NORFOLK, VA, June 6, 1999 - The Collecting Channel (www.collectingchannel.com) today announced it has reached an agreement with eBay® to provide collecting-related information on the eBay website.
eBay users are expected to have access to the new content from within eBay's "Inside Scoop" and "Front Page News" areas throughout each of eBay's major categories such as antiques, coins, stamps, and other special areas.
The first in a series of category content launches provided by the Collecting Channel is currently available on eBay's new "Star Wars® Stuff" category page at http://pages.ebay.com/starwars/.
"As millions of fans head to the theaters to see 'Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace,' they can also access timely information about Star Wars memorabilia collecting from 'Inside Scoop' on eBay," said Barry Friedman, CEO of Collecting Channel. "The Collecting Channel is thrilled to partner with the leading person-to-person online trading site, and provide a resource for eBay users to connect to collecting news online."
The Collecting Channel will serve as the leading source of online collector content for eBay's website. The Collecting Channel draws upon extensive internal content resources spanning virtually every collecting interest from its team of outstanding experts in key areas, in addition to dozens of leading specialized sources collectively called the "Friends of the Collecting Channel."
"Thanks to the Collecting Channel, we hope to provide the eBay community with even more collector resources," said Steve Westly, vice president of marketing and business development of eBay. "We believe that offering access to the latest collecting information by the Collecting Channel will enhance the user experience and give yet another great reason to trade on eBay."
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ChannelSpace Entertainment, Inc. (www.channelspace.com), is a provider of affinity portals and original niche-based programming for Internet content aggregators. This groundbreaking model addresses the question: how do you reach more eyeballs? CSEI's cableTV-like model creates opportunities to leverage and package its own high-level audio/video assets as well as that of existing content providers to increase overall market strength and visibility. The CSEI goal is to be a platform-independent source of enhanced, customized channels to content aggregators of all media forms. CSEI's distributed technology engine enables the company to launch new channels at a rapid pace.
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eBay (www.ebay.com), the world's personal trading community™, pioneered person-to-person online trading. Founded in 1995, eBay has developed an efficient and entertaining trading site in an auction format on the Web that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBay has more than 3.8 million registered users. Currently, there are more than two million items listed for sale. More than 250,000 new items are added daily, in more than 1,600 categories, including: antiques; books, movies, and music; coins and stamps; collectibles; computers; dolls and figures; jewelry and gemstones; photo and electronics; pottery and glass; sports memorabilia; and toys.
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