PyxWorld™/2008
Kicks Off Year-Long Program with Competitions for Music, Documentary,
Comedy, and Horror
PyxWorld™/2008
is “Connecting Artist With AudienceSM”
Via Multi-Media, Multi-Genre, Multi-National Events
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Business Wire EON) April 3, 2008 --
PyxWorld™/2008,
a year-long program of multi-media, multi-genre, multi-national events “Connecting
Artist with AudienceSM”,
was launched today by Pyxix®
Corporation, a global diversified media company with a network of
broadband entertainment channels.
Kicking off PyxWorld™/2008
are competitions open to artists everywhere. Artists are invited to
submit original content in various genres: music, documentary, comedy,
and horror. More than $50,000 in cash, prizes and promotion will be
awarded throughout the year. Winners will be showcased at a year-end
Hollywood gala. Artists are urged to submit their entries as soon as
possible in order to qualify for more prizes and to get more promotion
and feedback from worldwide fans and peers.
Anyone can become a member of any Pyxix entertainment channel by
visiting DocuPyx™.com,
ComedyPop™.com,
UrbanChillers®.com
or PyxTunes™.com.
Membership is free. Members may participate in events and activities
enabling artist and audience to connect.
PyxWorld/2008 to Inspire and Promote Artists’
Best Works
“PyxWorld/2008 is an ambitious next step that
Pyxix is taking to inspire, promote and distribute best works from
filmmakers, comedians and musicians around the world. Our goal is ‘Connecting
Artist With Audience™’
by eliminating geographic, language and economic barriers. Built upon
our four innovative entertainment channels, PyxWorld/2008 is an exciting
year-long program of events for our global community,”
said Pyxix CEO Amit Tripathi.
“PyxWorld/2008 is being launched today with
these competitions, and will continue throughout the year with a series
of events, including gatherings and knowledge sharing events in America,
Europe and Asia. PyxWorld/2008 events culminate in a December Hollywood
gala,” Tripathi explained.
Competitions are First of PyxWorld/2008 Events
Phase one of PyxWorld/2008 is four competitions open to all artists —
amateur, aspiring and professional — anywhere
in the world, in any language and format. Viewers will provide feedback
to submissions posted on DocuPyx.com, ComedyPop.com, UrbanChillers.com
or PyxTunes.com. Finalists will be selected by a group of judges and the
winners will be selected by audience vote. Finalists and winners will be
recognized at the awards gala event in December in Hollywood.
The WorldSong Music Competition,
sponsored by the broadband entertainment channel PyxTunes™,
is for music and music videos. Entries are now accepted and will
close on August 31, 2008. Details are at PyxTunes.com.
The 2nd Annual Global
Visions Documentary Contest is open to film and video makers
worldwide starting April 1, 2008. Submissions may be up to 30 minutes in
length, in any language, and masters can be in any format as long as
submissions can be uploaded online. Entries close August 15, 2008.
Details are posted at DocuPyx.com.
The 2nd Annual Battle
of the Comedians, sponsored by the broadband entertainment
channel ComedyPop™, is for stand-up comedy in
any language, up to 10 minutes in length. Submissions must be uploaded
online. Entries will be accepted starting April 1, 2008 and will close
June 30, 2008. After that, semifinalists will be battling each other
until the last one stands in November. Details are at ComedyPop.com.
The SCREAM,
a Mobile Video Contest, sponsored by the horror
entertainment channel UrbanChillers®, will be
accepting worldwide mobile video submissions starting May 1, 2008. There
will be monthly winners judged by desktop viewers for the most creative
on camera scream. The scream cuts across all language barriers and still
can be funny or terrifying depending on the mobile filmmaker's
creativity. Details will be announced soon for the “Summer
of Screams” at UrbanChillers.com.
Additional events will be posted on Pyxix.net
PyxWorld/2008 events will include face-to-face networking opportunities
for artists and audience, knowledge sharing seminars and webinars, and
local gatherings on three continents. Details of the events will be
posted on Pyxix.net and on each of the four broadband entertainment
channels, and will be e-mailed to members. Membership is free. Anyone
can become a member of any Pyxix entertainment channel by visiting the
broadband channels DocuPyx.com, ComedyPop.com, UrbanChillers.com or
PyxTunes.com.
About Pyxix®
Pyxix®
Corporation, Connecting Artist with AudienceSM,
is a global diversified media company with a network of entertainment
channels, products, technologies and services. Pyxix can be found online
at Pyxix.net. Pronounced “pik-ses,”
the name comes from the Latin and Greek words meaning both a
constellation in the southern hemisphere and a plant capsule that
releases seeds to initiate future growth. Similarly, Pyxix extends
artists’ horizons and casts wide the seeds of
creativity. Pyxix has several broadband art, education and entertainment
channels, including DocuPyx®, ComedyPop™,
UrbanChillers® and PyxTunes™.
Pyxix® and UrbanChillers®
are registered trademarks, and PyxWorld™,
DocuPyx™, ComedyPop™,
and PyxTunes™ are trademarks of Pyxix
Corporation. “Connecting Artist With AudienceSM”
is the service mark of Pyxix Corporation. All rights reserved.
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