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Yahoo! Goes To the Eurovision Song Contest |
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London, May 11 2001. Why wait until the big night to revel in the sights and sounds of the Eurovision Song Contest when you can log onto Yahoo! UK & Ireland right now for a sneak preview of the artists and songs which will be battling it out in Copenhagen? Yahoo! UK & Ireland has today launched a dedicated site devoted to all things Eurovision; at http://uk.music.yahoo.com/eurovision/index.html. Get a sneak preview by watching videos of each of the 23 Euro-hopefuls and then cast your vote in our online poll to determine who deserves ‘nul point’ and who just might achieve their very own ‘Waterloo’. The live event will be broadcast on the site and at the same time there will be the chance to chat with other enthusiasts on Saturday 12th May from 19:00-22:00GMT. Then, from 22:00 – 23:00GMT, there will be live chats with the performers as the results are announced and you may be able to hear what the British contestant, Lindsay Dracass has to say, win or lose. By logging onto Yahoo! UK & Ireland, users will be able to receive regular updates about the event and enjoy exchanging news, views and opinions with other Eurovision enthusiasts. “Our dedicated and integrated site brings together everything a true Eurovision devotee could wish for. Yahoo! UK & Ireland is delighted to be able bring the excitement of the big night in Copenhagen to its users and we’re looking forward to finding out if our Yahoo! poll will predict this year’s winner”. Said Lindsay Biggart, Head of Marketing for Yahoo! UK & Ireland.
For press information, please contact: About Yahoo! UK & Ireland: Yahoo! UK & Ireland provides commerce, communication and media services to meet the needs of local consumers. This includes world leading communication services such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mobile; community products such as Yahoo! Clubs and Yahoo! Geocities; rich content such as Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sport and commerce services such as Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions. Yahoo.co.uk is the most popular and most visited website in the UK & Ireland, generating over 472 million page views in March 2001 (ABC Electronic). Yahoo! UK & Ireland is part of Yahoo! Inc, Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 192 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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