Business Wire EON: Art and Entertainment Web sites / Internet http://eon.businesswire.com Latest news releases for Art and Entertainment Web sites / Internet en Business Wire via PRWeb http://eon.businesswire.com/images_v4/eon/logo_bw.jpg eon.businesswire.com 120 64 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com DailyMe Introduces Publisher Solutions, Turning Traditional News Sites into Advanced Online Destinations : Provides Critical Tools for Publishers and Broadcasters Looking to Increase Profitability and Reach New Users Allows Readers to Customize Their Experience, Search and Interact with Content, and Receive News Via Scheduled Email, RSS, Automated Printing http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dailyme/publisher/prweb1303064.htm DailyMe, Inc., an interactive media and technology start-up, announced today the launch of its Publisher Solutions suite, which offers publishers a set of critically important tools to compete for online readers and advertising dollars. (Business Wire EON Sep 8, 2008)

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]]> SnagFilms Commemorates 9/11 with Online Film Retrospective, Featuring 7 Days In September : Will Stream Five Films Without Advertising http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/september/snagfilms/prweb1292454.htm SnagFilms, which brings the best nonfiction films to the web audience and promotes viral web distribution through virtual movie theater widgets, today announced its first annual September 11th Remembrance in Film, with a slate of five documentary films, featuring the critically acclaimed 7 Days in September. The films will be available in their entirety, without commercial interruption, at both www.snagfilms.com and www.indiewire.com between today and September 12th, 2008. (Business Wire EON Sep 5, 2008)

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]]> Leading Local Events Website, Eventful, Taps 1020 Placecast for Multi-Channel Location-Based Advertising : New Location-Based Ad-Targeting Solution Connects Advertisers to Eventful's Active 18-34 Year-Old Demographic http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/placecast/eventful/prweb1287704.htm Eventful Inc., which operates leading local events Website, Eventful.com, has selected 1020 Placecast™, the world’s largest place-based interactive media company, to engage advertisers and power its ad-serving technology. Placecast enables Eventful to segment site visitors based upon the location of specific events, significantly increasing advertising revenue opportunities through premium location-based inventory. In addition to advanced targeting, Placecast brings the expertise of a dedicated sales team, which collaborates with Eventful’s direct sales force. (Business Wire EON Sep 4, 2008)

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]]> Attention Fantasy Football Widows: Celebrifantasy Puts the "Fan" into Fantasy Sports for Women http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/celebrifantasy/celebrity/prweb1287994.htm Attention Football Widows: stop complaining about losing your men to their fantasy sports addictions and start a celebrity league of your own! (Business Wire EON Sep 4, 2008)

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]]> Two-Time Super Bowl Champ and Hall of Famer John Elway Signs Multi-Year Deal and Joins OPEN Sports Team : Elway to QB OPEN Sports Fantasy Football http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sports/elway/prweb1282044.htm OPEN Sports (www.opensports.com), a new online sports entertainment destination and brainchild of Mike Levy, founder and former CEO of CBS Sportsline.com, has joined forces with the NFL’s all-time winningest quarterback, John Elway, on a multi-year deal. Elway will serve as the spokesman of the recently launched OPEN Sports Fantasy Football suite of products and challenge games. (Business Wire EON Sep 3, 2008)

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]]> Virgin Mobile USA to Provide Location-Based Entertainment Service : buzzd Will Power Virgin Mobile's USA Deck as 'buzzd on Virgin Mobile' http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/virgin/mobile/prweb1281874.htm Today, Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE:VM), and buzzd announced a partnership that will bring the buzzd service to all Virgin Mobile USA handsets via the no-annual contract carrier's WAP deck giving Virgin Mobile subscribers an interactive, real-time local mobile service. (Business Wire EON Sep 3, 2008)

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]]> Red Light District Offers $500,000 for Josh Hartnett Sex Video http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/red_light/light_district/prweb1280574.htm Red Light District, a leading production company that specializes in hard-core adult films and best known for distributing celebrity sex tapes including Paris Hilton’s, Dustin Diamond’s and Amy Fisher’s is offering $500,000 for the rights to distribute Josh Harnett’s sex tape. (Business Wire EON Sep 2, 2008)

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]]> Big Fish Games Announces Release of Azada: Ancient Magic -- A New Chapter in the Award Winning Puzzle-Adventure Series Revealed http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/azada/big_fish/prweb1265204.htm Big Fish Games™ (www.bigfishgames.com), the world’s leading online destination for games and interactive entertainment, today announced the launch of Azada: Ancient Magic, developed by Big Fish Games Studios and available exclusively at BigFishGames.com. Following the success of the original hit Azada, the first puzzle-adventure game developed for online digital distribution, the sequel, Azada: Ancient Magic raises the bar for games in this emerging casual genre to new heights. (Business Wire EON Aug 29, 2008)

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]]> MyToons.com Announces Partnership with Vuze : Leading Online Animation Community Launches Cartoon Classics Channel on Vuze http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mytoons/animation/prweb1260954.htm MyToons.com, the premier online animation community, today announced a global partnership to bring MyToons animated content to Vuze’s 30 million member worldwide audience. Joining global television networks and production studios, MyToons debuts its first channel – MyToons Cartoon Classics – set to entertain Vuze members with an array of funny vintage animations. Featuring classics like Popeye and Betty Boop, viewers can appreciate these time honored animations created before the computer age. (Business Wire EON Aug 28, 2008)

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]]> BlogTalkRadio Bulldozes into Fantasy Sports with Launch of World's Most Massive Schedule : Fantasy Sports Channel Features 52 Hours of Live, Original Programming a Week, with Continuous 7-Hour Blocks Monday-Friday http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/fantasy/sports/prweb1255794.htm BlogTalkRadio, the world’s largest online radio network, today announced the launch of its Fantasy Sports Channel. The channel will feature 52 hours of live, original, call-in programming, making it the most comprehensive fantasy-sports broadcast offering in the world. (Business Wire EON Aug 27, 2008)

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]]> Sun Internet Radio Discusses Massive Multiplayer Online Game Development With Jennifer MacLean http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/development/maclean/prweb1256914.htm Sun Microsystem's Chief Gaming Officer talks with Jennifer MacLean from 38 Studios about game development. MacLean is listed as one of the top 100 women in gaming by the NextGen website and is the chairwoman of the International Game Developers Association. She's an influential member of the games community and VP of Business Development for 38 Studios, a new game studio that is focusing on building a new Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG). SHIFT Radio is a weekly Sun Internet radio program featuring interviews with leaders in the rich media and video gaming industries. (Business Wire EON Aug 27, 2008)

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]]> CYBRA's 2000 Year Old Programmer Discovers Long Lost Relative : Little do his Bronx, New York neighbors suspect that the cute-little-old-man posing as a retired public school principal is the under-cover, multi-millennial champion of computer programmers everywhere http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/selkin/system/prweb1252534.htm Jerry Selkin is the secret identity of The 2000 Year Old Programmer. He is affectionately known to IBM System i users worldwide as "2K" (Business Wire EON Aug 26, 2008)

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]]> Olympic Games Generate Historic Impact on Lenovo Brand http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/olympic/lenovo/prweb1243794.htm Lenovo today described a successful deployment of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games marketing programs, including product placement, advertising, news media coverage, and innovations in computer hardware and technical support. These programs build on Lenovo’s excellent technical support of the Olympic Games. (Business Wire EON Aug 24, 2008)

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]]> Janome America & ThreadBanger.com Unveil the TB12 & TB30 Sewing Machines Today on Thread Heads http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/janome/threadbanger/prweb1239574.htm Janome America, Inc., a leading manufacturer of home sewing machines, is set to introduce two new innovative machines today on Thread Heads, the first show to debut on ThreadBanger.com, the groundbreaking online network for people who create their own fashion. The TB12 and TB30 are the first ThreadBanger branded sewing machines to hit the market and offer user-friendly features that are the perfect creative tools for the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) enthusiast. (Business Wire EON Aug 22, 2008)

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]]> Think You Know College Football? Register Now and Take the College Fanz Challenge : 15-Week Test of College Football Skill & Knowledge Encompasses NCAA and NAIA http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/college/challenge/prweb1236344.htm A new college football season kicks off Labor Day weekend, and with it begins the College Fanz™ Sports Network’s latest enhancement, the CF Fanz Challenge. (Business Wire EON Aug 21, 2008)

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]]> DailyMe Launches Meme-It : Users Can Now Categorize Stories Based on Six Distinct Descriptors DailyWe Section Now Shows News by Emotion and Popularity http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dailyme/stories/prweb1231404.htm DailyMe, Inc. (http://dailyme.com) is putting a face to the news. (Business Wire EON Aug 20, 2008)

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]]> Nationwide Insurance Unveils New Ad Featuring Sanjaya Malakar : View the Former American Idol Contestant's New Ad at Nationwide.com or Design Your Own Sanjaya Look at Sanjaya-ize.com. http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sanjaya/nationwide/prweb1233954.htm Nationwide Insurance® unveiled today its newest Life Comes at You Fast® ad, featuring former American Idol contestant, Sanjaya Malakar. In the tradition of Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer, Sanjaya becomes the latest celebrity to poke fun of himself in one of Nationwide’s commercials. The company’s Web site features the new commercial. A new microsite allows fans to upload a personal image and create their own “Sanjaya” look using the Nationwide Sanjaya widget. (Business Wire EON Aug 20, 2008)

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]]> OPEN Sports Debuts All-Star Talent Lineup for Sports Entertainment Content : Some of the Biggest, Boldest Names in Sports Commentary on Roster: Sean Salisbury, Sid Rosenberg, Paul Charchian, Marc Lawrence, David Gonos, Rob Shaw, Amber Wilson http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sports/amber/prweb1226634.htm OPEN Sports (www.opensports.com), a new online sports destination and brainchild of Mike Levy, former CEO and founder of CBS Sportsline.com, is introducing an all-star lineup of sports entertainment personalities and content. (Business Wire EON Aug 19, 2008)

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]]> College Fanz Debuts America's College Scoreboard for 2008-2009 College Sports Season : New Features & Enhancements for World's Largest Online College Sports Community http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/college/sports/prweb1227174.htm With practices and training camps already underway on many of America’s college campuses, the start of the fall sports season is only days away, and College Fanz Sports Network™ is ready with new features and enhancements to the world’s largest online college sports community. (Business Wire EON Aug 19, 2008)

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]]> Sun Internet Radio Discusses the "Reset Generation" Game With Producer Scott Foe - Nokia http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/scott/radio/prweb1228614.htm Sun Microsystem's Chief Gaming Officer talks with Scott Foe, Nokia, the producer of a new game called "Reset Generation," one of the most inventive and unique titles to ever grace the mobile phone market. Scott will discuss his game design philosophy and the future of mobile gaming. SHIFT Radio is a weekly Sun internet radio program featuring interviews with leaders in the rich media and video gaming industries. (Business Wire EON Aug 19, 2008)

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]]> Pro Sports Teams and Their Fans Connect Online with KickApps : Top U.S. Professional Sports Teams Use Social Media to Drive Deeper Relationships with Fans & New Revenue Opportunities http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/kickapps/social/prweb1222204.htm KickApps (www.kickapps.com), the industry’s leading on-demand social media, video player and widget platform, today announced that the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, have deployed KickApps powered social media websites. MSG Interactive launched KnicksNet and RangersNet, which were designed in collaboration with award winning interactive marketing agency, Deep Focus. (Business Wire EON Aug 18, 2008)

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]]> Olympians in Lenovo Blogger Program Open a Channel to Fans Worldwide, Changing the Olympic Games Experience http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/olympic/lenovo/prweb1220924.htm Olympic athletes taking part in the Lenovo “Voices of the Olympic Games” blogging program have found that blogging creates deeper connections with fans worldwide – many they did not even know existed. (Business Wire EON Aug 17, 2008)

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]]> Digital Containers' Next-Generation 'Superdistribution' Software Will Generate Real Profits for Digital Entertainment Industries : Tech Veteran Tom Patterson Teams with Digital Entertainment Exec Jay Samit to Lead Digital Containers http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/digital/content/prweb1208154.htm A breakthrough system of ‘superdistribution’ to freely share copyrighted material over the Internet via ‘digital containers’ is rolling out today, aiming to change the way content owners deliver and profit from distributing television, games, books, movies and music entertainment over the Internet. (Business Wire EON Aug 13, 2008)

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]]> Sun Internet Radio Features Hollywood Gaming Journalist http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/gaming/radio/prweb1203564.htm Sun Microsystems' Chief Gaming Officer talks with top industry journalist Tom Ham about the rise in popularity of the video gaming industry to rival that of Hollywood. Tom will discuss this intersection between video gaming and television. SHIFT Radio is a weekly Sun internet radio program featuring interviews with leaders in the rich media and video gaming industries. (Business Wire EON Aug 12, 2008)

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]]> On Networks Presents the Second Season of the 5-Minute Drill : Popular Fantasy Football Show Feeds Football Cravings of Millions of Fans http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/minute_drill/football/prweb1203654.htm With hundreds of thousands of fantasy football drafts between now and that start of the NFL season, selecting a team has never been easier, thanks to the second season of digital TV show The 5-Minute Drill. ON Networks kicks off the season with a special nine-episode Fantasy Football Draft Guide to help choose the perfect roster for a winning season. (Business Wire EON Aug 12, 2008)

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]]> Sun Internet Radio to Discuss Informal Learning Initiatives http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/learning/sun_microsystems/prweb1201894.htm This week's Innovation Insider, Sun's Internet Radio show, will feature Charles Beckham, Sr. Director and Chief Technologist, Sun Learning Services, Sun Microsystems, Inc. On the show, Beckham will discuss informal learning initiatives, and Sun's Mobile Learning Solution and Learning eXchange. Innovation Insider is a show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems that features discussions with industry innovators on a variety of topics. (Business Wire EON Aug 11, 2008)

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