Caption Colorado Hires Captioning Expert To Operate Offline Division

(March 19, 2000) ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-- Caption Colorado, America's News Service For Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Viewers, is pleased to announce the hire of Mike Lyons as its vice president of offline operations.

Lyons joins Caption Colorado to operate the Offline Captioning Services Division, which includes productions from the National Geographic Channel, Starz/Encore and FOX Sports.

With 11 years in the specialized industry, Lyons' extensive experience in offline captioning comes from productions for major media groups like Starz/Encore, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and Court TV. He has been instrumental in launching successful caption operations at three unique companies, including the Denver Center on Deafness and AT&T Broadband.

Providers of real-time and offline captioning services, web-based streaming captioning and Spanish captioning, Colorado-based Caption Colorado has earned its reputation as the nation's largest provider of real-time closed captioning to local and national markets. Network partners include Gannett Broadcasting, Tribune, ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX. For more information visit www.captioncolorado.com.