Interactive newspaper kiosk launched at Hilton Auckland
PEPC Worldwide prints latest edition newspapers at Louis Vuitton Cup
From today onwards, international travelers visiting New Zealand can keep in touch with what’s going on in their home countries on a daily basis. With today’s installation of a PRESSPOiNT™, PEPC’s interactive newspaper kiosk, at the Hilton Auckland, this five star hotel offers international guests the latest editions of 98 newspapers from 43 countries. Among the available newspapers are leading publications such as the International Herald Tribune, USA Today (USA), the Los Angeles Times (USA), Sports Nippon (Japan), El Pais (Spain), Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russia), Le Monde (France), Times of India (India) and El Economista (Mexico).
PEPC’s Official Dealer in New Zealand, Brantas International Technology Ltd, represented by Mr. Jan Willem M. Strijker, has installed a second newspaper kiosk at the America’s Cup Louis Vuitton Media Centre in Auckland. International journalists covering the challenger elimination series for the America’s Cup, can print the latest daily edition of their home-newspaper at the media center. The Louis Vuitton Cup Final, a best-of-nine series, will determine the challenging Yacht Club that will race the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Team. For the 31stAmerica’s Cup Match, a best-of-nine series begins in New Zealand on 15 February 2003.
With the New Zealand installations, The Netherlands-based PEPC (Publishers Electronic Printing Concept), developer and manufacturer of the newspaper kiosk, has now introduced its newspaper-on-demand service at international, high traffic venues in 16 countries around the globe.
About PEPC Worldwide
PEPC Worldwide headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, with subsidiary offices in Miami, San Diego and Hong Kong, is a global distributor of digitally aggregated content from newspapers around the world. PEPC, founded in 1999, has developed a self-contained interactive kiosk, the PRESSPOINT™ that digitally prints the latest editions of newspapers, on-demand within minutes. PEPC’s state-of-the-art proprietary software and its Private Multicast Satellite Network, have created a Digital Distribution Network - covering 99.1% of the world population - that provides a distribution “highway” to PRESSPOINT™’ around the globe.