AOL Launches New Services in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela
Localized Content and Services Expand AOL’s
Presence in Latin America
NEW YORK & MIAMI (Business Wire EON) June 24, 2008 --
AOL today launched dedicated Web sites serving Argentina, Chile,
Colombia and Venezuela, providing consumers access to localized versions
of AOL’s products and services as well as
local language content. Among the features are free email with unlimited
storage, instant messaging, the Winamp Media Player, as well as
relevant, regional content related to news, sports, celebrities, games
and more. In addition, AOL will leverage its worldwide distribution
partnership with HP to deliver co-branded, local language portals for
these four Latin American countries.
These new sites can be accessed by visiting:
“The launch of AOL in Argentina, Chile,
Colombia and Venezuela underlines our commitment to the region and
furthers the company’s global strategy,”
said Maneesh Dhir, Executive Vice President, AOL International. “AOL
has the infrastructure, scale and experience to customize our most
popular products and services for audiences around the world.”
“AOL is committed to connecting people and
their passions – we want to make it easy for
our users to find whatever they need,” said
Ralph Rivera, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Latin
America. “Today’s
launches are an important milestone in achieving this goal as we offer
localized versions of popular AOL products, such as AIM and email, as
well as regional news and sports information to consumers in these key
Latin American markets.”
The new AOL Web destinations for Argentina, Chile, Colombia and
Venezuela offer users a host of free content and services including:
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- Products: Services featuring communication, entertainment
and information technologies.
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- Email: Localized AOL email addresses offer unlimited
storage of emails and access to AOL's industry-leading spam
blocking and powerful virus protection.
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- AIM: The full integration of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
with AOL's email product lets users use AOL email and AIM from the
same browser window.
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- Fotos: With the AOL Fotos online photo service, users can
store photos for free in their original resolution, share albums,
and explore photos in public galleries.
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- Search: AOL Search, which includes enhanced Web and image
search powered by Google, gives users the ability to receive
search results for the entire Web, just in Spanish or just for
their country.
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- Video Search: The world's leading video search engine,
Truveo.com, lets users quickly search and browse through tens of
millions of videos from thousands of sources across the Web.
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- Toolbar: AOL Toolbar allows easy access to AOL services
from anywhere on the Web so users can preview their email inbox,
share favorite links and pages with buddies, and more.
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- Media: Winamp is a world-leading advanced media player
application that supports high fidelity playback of CD, MP3,
aacPlus, MPEG, WMA, WMV, NSV and other popular digital audio and
video formats as well as skins and plug-ins. Winamp also provides
users with remote functionality which makes it possible for them
to enjoy their personal media on various platforms.
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- Content: Channels featuring access to blogs, chat, games
and horoscopes, as well as news related to celebrities, current
events, sports and lifestyles.
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- News: Local news and information from premier partners
such as EFE, AP and Notimex.
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- Blogs: Access to a blog hub that houses several
specialized blog categories and country-specific content.
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- Sports: Offering team stats, scores and player updates
from local sports leagues.
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- Fútbol: A special section
dedicated to coverage of the top leagues across Latin America, the
latest news and information on players, as well as coverage of
major tournaments.
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- Chat: Participate in local chats and forums - send
messages, engage in discussions and express yourself using AIM
Chat features and technology.
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- Lifestyles: A series of channels with dynamic resources
dedicated to fashion, beauty, health, family & relationships and
horoscopes.
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With today’s launch, AOL now has a presence
in 25 countries, with plans to expand to 30 countries by the end of 2008.
About AOL
AOL® is a global Web services company that
operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a
comprehensive suite of free software and services runs one of the
largest Internet access businesses in the U.S., and provides a full set
of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner
Inc., AOL LLC and its subsidiaries have operations in the U.S., Europe,
Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com.
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