"I Can Name That Deal In Three Notes" - Uproar Secures Exclusive Worldwide Online Rights for Name That Tune; Popular Game Show to Come to the Uproar Network.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 Uproar Inc. (Nasdaq/EASDAQ: UPRO/UPROrs), the interactive entertainment company, today announced that it has secured the exclusive worldwide online rights for the popular television game show Name That Tune. Additionally, Uproar announced that it is working with music company All Access Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Paradise Music & Entertainment (Nasdaq:PDSE PDSE Partitioned Data Set Extended PDSE Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol; formerly PMU) PDSE Program Director for Special Emphasis PDSE Partitioned Data Set Environment ), to produce the interactive online version of the game for the Uproar Network. Name that Tune, a music identification game, has entertained television audiences for over 50 years. Name That Tune is the latest television game show to be taken online by Uproar. Uproar already holds the exclusive worldwide online rights for Family Feud This article is about the American game show. For other versions, see Family Feud around the world. For rivalries between families, see Feud. Family Feud , To Tell The Truth, Match Game and 100% under a license from Pearson Television. Name That Tune is expected to launch on the Uproar Network in the second quarter of 2001. "Name That Tune has entertained millions of Americans over several generations, and it offers great interactive possibilities," said Kenneth D. Cron, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Uproar. "Music is one of the most popular forms of entertainment on the Web, and we are sure music fans will love playing Name That Tune on Uproar. Additionally, Name That Tune is ideally suited for various platforms and future broadband offerings." "Name That Tune is an ideal game for a large multi-player audience such as Uproar's, because you only need to be an expert in one thing, and that's the music you've heard your whole life," commented Brian Doyle
Brian J. Doyle (born April 7, 1950) was the deputy press secretary for the United States Department of Homeland Security. , President of All Access Entertainment. "The management of Uproar understands what it takes to transform a successful television property into a compelling online experience," said Jeff Schock, Sr. VP of All Access, who will lead the development team. He added, "This is a tremendous opportunity for Uproar and All Access to put music at the center of an online game experience. We plan to offer a wide range of musical challenges, and incentives to keep the game fun and interesting. We are certain that Name That Tune will appeal to any music fan regardless of music taste." Name That Tune is being licensed from Name That Tune Inc., a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of corporation. The original television game and trademark, as well as its predecessor game, Stop the Music, on radio and television, are creations of Harry Salter. About Uproar Uproar Inc. is a leading interactive entertainment company. It operates a family of advertising-supported interactive entertainment sites, which make up the backbone of the Uproar Network, an extensive entertainment-based Internet advertising Delivering ads to Internet users via Web sites, e-mail, ad-supported software and Internet-enabled cellphones. Also called an "ad network," Internet advertising organizations act as a middleman between the advertiser and the Web sites and software publishers that display the ads. platform. Uproar Inc. sites include: uproar.com, a leading online entertainment destination offering games and game shows; iwin.com, a leading games-for-prizes and Internet lottery site; ibetcha.com, an entertainment site offering users the opportunity to predict the outcome of real-world events for a chance to win prizes; and amused.com, a site featuring humor and entertainment. With nearly 9 million unique users per month, the Uproar Network ranks among the Top-25 Web properties overall and reaches more than 11% of the U.S. online audience. Uproar sites are also available in 14 languages worldwide. Headquartered in New York with offices in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , London, Hamburg, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Oslo, and Budapest, Uproar Inc. is publicly traded on the Nasdaq National Market system under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors UPRO and on the European Association of Securities Dealers' Automated Quotation system (EASDAQ See European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. ) under the ticker symbols UPRO and UPROrs. About All Access/Paradise Music & Entertainment Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc. is an entertainment company focused on nurturing a growing talent base. Paradise's wholly-owned subsidiaries include (i) Straw Dogs (television commercial and video productions); (ii) PUSH Records (independent record label teamed with V2 Records); (iii) Picture Vision (music video, television, commercial, live event and film productions); (iv) Rave Music Rave music consists of forms of electronic dance music that are associated with the rave scene. Most often, it is used to describe music that depends heavily on samples, loops and synthesizers, and is high energy. Rave music closely followed the acid house phenomenon. (original music for film and television); (v) All Access Entertainment Management Group (full service music artist management); and (vi) Paradise Digital Productions (Internet content developer). This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or future financial results of Uproar Inc. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including the possibility that the online version of the game Name That Tune will not be widely accepted or perceived as an entertaining experience by users. Investors are directed to Uproar's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with EASDAQ for additional factors that should be considered before investing in Uproar's securities. |
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