ORLANDO, Fla., May 12, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Vision Works Media Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:VWMG) announces that Erik Moe Erikson has been appointed General Manager of Vision Works Media Group, Inc. As a Pay-Television industry veteran Erickson will manage daily operations of the new television channel in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Erikson has been a well-respected member of the pay-TV community for nearly two decades. His professional credits include starting his career at HBO's Direct Broadcast division. He left HBO when he was recruited by Hughes Communications, Inc. to establish the distribution and manage the launch of DIRECTV in the United States. After the success of DIRECTV's domestic launch of service, he was recruited by the DIRECTV Latin America partnership (Hughes, Cisneros Television Group, Grupo Abril, and MVS Multivision Mexico) to launch DIRECTV in Latin America. Mr. Erikson left DIRECTV when he was recruited to serve as the COO of Ethnic-American Broadcasting Company, an international television and radio station group, based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
"We are delighted to have an executive with Rick's experience and proven track record join the Vision Works family," said Mark Astrom, the company's President. "He is the perfect fit for our company, and he brings successful start-up and new channel launch experience to our channel as we prepare to launch our service in August of this year."
In addition to his duties at Vision Works Media Group, Inc., Mr. Erikson remains active as a life member of the Marine Corps Association, and he is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Vision Works Media Group, Inc. has its office and film and production studio in Orlando, Florida. The address is 57 West Pine St, Orlando, Florida 32801. The office is 4100 sq. ft. and will serve the company as corporate offices. The location is one block from Church Street Station, a downtown Orlando tourist attraction, and picturesque site for filming.
The mission of Vision Works Media Group, Inc. is to expose the works of independent filmmakers and artists to the greatest number of viewers by taking New Screen TV to additional pay-TV distributors, cable.
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