the European Forum for Open Systems.

EUnet provides Internet-related services including electronic mail
(Internet-style RFC 822 as well as X.400), InterEUnet (Internet Protocol)
connectivity and services such as remote log-in and file transfer over leased
and dial-up lines, X.25 and ISDN.  EUnet is the primary European provider of
Network News, the world's largest electronic conferencing system.

EUnet operates its own infrastructure across Europe, and is the largest
European component of the Internet (the world's network of computer systems).
 EUnet is a member of CIX, the Commercial Internet Exchange, and RARE, a
research network consortium.

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For further Information:

Glenn Kowack
Chief Executive, EUnet Limited
Tel: +31 20 592 5109
Fax: +31 20 592 5155
e-mail: info at eu.net

Mark Riminton
Sigma Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)932 252900

The results of the European Championships in Athletics are available
on various mirror sites. The information is updated every few minutes.
Please choose the site closest to you.

   Helsinki, Finland
   Zurich, Switzerland
   Amsterdam, The Netherlands
   Vienna, Austria
   Oslo, Norway
   Prague, The Czech Republic

Mirror servers in other countries will be announced during Sunday, 7th August.








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