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American IDC Corporation

Stock symbol: OTC: ACNI.PK Average daily volume 172,000
Stock price 7/29/04: $.10 Common shares (7/29/04): 40mm, Float 8mm
52-week price range: $0.03 - $.26 Equity market capitalization: $4 million
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Click to listen to the Interview with:
Tony Barnard, ETV CEO, and Larry O'Donnell, COO
(August 2, 2004)
ACNI Overview
American IDC (ACNI) recently signed both an exclusive license agreement and a letter of intent to merge with a private Hollywood-based company, ETV Inc., www.etvhollywood.tv .  ETV offers
□  A complete end-to-end solution for broadband streaming over the Internet,
□  Combined with an exclusive, proven digital streaming technology and revenue-producing content
□  Includes Hollywood classic movies, television programs and cartoons.
Summary -- ACNI & Internet TV
□  ACNI is helping drive a paradigm shift to digital video on the Internet
□ By bringing multiple TV channels to the Internet
□ With a vertically integrated, end-to-end solution: content  => technology => distribution
"DVDs will be dead in a decade"
...according to Bill Gates, July 19th
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2004/jul/19look.htm
Gates said that movie-watchers of the future will find the idea of buying a shiny disc with a movie stored on it 'ridiculous.' He predicted that these movie fans will instead watch films on television sets that will be able to download films and programs via the Internet.
"The entertainment of the future will definitely not be on a DVD player, that technology will be completely gone within 10 years at the most. When you consider that today we carry music and films around on silver discs and then have to insert them in computers, that is actually pretty ridiculous. These discs could end up being damaged, or simply getting lost," the Bild quoted Gates as saying.
"The TV of the future will show us exactly what we want and when we want," Gates said. "It will know what we don't want our children to see. It will be able to show us a display of family photos and on a command will remove the ones with the mother-in-law in them from the display, if we want it to."
VIEW INTERNET TV on your TV
Simply run a cable from 'video out' on your broadband computer (with a video card) to 'video in' on your TV.  Wireless also works
ACNI INTERNET TV REVENUE SOURCES
□ Consumers pay for movie, tv and music downloads using digital rights management software from ACNI, similar to Apple's iPod
□ Companies pay for content distribution, similar to infomercials
□ Advertisers pay to reach consumers and industry, similar to TV and Internet advertising
Broadband Internet TV examples
□ Consumers can download Classic films
http://www.99cent-movies.com as well as music
□ Companies and advertisers pay for their own Broadband Internet TV channel
For example, International Sports and Media Group (ISME) is creating a joint venture with ACNI to launch a 24/7 world soccer channel
Address : American IDC Corp, 11301 Olympic Boulevard , Suite 680, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Telephone : 310-445 2599
Web Sites:
http://www.americanidc.com/
http://www.mycoffeedate.com/ (see below)
http://www.ezwebcrafter.com/
hotrazor.com a downloading music site preparing for launch (see below)
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: Florida
Independent Auditors: Russell Bedford Stefanou Mirchandani LLP
Investor contact: Peter Matousek , 503-332-9675, Gordon Lee, CEO, 310-445-2599
State of the art broadband Internet TV solutions
(digitizing, compressing, broadband streaming/downloading)
□ Broadcasts at 500 kilobits per second per second --.no one has a clearer full screen display
□ Content is first encoded in full MPEG2, suitable for cable broadcasting
□ Then is transcoded into Windows Media 9 broadband format for streaming channels
□ And is transcoded into Windows Media 9 and AVI formats for downloads
Background & Trends
Home computer users will be able to download and view movies in DVD format for television viewing, or PC quality, full-screen on their computers, using a standard broadband connection with no additional hardware.
American IDC also develops online interactive communities such as music/entertainment product sites, dating sites and portals for its own businesses.
ACNI also provides custom software that creates flexible driven e-commerce and website solutions that are built and managed using popular web browsers,
   — Including the downloading of these products from the ACNI's sites
   — To the hard drives of home-based clients with Internet-enabled computers.
ETV, Inc.
□  ETV & the 99-Cent Hollywood Classic Movie Download Site
    • http://www.99cent-movies.com
    • Full-length Hollywood classic movies for just 99 cents each.
    • Expects 500 classic movies available for download by the beginning of September.
    • Online payments facilitated by BitPass Inc., a leading Internet payment company that has made it economically feasible for online content providers to accept small " micropayments ."
ETV Inc. holds a licensing agreement with the largest known private library of Hollywood classic films, television programs and cartoons, totaling over 10,000 titles, for both broadband and broadcast in the U.S. and China
    • The titles are being encoded, stored and delivered in a digital medium.
    • This way, the content never degrades as it is handled throughout the delivery process.
    • The titles are available to television stations and cable operators, digitally encoded, at a fraction of the cost of other Hollywood film and TV titles.
    • ETV streams movies, full screen, 24/7
    • Movie downloads are in both Windows Media and AVI formats
Program Content includes:
□ Hollywood classic films ranging from The Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin (1920s), Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much with Peter Lorre (1934), and The Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard & Merle Oberon (1935), to Amazing Adventure with Cary Grant (1936), At War with the Army with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (1949), and Hercules with Steve Reeves (1959).
□ Biographies of major stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra.
□ Classic television series such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Dick Tracy, Dragnet with Jack Webb, and Medic with Richard Boone.
□ 8-hour program blocks devoted to such subjects as Zorro, Dick Tracy, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Hollywood western stars such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Gene Autry.
    • Cartoon series like Superman, Popeye, Betty Boop , The Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny, and more.
Other Content Areas
□ Classic sports, extreme sports, sports, religion, self-help, cooking and other areas of wide interest, including comedy, medical and music videos
□ Plus corporate employee training programs, education including distance learning, infomercials, etc.
China
□ ETV is finalizing negotiations to introduce its proven streaming technology in China
□ ETV's CEO plans to meet with several content providers with the intention of bringing Chinese films to the North American continent for both streaming and download sales to Chinese communities in the U.S.
□ In turn, ETV seeks approval to bring its library of classic Hollywood movies to China.
Africa
Negotiations are also underway to install ETV's technology in Africa for the purpose of bringing African films and content to the U.S. and bringing Hollywood classic movies for Internet downloads in Africa.
Latin America
Negotiations are underway for pulling soccer and movie content form Latin American to the U.S., for access by the growing U.S. Latin American population.
Other
Preliminary negotiations are beginning with potential partners in India, Russia, Italy, U.K., Singapore, Thailand and, of course, Canada.
Four Continents
ETV expects to have its download technology in place on four continents by the end of November
Over 2,000 downloads in three days
□ A three day test ended April 23 produced nearly 2,000 downloads of two classic movies from www.99cent-movies.com   The two classic movies were:
   — ROAD TO BALI, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ,
   — SUDDENLY, featuring Frank Sinatra.
Technology
□ First broadband channel that streams classic Hollywood films, 24/7, over the Internet in full screen
□ ETV Inc. www.etvhollywood.tv offers proprietary "Digital Network in a Rack" streaming technology
□ CariNet (http://www.cari.net), San Diego-based Internet services provider, selected to be ETV's global command center, to bring Hollywood classic movies to the world for both streaming and downloading over the Internet
□ From the remote management from command center in San Diego, technicians can monitor and change content on any of the company's servers through out the world.
□ The fully automated solution provides verification of content played.
□ A complete movie can be sent around the world in 5 minutes
Dating Sites
MyCoffeeDate.com
MyCoffeeDate.com is online and launched through a strategic alliance with Thunder Road, and shares a database of approximately 350,000 people who submitted their profiles to MatchRanger.com, Thunder Road's primary dating site.  MyCoffeeDate.com is not yet charging for its premium memberships but plans to do this in mid 2004. When it does, Thunder Road will receive 25% of the member revenue for their services.
American IDC has an affiliate agreement with SMARTpages.com, the leading source of online yellow pages, to provide coffee shop and cafe listings for this website. The SMARTpages.com directory also provides MyCoffeeDate.com members with the detailed maps and directions of their local coffee shops and cafes. MyCoffeeDate.com will receive revenue from click-throughs to SMARTpages.com.
Dating sites partnering with syndicated television shows
In addition to MyCoffeeDate.com, American IDC Corp. has a joint venture agreement with Firefly Media Group, an entertainment production and distribution company, to provide matchmaking web sites for their upcoming syndicated television shows that revolve around dating. The shows are Astromates (to be renamed Signs of Love), Cinderella Factor, Cupids Court, Find Your Date, and Set Me Up.
Each of the matchmaking websites that American IDC will create, co-own and partner with Firefly Media Group are hoped to provide added revenue streams, cross marketing and advertising opportunities, strengthen brand recognition and build an interactive community. In addition, each site will encourage audience and viewer submissions, as well as applications from those who want to either attend or be participants on the shows.
The dating television shows are planned to be in domestic syndication and international distribution in 2004. The first launch will be Astromates , with production of its pilot scheduled for Spring 2004. The Astromatestv website that ties in with the Astromates television show, for example, is planned to enable members to find love on the web with the assistance of online astrologers. Plans include enabling members to have their astrological charts shown online to assist in finding an astrological love match.
The dating sites are being completed to coincide with each show's premiere. There will be no initial charge to register on the dating sites. A membership fee, comparable in price to similar dating sites, will be offered to those individuals who want to enjoy the sites' premium features.
HotRazor.com -- 39 cents a song
HotRazor.com, currently being produced by American IDC, is planned to give local independent, unsigned musicians from across the globe, the ability to have their music listened to and sold to music lovers worldwide while sharing in the download revenue.
HotRazor.com's development began in the fourth quarter of 2003. It will be a music downloading website developed specifically to provide an outlet for independent artists to market, promote, and upload their music to sell to public consumers across the globe. Unlike most other music sites, there are no membership fees to join. The cost of downloading its music is anticipated to be 39 cents per song.
HotRazor.com will be providing Internet radio streaming of its unsigned artists in various genre formats. Streaming will benefit its musician members by providing them with free promotional value in addition to their inclusion in its downloading database. HotRazor.com expects to charge for advertising oni ts  streaming sites.
Hotrazor.com's anticipates that its initial revenue will come from several sources. This includes:
□ fees paid by music downloaders
□ fees paid by independent (indie ) bands to be on the site
□ advertising revenue from the website and streaming media broadcasts
□ consulting fees and commissions for working with indie bands
HotRazor.com's projected, consumer demographic ranges from teens to adults, 13-54, with an emphasis on the youth market. HotRazor.com will be a destination portal website for music fans to chat both with bands and each other, download music, listen to streaming, vote on favorite songs, and enjoy the opportunity to own the best of what record labels have yet to find.
In exchange for a minimal fee, bands will be provided with their own web page on HotRazor.com, with the ability to edit and upload band photos, contact information, tour dates, links to their private websites, fan page commentary, as well as the value of being included in an easily searchable database of downloadable music with other unsigned artists in their musical genre.
The site is under development and is planned to launch in the fourth quarter of 2004, with Internet radio streaming to follow after. Its initial plan is to begin to populate the site by offering 500 bands a membership to HotRazor.com, free of charges for the first year, in the period immediately after launch. This offer is to aid in populating its database of music to offer to downloading consumers using the site. Upon reaching that goal, HotRazor.com will begin signing bands for a small fee, while drawing downloading listeners to the site.
MANAGEMENT
Gordon F. Lee, CEO
Mr. Lee has been the President and sole Director the Company since March 28, 2000. From 1991 to March 1998, Mr. Lee served as the President of USA Video Corporation, one of the first companies to offer video on demand and high quality digitizing and compression services. From March 1998 to March 1999, Mr. Lee served as the President of Glass Master Industries, a company working on the development of a bullet resistant glass coating technology, which was eventually sold off to other companies for commercial development. From March 1999 through the present, Mr. Lee has served as President of Bentley Commerce Corp., a barter company. From March 2000 to present, Mr. Lee continues to serve as Bentley's CFO and Chairman. Mr. Lee has also served in the past five years on the Board of Directors of companies such as Laser Vision Inc. and Future Media Technologies.
Robert Schumacher, President and COO
Mr. Schumacher is president and COO of American IDC and has overall supervision of its projects, including HotRazor.com project. Over the past decade, he has launched a number of successful companies ranging from internet design, hosting and marketing, to online software, to the design of medical devices, as well as developing the marketing strategies and online presence for a host of other organizations. Among his many accomplishments, Bob was President of Centrum Corporation, a Washington, D.C. headquartered communications firm he founded with offices in Europe. It served a wide range of companies, national and international trade associations, and public service organizations,  providing them with marketing, advertising, design, public relations, documentary film production and conference organization.

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