Amp'd Mobile's 2007 Original Content Line-up Features Exclusive & Outrageous Series from Hollywood A-List Talent.Signaling how mobile entertainment is rewriting the Hollywood development process, top creative minds including Jack Black, Donick Cary Donick Cary is an American television writer for The Simpsons. He has also written for Just Shoot Me! and Complete Savages. He is the creator, writer, and director of Lil' Bush , Dan Greaney Dan Greaney is an American television writer. He has written for The Michael Richards Show, and, most famously, The Simpsons. He was hired during the show's seventh season, but left after season eleven to try to make it big writing pilots. , Seth Kearsley, Dan Harmon Dan Harmon is a writer and performer, and, along with Rob Schrab, a founder of the alternative television network/website Channel 101. He co-created the television pilot Heat Vision and Jack starring Owen Wilson and Jack Black and Computerman and Rob Schrab will bring exclusive new made-for-mobile series to Amp'd 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. -- Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile was a mobile phone service launched in the United States in late 2005. The company was a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and operated on the Verizon Wireless CDMA EV-DO network. Its primary non-Venture Capital investors were MTV Networks and Universal Music Group. , the pioneer of fully integrated mobile entertainment, today announced that it has inked development deals with some of Hollywood's biggest players, including Jack Black, Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab and ICEBOX, co-founded by Howard Gordon, the executive producer of "24" and "The X-Files." Amp'd also announced an extended deal with Donick Cary, co-creator of COMEDY CENTRAL's "Lil Bush: Resident of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," the first made-for-mobile program originally developed by Amp'd Mobile that crossed over to linear television. The new line-up of deals comes on the heels of Amp'd Mobile's recently announced first-of-its-kind deal with MTV Networks MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. The company was established in 1984 after Warner Communications and American Express decided to divest the basic cable to jointly develop made-for-mobile programming that will be exclusively programmed on Amp'd. As the only carrier with an extensive in-house development studio dedicated to creating unique and original programming, Amp'd Mobile provides Hollywood's top creative minds with free reign to experiment with non-traditional content programmed to a rapidly growing young audience. Jack Black & Channel 101 Beginning in 2007, Jack Black, with producing partners Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, will develop an exclusive series of comedy shorts for Amp'd Mobile based on the model they have popularized at their Channel 101 events. As with their monthly "Hollywood Screenings," the mobile audience will get to vote on their favorite shows and control which return and which are cancelled. In 2004, Harmon and Schrab launched Channel 101, "the unavoidable future of Entertainment" as a live event that spawned an Internet empire at channel101.com. Channel 101 has thrived as a place for comic writers, actors and directors to collaboratively create and showcase their talents directly to an audience while sidestepping the traditional Hollywood system. "What we've got here is a small group of anarchist rogues partnering with a huge, profit-seeking machine, so of course there's danger of compromise - but I'm promising right now that Channel 101 will let Amp'd Mobile stay exactly the way we found it," said Harmon, who will oversee production with Ben Cooley for Electric Dynamite. Donick Cary Amp'd Mobile has proven itself as a viable "incubator" for programmers eagerly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the next hot show. Last quarter, Amp'd Mobile and COMEDY CENTRAL announced that the original animated mobile series "Lil' Bush Lil' Bush is a satirical, politically-themed animated comedy show featuring caricaturized versions of the current world leaders. Created by Donick Cary, initially as content for Amp'd Mobile, it has aired on Comedy Central since June 13, 2007. : Resident of the United States" would make the leap from mobile to COMEDY CENTRAL. The initial six episodes are slated to debut on television in late summer 2007. Creator, executive producer and writer Donick Cary has also signed on with Amp'd Mobile to exclusively develop mobile original series for Amp'd over the next two years. "I'm thrilled Amp'd is letting me create new cell phone series in 2007," Cary said. "If I can get one kid kicked out of school for watching TV in class, then I've done my part." Cary's next series in production at Amp'd include "Lil' Hollywood," a Hollywood-themed spin-off of "Lil' Bush" that will focus on the pint-sized adventures of celebrities, featuring Carson Daly Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television personality. He became known for being a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live. He currently hosts Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC. as Britney's Hoo Hoo, and "Crazy Mexican Show," a live action series slated to feature a well-known celebrity and his "ace team" of agents that have finally landed their client the dream gig of hosting a late night talk show. The one catch: it's shot and broadcast in Mexico O and the host doesn't speak Spanish. Given the artistic freedom Amp'd Mobile provides content developers in launching new and exciting projects that can make it to broadcast outside of conventional creative confines, Cary has actively encouraged his friends and colleagues in Hollywood to participate in developing "pet" projects at Amp'd. A short list of creative minds slated to work with Amp'd includes: * writer Dan Greaney ("The Simpsons") * writer Tony Barbieri ("Jimmy Kimmel James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, writer, talk show host, game show host, and producer. Biography Kimmel was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, to a German father and Italian mother. Live" and "The Man Show") * writer Rich Goodman ("According to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. " and "The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show") * writers Jordan Young and Elijah Aron ("Drawn Together"), and * director Seth Kearsley ("The Family Guy" and Adam Sandler's "Eight Crazy Nights"). Howard Gordon's ICEBOX ICEBOX, co-founded by "24" and "The X Files" executive producer Howard Gordon, has struck a development deal with Amp'd Mobile to exclusively bring "The Paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. News with April Scott" to Amp'd Live. "The Paranormal News with April Scott" is an investigative news series that examines mysterious sightings from around the world and includes analysis from experts at NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , government insiders, meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
"Today's youth, who represent the next generation of wireless customers, are increasingly expecting a higher level of entertainment from their devices," said Seth Cummings, senior vice president of content development and programming for Amp'd Mobile. "When we started Amp'd, we envisioned building the next-generation HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy . The traction we've established towards this goal has been phenomenal." In addition to original series being produced by Amp'd Mobile's veteran line-up of Hollywood creators, innovative youth-focused mobile programming is also under development by staff producers at Amp'd, including: * Gold Diggers Diggers, members of a small English religio-economic movement (fl. 1649–50), so called because they attempted to dig (i.e., cultivate) the wastelands. They were an offshoot of the more important group of Puritan extremists known as the Levelers. - a dating show in which two "hot" girls compete to have their date spend more money on them than the other. * Iron Lunch Lady - a comedic parody will reveal what happens when not-so-master chefs square off using only mystery meat. * Fashion Sense - Amp'd users talk about what's hot in clothing trends, exploring the coolest places to shop around the country. * Doggy Style - From city pound to Beverly Hills homes - Amp'd creates puppy rags-to-riches stories. * Sneaker Freaks - From the closet to the coolest shops, Amp'd finds the hottest sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl around the country. About Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile is the first integrated mobile entertainment company for youth, young professionals and early adopters, and the only 3G carrier in the U.S. specifically targeting that demographic. By leveraging the power of broadband wireless (EVDO), Amp'd Mobile offers traditional services such as voice and text within a completely fresh user interface designed specifically for the "mobile graduate" and third-generation (3G) technology. With a myriad of customizable options to meet each person's individual needs, as well as strategic alliances with top entertainment properties such as MTVN and Universal Music Group, Amp'd Mobile brings a more relevant, personal experience to the wireless lifestyle with unique music, video, community, entertainment, sports and gaming offerings divided into various channels for quick and easy access. Amp'd Mobile is offered nationwide and more information can be found at www.ampd.com. |
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