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“One of the great things about RoadShow is that with such a diverse group of brand marketers attending, we can present our whole array of films and talk to partners of every scale."
- LeeAnne Stables, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing Partnerships, Paramount Pictures
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“RoadShow Music Day is a great opportunity to introduce my artists, new trends and priorities to an audience of marketers, music supervisors, and other industry executives.”
-Rob Souriall, VP of Strategic Marketing & Partnerships, Disney Music Group- Hollywood Records
“Movie people have come to realize that to be a big blockbuster film, a movie has to live off-screen. These activities have therefore become much more important to the marketing campaign for a movie. It's become a necessity.”
-George Leon, EVP of Worldwide Consumer Marketing, Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Country Music Association CMA, the premiere trade association for the Country Music industry, works with brands and their agencies, and the Hollywood community to increase use of Country Music/artists in promotions, advertising, television and motion pictures. CMA can provide demographic Country research cross tabbed with brands, lifestyle and entertainment habits and free consulting for brands and producers interested in tapping into America's Music. PROPERTIES: CMA Awards (November); CMA Music Festival (June); CMA Songwriters Tour; CMA 50th Anniversary.
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Disney Music Group - Disney Records & Hollywood Records The Disney Music Group is the music division owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. Within the DMG there are (3) labels—Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records, and Lyric Street Records. Current artists/projects include Aly and AJ, Rascal Flatts, High School Musical 2, The Plain White T's, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, Raven Symone', Hilary Duff, Breaking Benjamin, Bucky Covington, Cheetah Girls, Disneymania 5, Jesse McCartney, Everlife, Josh Gracin, T-Squad, Atreyu and the Soundtracks to "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End."
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The Recording Academy Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards - the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music - The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. In its 50th year, The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.
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Universal Music Group Distribution Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD) is the largest seller of music in the world. The Universal Music Group owned labels include Interscope, Geffen, A&M, Island Def Jam, Universal, Motown, Universal Republic, The Verve Music Group, Universal Classics, Universal Latino, Machete, UMe, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Lost Highway, and Universal South. In addition, UMGD also markets and distributes music various associated labels including Concord, Walt Disney, Hollywood, Rounder, Decca, Lyric Street, Show Dog, Big Machine, and Valory. Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.
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Fontana Distribution Fontana Distribution is the independent arm of UMGD. Fontana distributes more than 100 labels including Vagrant Records, Telarc, Eagle Rock, VP Records, American Gramaphone, Six Degrees, Nitro, SMC, Trustkill, Delicious Vinyl, ESL, Modular, Ministry of Sound, Ipecac, Strange Music, Music World, VH1 Classic Records, MySpace Records and many others. In addition, Fontana distributes select projects from UMG labels worldwide.
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Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records is one of the most successful and renowned record labels of the last half century. Celebrating 50 years, its roster includes superstars Metallica, Linkin Park, Green Day, Seal, My Chemical Romance, Michael Bublé, Alanis Morissette, and Josh Groban, to name just a few, as well as dozens of musical legacies. Warner Bros. Records has led the industry in transforming itself from a traditional music company into an innovative media and content company, rich with talent and able to touch the lives of millions of consumers worldwide. In the brand partnership area, WBR has developed new and unique ways to offer partners access to not only its artists and art, but the way into the hearts and minds of consumers through branded entertainment integration, social networking sites, visual content offerings, live events and celebrity endorsements.
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Activision, Inc. Activision, Inc. is a leading international publisher of interactive entertainment software products. The company has built a diverse portfolio of products that span a wide range of categories and target markets and that is used on a variety of game hardware platforms and operating systems. The company has created, licensed and acquired a group of highly recognizable brands that it markets to a growing variety of consumer demographics. Its product portfolio includes such best selling franchises as Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Madagascar, Bee Movie Game, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda the game, Over the Hedge, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Spiderman, and X-Men: The Official Game.
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Atari Atari, Inc. is a publisher of video game software that is distributed throughout the world and a distributor of video game software in North America. The 1,000+ titles that we publish and distribute include hard-core, genre-defining franchises such as Test Drive®, Alone in the Dark®, and mass-market and children's franchises such as Dragon Ball Z®. Atari is one of the world's most recognized brands. We are a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA, one of the largest interactive games publishers in Europe.
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Electronic Arts (EA) Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
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Mattel Mattel, Inc., (NYSE: MAT, www.mattel.com) is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products. The Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Barbie®, the most popular fashion doll ever introduced, Hot Wheels®, Matchbox®, American Girl®, Radica® and Tyco® R/C, as well as Fisher-Price® brands, including Little People®, Power Wheels® and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. Mattel is recognized as one of 2008's "100 Best Companies to Work For" by FORTUNE Magazine and among the 100 Most Trustworthy U.S. Companies by Forbes Magazine. Committed to ethical manufacturing sustainable business practices, Mattel marked a 10-year milestone in 2007 for its Global Manufacturing Principles. With worldwide headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Mattel employs more than 30,000 people in 43 countries and territories and sells products in more than 150 nations. Mattel's vision is to be the world's premier toy brands -- today and tomorrow.
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Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, Los Angeles, CA and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development.
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Ubisoft Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 25 countries and sales in 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2007-08 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of 928 million euros. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
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4Kids Entertainment Inc. 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. is a vertically integrated company dedicated to the best in children's entertainment. The Company acquires, develops and markets children's properties globally and seeks to maximize economic returns through a vertically integrated platform, including the production and distribution of television shows, motion pictures, home videos and music; merchandise licensing; media planning and buying; product development; and Web site development.
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ABC Family Part of the Disney-ABC-TV Group, ABC Family, distributed in over 91 million homes, features original movies, series and specials reflecting today's families and entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today's relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family's programming is a mix of quality acquired series and theatricals as well as original movies and scripted dramas. ABC Family is also the destination for Holiday events with "13 Nights of Halloween" and "25 Days of Christmas" branded programming events. ABC Family. A New Kind of Family.
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DIY Network From the makers of HGTV and Food Network, DIY Network is the go-to destination for rip-up, knock-out home improvement television. DIY's programs and experts answer the most sought-after questions and offer creative projects for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. One of the fastest growing digital networks and approaching 50 million homes, DIY's programming covers a broad range of categories including home improvement and landscaping. DIY's award-winning Web site, www.DIYnetwork.com, is a leader in the Nielsen/NetRatings' Home and Garden category. The site features broadband video channels including home improvement, crafts, automotive, gardening, and woodworking along with step-by-step instructions totaling more than 20,000 projects online.
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Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is a unit of News Corporation. FOX finished the 2007-2008 season as the No. 1 broadcast network in Total Viewers for the first time in its 21-year history. Additionally, the network was No. 1 for the fourth consecutive season among the advertiser-coveted Adult 18-49 demographic, while dominating the more targeted Adults 18-34 and Teen demos. FOX airs 15 hours of primetime programming per week as well as late night entertainment programming, major sports and Sunday morning news.
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Great American Country Great American Country (GAC), The Leader in Country Music entertainment, remains one of the fastest growing cable networks. Its reach exceeds 55 million households. Its intensive music format consists of an increasing number of originally produced music-based programs, live concert specials, music news and music videos. GAC brings viewers closer to country music's most popular artists through in-depth interviews about their music, their lives and influences. Featured programming includes GAC Nights, Top 20 Countdown, Origins, The Year, Drafting Partners and The Hitmen of Music Row. In 2007, The GAC Tour bus crossed the country visiting over 55 cities and reaching more than 1 million brand loyal country music fans.
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HGTV HGTV, America's leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 95 million U.S. households and is one of cable's top-rated networks. HGTV's website, www.HGTV.com, is the nation's leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of 5.0 million unique visitors per month. HGTV owns 33 percent of HGTV Canada and provides much of the Canadian network's daily programming. The network's branded programming also can be seen in 125 territories across all seven continents and its selected programming is available to service men and women on board Navy ships and through American Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS) which services more than 1,000 outlets in over 175 countries. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York, HGTV is wholly owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), which also operates Food Network, DIY Network , Fine Living TV Network and Great American Country.
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Marvel Entertainment, Inc. With a library of over 5,000 characters built over more than sixty years of comic book publishing, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics), with emphasis on feature films, television, DVD, consumer products, video games, action figures, role-playing toys and promotions. For more information visit www.marvel.com.
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MTV MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music, creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved, challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries-giving each new generation a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24 hour ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched 15 dynamic online communities and eight new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1 music brand in the wireless space. MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know more? Come on in… http://www.mtvpress.com.
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National Geographic National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) was established in 2007, combining into a single operating group National Geographic's Cinema Ventures, Feature Films, Kids Entertainment, Home Entertainment and Music & Radio business units. NGE is part of National Geographic Global Media (NGGM), also formed in 2007, bringing together all of National Geographic's editorial platforms to streamline collaboration and further support the Society's mission. Founded in 1888 to "increase and diffuse geographic knowledge," National Geographic works to inspire people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 300 million people worldwide each month through magazines, books, digital media, television, radio, music and film. It funds more than 250 scientific research, exploration and conservation projects each year and supports an education program combating geography illiteracy. For more information, visit www.nationalgeographic.com.
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Sesame Workshop Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that changed television forever with the legendary Sesame Street and today making a difference in over 120 nations. Using proprietary research to create engaging and enriching content, Sesame Workshop produces programs such as Dragon Tales, and coming soon The New Electric Company. The New Electric Company will reinvent the popular show of the ‘70’s for today’s 6 to 8 – year olds as a multi-screen and community experience, it will reach and engage children while stimulating them to create and understand the connections between words in print and oral communication.
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TuTv (Univision & Televisa) TuTv is a joint venture between Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications that delivers five of the most popular television signals in the Spanish-speaking world to U.S. cable and satellite operators. Produced in Mexico by Televisa, the channels are De Película, De Película Clásico, Telehit, Ritmoson Latino and Bandamax and have been distributed for many years in Mexico, Latin America and Europe. Available in the U.S. through TuTv, the channels offer a wide variety of high quality digital programming ranging from contemporary and classic films, to original lifestyle, music, and related programming reflecting the interests and passions of Latino culture. For more information about TuTv please visit www.tutv.tv.
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United Media United Media is a worldwide licensing and syndication company that focuses on building brand equity around a wide range of creative content. The company recently partnered with HISTORY, the award-winning cable network, as the exclusive merchandise licensing agent for the brand and its acclaimed programming that includes the popular Ice Road Truckers series. It also signed to represent Hallmark for the playfully irreverent hoops&yoyo as well as the ever popular "say it like it is" character Maxine. United Media licenses and/or syndicates other properties, including Peanuts, Dirty Dancing, Televisa's El Chavo, Deadliest Catch, Raggedy Ann & Andy, Dilbert, and Fancy Nancy. United Media is an E. W. Scripps Company. For more information, visit www.unitedmedialicensing.com
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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is an integrated media and entertainment company that features a portfolio of specialized businesses that creates and delivers original content for a cultivated, passionate and intensely loyal customer base. The company markets and distributes this original content under the WWE brand. WWE has been the recognized leader in sports entertainment for more than 25 years and has developed into one of the most popular and sophisticated forms of global entertainment today.
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Dreamworks Animation SKG DreamWorks Animation SKG (NYSE: DWA) is devoted to producing high-quality family entertainment through the use of computer-generated (CG) animation. Utilizing world-class creative talent and state-of-the-art technological capabilities, the company is committed to making two computer-animated feature films a year that appeal to a broad movie-going audience.
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Lionsgate Lionsgate is the leading next generation filmed entertainment studio with a major presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The company's prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles is an important source of recurring revenue that serves as the foundation for the growth of its core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.
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MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., through its operating subsidiaries is actively engaged in the worldwide production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home video, interactive media, music, and licensed merchandise. The company owns the world’s largest library of modern films, which is comprised of more than 4,000 titles. Operating units include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., United Artists Films Inc., MGM Television Entertainment Inc., MGM Networks Inc., MGM Distribution Co., MGM International Television Distribution Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC, MGM ON STAGE, MGM Music, MGM Consumer Products and MGM Interactive. In addition, MGM has ownership interests in international TV channels reaching nearly 110 countries. MGM ownership is as follows: Providence Equity Partners (29%), Texas Pacific Group (21%), Sony Corporation of America (20%), Comcast (20%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%) and Quadrangle Group (3%). For more information, visit www.mgm.com.
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Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global company that produces and distributes filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading entertainment content company with prominent and respected brands including Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks. The Company’s labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, DreamWorks, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studios, and Worldwide Television Distribution.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Company's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries.
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Universal Pictures Universal Pictures creates and distributes theatrical and non-theatrical filmed entertainment. A high quality and diverse product mix is delivered to the growing global marketplace through a variety of internally developed titles, co-productions, local acquisitions, specialty motion pictures, direct-to-video titles, specialty video, classic titles and consumer products. These films and videos then provide content for television, and further drive the recreation business, consumer products and other ancillary businesses. Universal Pictures contributed to one of the most successful summer seasons this year with the release of Evan Almighty, Knocked Up, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Bourne Ultimatum. All four have surpassed the 100 million dollar mark with Bourne fast approaching the 300 million dollar mark in world wide box office.
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, a recognized leader in the home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena Vista product, which includes DVD, Blu-ray Disc™ and electronic distribution. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is a division of The Walt Disney Studios.
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Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Entertainment is a global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of entertainment and their related businesses. A Time Warner company, Warner Bros. Entertainment stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry, from feature films to television, home video/DVD, animation, comic books, interactive entertainment, product and brand licensing and international cinemas.
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