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FreeCast Home Ready to Serve Over 10 Million as ATSC 3.0 Rolls out in New York Metro Area

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As ATSC 3.0 rolls out to the nation's largest television market, FreeCast is at the 2023 NAB Show in New York City, showing off an opportunity for over 10 million customers to benefit from the new broadcast technology. The company's recently-launched FreeCast Home box is a whole-home television solution, pairing local over-the-air broadcast channels with over 700 free streaming channels, and over 500,000 on-demand TV episodes and movies. This ultimate television offering, as large as many cable packages, can be had for a one-time cost of $200, less than a single monthly TV bill for many.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As ATSC 3.0 rolls out to the nation's largest television market, FreeCast is at the 2023 NAB Show in New York City, showing off an opportunity for over 10 million customers to benefit from the new broadcast technology.
  • The company's recently-launched FreeCast Home box is a whole-home television solution, pairing local over-the-air broadcast channels with over 700 free streaming channels, and over 500,000 on-demand TV episodes and movies.
  • With an HDTV antenna and a compatible device like FreeCast Home, consumers can enjoy these advanced features, and watch their local news, sports, and weather.
  • FreeCast Home was designed to take full advantage of the new ATSC 3.0 technology, and is fully backwards compatible with older ATSC 1.0 signals as well.

Wall of Faces: Mission Accomplished

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is proud to announce that after more than two decades of effort, at least one photo has been found for each of the 58,281 service members whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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  • Today, the Wall of Faces tells these stories through photos and remembrances left by both friends and family members.
  • "While at a The Wall That Heals stop, a local veteran asked me to find his friend's name on The Wall.
  • Steve and Annie Delp began representing VVMF and the Wall of Faces project at Vietnam unit reunions in 2013.
  • The Delps took on the mission of obtaining the photos, cleaning them up and adding them to the Wall of Faces.

New Robin Hood Report: Pandemic Response Kept 1 Million New Yorkers Out of Poverty in 2020 But Failed to Close Racial Gap

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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However, these transfers did little to shrink the poverty gap between New Yorkers of different races and ethnicities, with the poverty rate remaining 83% higher among Black New Yorkers than white New Yorkers.

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  • However, these transfers did little to shrink the poverty gap between New Yorkers of different races and ethnicities, with the poverty rate remaining 83% higher among Black New Yorkers than white New Yorkers.
  • When the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York City a year ago, it hit a city already divided by racial and economic inequalities.
  • Before and after accounting for these policies, the poverty rate remains 83% higher among Black New Yorkers than white New Yorkers.
  • Before the pandemic, nearly one in five adults (1.2 million people) and children (350,000) lived in poverty in New York City.

Ronn Torossian Named to Metropolitan Magazine's Most Influential New Yorkers List

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Monday, May 20, 2019
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NEW YORK, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Magazine released its 2019 most influential New Yorkers list today, and among those deemed as the most influential New Yorkers is Ronn Torossian , Presidentand CEO of 5W Public Relations.

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  • NEW YORK, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Magazine released its 2019 most influential New Yorkers list today, and among those deemed as the most influential New Yorkers is Ronn Torossian , Presidentand CEO of 5W Public Relations.
  • Also named to the "Most Influential New Yorkers" list:
    Michael Bloomberg: "Arguably one of NYC's greatest mayors.
  • "What a great honor to be named as one of the most influential New Yorkers.
  • "It's been a great year being named Entrepreneur of the Year by the American Business Awards, speaking at Harvard Business School and now being named as one of the most influential New Yorkers by Metropolitan Magazine, just awesome and amazing."