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iMedia and Key Brands International Ltd. Announce Nationwide Retail Promotion
iMedia to Produce a Special Edition Hollywood Previews CD to Be Packaged With Key Brands International Ltd. Beauty Products
| Source: iMedia International
SANTA MONICA, CA--(Marketwire - October 14, 2008) - iMedia International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS : IMED ), a provider of
digital entertainment content for the publishing industry, today announced
a major new retail promotion with Key Brands International Ltd., makers of
fine beauty Brands including Freeze It Hair Styling products, Vital Care
Hair Care and Skin Care, New You
Anti-Oxidant Intensive Anti Aging Shampoos and Conditioners, as well as
Amenta Natural Aroma Therapy Shampoos and Conditioners. As part of the
promotion, iMedia will produce a Special Edition Hollywood Previews CD-ROM that
will be packaged with select Key Brands products and made available at
leading retailers across the country. iMedia and Key Brands are also
sponsoring an on-disc promotion that will award one lucky winner with a
free trip to Hollywood for a professional hair and makeup makeover, photo
shoot and an opportunity to interview celebrities for Hollywood Previews at
a red carpet event.
"Working with iMedia presents a great opportunity to put iMedia's
high-quality, advanced digital entertainment content directly into the
hands of Key Brands' customers," said Harvey Vechery, chairman and CEO of
Key Brands. "Our two companies have very similar target audiences who are
avid consumers of hair care products and entertainment news and
information. As a result, there is tremendous synergy between our two
brands, which will make this promotion very successful. This innovative
partnership marries cutting-edge media delivery with beauty, style, and
fashion."
In addition to sponsoring the contest, iMedia will promote Key Brands
products on Hollywood Previews CDs, throughout its network of web sites at
www.hollywoodpreviews.com, and on its daily Internet-based show, "The Fix."
iMedia will also develop in-store promotional materials for Key Brands'
retail partners and redesign Key Brands' corporate web site to enhance the
company's current products and special offers. The Hollywood Previews
promotion is launching in as many as 3,000 store locations nationwide.
"This is our first nationally sponsored retail promotion, and we are very
excited to have a partner like Key Brands International Ltd. that has many
top-selling products in the largest retail properties, including Wal-Mart
and major Food and Drug chains," said Henry Williamson, chief executive
officer of iMedia. "Our partnership
with Key Brands demonstrates one more way in which we can extend the reach
of our Hollywood Preview brand to new audiences and deliver our exclusive
entertainment content to potentially millions of new online users. We also
look forward to awarding one lucky consumer with the tremendous opportunity
to be pampered in Hollywood and become a nationally recognized guest host
at a major red carpet event."
Hollywood Previews CD-ROMs provide exclusive entertainment videos,
behind-the-scenes features, stories about the latest movies, music, DVDs,
and video games releases, red carpet celebrity interviews and music
downloads. Hollywood Previews is currently syndicated online by dozens of
newspapers across the country. Online distributors include The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, LA.com and the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, The Palm
Beach Post, and Canoe.ca, the leading local and national interactive media
provider of news, and entertainment services for all of Canada.
For more information on the Hollywood Previews - Key Brands promotion,
visit www.hollywoodpreviews.com or www.keybrands.com.
About iMedia International, Inc.
iMedia International (PINKSHEETS : IMED ) is an interactive content solutions
company focused on syndicating general entertainment content and producing
custom CD-ROM solutions featuring the company's proprietary campaign
management system, iReporting. iMedia syndicates its content to publishers
around the world seeking high value, low cost general entertainment
category content. Publishers use either iMedia's flagship product, Hollywood Previews, a hosted,
managed solution, or they purchase direct content feeds to capture a share
of the multi-billion dollar online and mobile advertising markets. iMedia's
Digital Direct
business leverages the company's entertainment content development and
distribution experience to help large organizations reach customers with
measurable, interactive
CD-ROM-based marketing programs. The company's Digital Direct customers
include American Express, Chrysler, Fox Entertainment, General Motors,
Mazda, NBC Entertainment, Wynn Hotel, The Los Angeles Dodgers, and many
more Fortune 500 companies. For more information on iMedia International,
visit www.imedia-us.com.
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