THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 20, 1995 TAG: 9504200587
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 44 lines
InfiNet L.C., a Norfolk-based computer-services company, said Wednesday that it signed a deal to help CBS Inc. and its affiliate TV stations provide services on the Internet, the increasingly popular global chain of computer networks.
The alliance marks a huge venture into the electronic publishing business for InfiNet, said Tom Manos, president of the company, which is majority-owned by Landmark Communications Inc., parent of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star.
``To be able to prove our value to a company as large and prestigious as CBS . . . opens the door to other opportunities for us,'' Manos said.
InfiNet is best known for selling access to the Internet to individual personal-computer users. The company sells monthly subscriptions for access primarily in areas where Landmark owns newspapers and TV stations.
But with companies and membership organizations rushing to provide information over the Internet, InfiNet is also finding a commercial market for its skills in computer graphics and system architecture, Manos said.
Under the CBS deal, the company will help the TV stations create sites on the Internet's World Wide Web that computer users can tap for entertainment, news and programming information.
Manos noted that Landmark-owned KLAS-TV in Las Vegas has been a pioneer in developing Internet services, with InfiNet's assistance. That CBS affiliate updates its World Wide Web site several times daily. KLAS's experience with the Internet led CBS to InfiNet.
InfiNet, which employs 50 people in Norfolk, is likely to hire several additional employees because of the CBS deal, Manos said. ILLUSTRATION: InfiNet
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