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NEW YORK, N.Y. Oct 7, 2008 -- Mobile entertainment and digital advertising company Atrinsic, Inc.
announced today that consumer interactivity has
been brought to Music Choice, an award-winning, multi-platform video
and music network. Leveraging Atrinsic’s
feature-rich digital media delivery capabilities, ShowOff™,
the new interactive programming blocks on Music Choice, allow the network’s
viewers tuning in to its Hit List, Alternative, Today’s
Country, Musica Urbana, and Hip-Hop and R&B music channels on Monday
thru Friday between the hours of 3pm and 10pm (EST) to ‘Be
On TV’ by sending photo and text shout outs
via their mobile phone, e-mail, AOL Instant Messenger, and a designated
ShowOff web page.
The cost of the enhanced service features is in part underwritten
through the sale of advertising space available through mobile text
messaging and Internet participation.
“Our partnership with Music Choice takes the
whole phenomenon of entertainment media convergence one more step,”
said Burton Katz, chief executive officer, Atrinsic, Inc. “Our
robust digital media platform and our fully integrated Internet-mobile
technology provide Music Choice’s ShowOff
audience with the tools to interact with other viewers. The ultimate
winner in this scenario is the consumer, who can now enjoy a wider range
of entertainment features on Music Choice.”
“With the launch of ShowOff, Music Choice is
able to offer its nationwide audience the unique opportunity to interact
with their favorite music channels on television,”
says Christina Tancredi, Executive Vice President of Music Choice. “Atrinsic’s
advancements in digital media delivery via mobile devices have been
invaluable to Music Choice as we now offer our viewers a chance to ‘Be
On TV!’”
About Music Choice®
Music Choice, an award-winning, multi-platform video and music network,
delivers its music programming to millions of consumers nationwide
through their televisions, online, and cell phones. Music Choice
programs dozens of uninterrupted music channels; produces Music Choice
Originals that feature today’s hottest
established and emerging artists; and offers thousands of music videos.
Music Choice is a partnership among subsidiaries of Microsoft
Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Sony Corporation of America, EMI Music and
several leading U.S. cable providers: Comcast Cable Communications, Cox
Communications and Time Warner Cable. MUSIC CHOICE®
is a registered trademark of Music Choice.
About Atrinsic
New Motion, Inc., doing business as Atrinsic brings together the power of the Internet,
the latest in mobile technology, and traditional marketing/advertising
methodologies, creating a fully integrated vehicle for both
entertainment content and brand-based and performance advertising.
Entertainment content is organized into four strategic services --
digital music, casual games, sweepstakes, and community and lifestyle.
Brands include Altnet, a mobile legal music download service featuring
original artists, GatorArcade, a premium online and mobile gaming site,
Bid4Prizes, a low-bid mobile auction game, and iMatchUp, one of the
first integrated web-mobile dating services. Feature-rich advertising
services include a mobile ad network, extensive search capabilities,
e-mail marketing, one of the biggest publisher networks around at 8000+
and growing, and proprietary entertainment content. Headed by a team of
Internet, new media, entertainment and technology professionals, the
Company is headquartered in New York and has offices in Irvine, California,
Seattle, Washington, and Moncton, Canada.
Information Source: Business Wire
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