Cannes Market, Showbizdata.com, Prowebcast and Spotvision Partner to Redefine the Face of La Croisette; Giant Outdoor Viewing Screens Are a First in Cannes.Business/Entertainment & Technology Editors LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 28, 2000 In a first for Cannes, the prestigious Cannes Market and ShowBIZData.com, the officially selected Internet company of the Cannes Market 2000, have forged an exclusive alliance with Florida-based streaming Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider ProWebCast, to provide exclusive content and coverage of both the market and festival-related activities, in an agreement brokered by ShowBIZData.com. In another first, Cannes Market, along with ShowBIZData.com, has formed an exclusive partnership with Montreal-based company Spotvision, to install two strategically placed giant outdoor animated video screens on Cannes' main thoroughfare, La Croisette. The non-audio billboard screens, which are the only video billboards in Cannes, are the same as the landmark Nasdaq mega screen, which dominates New York's Times Square. Utilizing Saco-Smartvision superior technology, one of the 19' x 15' screens will be placed in front of Cannes Market's new Riviera at the side of the world-renowned Palais des Festivals, the site of world premieres for more than 50 years, facing La Croisette. The other screen will be located on the West side of the entrance to the famed and heavily trafficked Carlton Hotel Carlton Hotel can refer to:
The Cannes Market has spearheaded the selling of advertising space on the billboards for trailers and other electronic media. Exclusive content will also be covered by the ProWebCast News Bureau team and will be streamed not only on the big screens, but on the newly launched cannesmarket.com, ShowBIZData.com, Warner Brothers' entertaindom.com and on Microsoft's windowsmedia.com film section as part of its Cannes 2000 coverage. ProWebCast, who is also responsible for syndicating the content of the Cannes 2000 coverage, is currently in negotiations to expand its media outlets. Scheduled content will be broken into three separate 20-minute segments per day, covering business and corporate activities including interviews with the film industry's top executives, celebrity interviews and events, and the Cannes party beat. A key member of ProWebcast's News Bureau team is Emmy-award winning journalist and entertainment programming producer Reba Merrill, who will lead the company's team of interviewers. ProWebCast will provide a feed to stream to partner Websites at the following times from Cannes: 4 p.m. (10 a.m. ET, 7 a.m. PT), 7 p.m. (1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT) and 10 p.m. (4 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. PT). Jerome Paillard pail·lard n. A slice of veal, chicken, or beef that is pounded until very thin and cooked quickly. [Origin unknown.] , Executive Director of the Cannes Market, stated: "I'm very excited about this partnership. These screens provide film companies with a high quality, dynamic and centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. tool for promotion that can be used as an alternative to billboards. I feel we have found a solution that is considerate for both Cannes residents and festivalgoers. I think this will be successful for all." "This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase a new medium for not only screening trailers but also to display the spectacle and style of Cannes in a format designed for superior viewing quality," Oliver Eberle, Founder, President 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 Showbizdata.com, concurred. "Spotvision is proud to introduce this new technology to Cannes. This will provide an added dimension to La Croisette that is not only impactful, but exciting and informative," said Mimo Kabbara, Founder and President of Spotvision. Crawford Grimsley, President and CEO of ProWebCast stated: "We are proud to be part of the stellar team that will give both Internet users and Cannes attendees the inside track to this most prestigious entertainment event." The screens will operate 20 hours per day for 11 days beginning on May 10 with content running in a rotating 60-minute loop. About the Companies About Cannes Market An integral part of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. , the Cannes Market is the world's premier film trading place, where more than 5,000 industry professionals register and conduct business over 10 days; the dates this year are May 10-20. The Cannes Market, which is run by the MIF (1) (Maker Interchange Format) An alternate file format for a FrameMaker document. A MIF file is ASCII text, which can be created in another program and imported into FrameMaker. Organization, has established itself as a leading provider of information of the industry with its well-known Guide and now its powerful Website www.cannesmarket.com. Headed by Jerome Paillard, the MIF Organization has a team of 265 personnel and is responsible for creating MITIC MITIC International Market for Technology & Innovation in Cinema , the International Exhibition of Technology and innovation in Cinema. This year marks the launch of the Riviera, the first business center of its kind specifically designed for film buyers and sellers. About ShowBIZData.com Established by producer Oliver Eberle in 1997, and based on the principle that understanding the information based upon which movies are made is key to working in Hollywood, ShowBIZData.com is the most comprehensive entertainment industry database online. The company's flagship service provides entertainment professionals and enthusiasts with a fast and easy way to obtain detailed information about the film industry. Anyone with an Internet connection and a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. can log onto http://www.showbizdata.com and receive instant box office information, detailed development reports, production news, industry headlines, film market calendars, release schedules, market analysis and more. Users include film executives, producers, production companies and personnel, actors, industry analysts, banks and anyone who wants instant and convenient access to the latest news and information relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the entertainment industry. ShowBIZData also syndicates content and news to Lycos and other leading Internet sites. About cannesmarket.com Respected information service Film Finders, the prestigious Cannes Market and ShowBIZData.com recently announced the much-anticipated, all-season www.cannesmarket.com, which is a joint venture between the three companies. By linking their existing databases, cannesmarket.com will have the most comprehensive, up-to-date, accurate and easily accessible film market database online, available all year round to entertainment industry professionals. Launching in time for Cannes 2000, the site will feature thousands of new and available films, more than 2,000 companies and 8,000 professionals made up of buyers, sellers and industry professionals. About ProWebCast ProWebCast is a leading Internet Webcast company, providing the highest quality production, distribution and marketing of event-based streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. content. ProWebCast covers a wide range of events, including high-profile entertainment venues, sporting events, business information, concerts and much more. ProWebCast provided live Webcasting of "Jamdance," six nights of live concerts from the Sundance Film Festival for Time Warner's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ) Entertaindom.com Website, and is currently covering Ed McMahon's NEXT BIG STAR, a completely on-line talent search. As an Affiliate Member of PSMG PSMG Pharmaceutical Sales Managers Group (Hampshire, UK) , ProWebCast uses a variety of PSMG's (www.psmg.com) streaming media services and solutions, including the highest quality production technology available for Internet broadcasting Internet Broadcasting (formerly Internet Broadcasting Systems), or IBS, is a provider of television station web sites. IBS hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics. . Visit ProWebCast on the Internet at www.prowebcast.com. About Spotvision Spotvision is the first company in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to offer true television quality in the billboard screen medium. A Montreal-based company, Spotvision.com screens will feature up-to-the-minute film trailers, clips and screening schedules throughout the festival. Spotvision has chosen Saco-Smartvision screens because they are the best LED technology on the market. Known worldwide for their ability to deliver the brightest and highest-quality image, Saco-Smartvision screens have been used in live stage shows by U2, Celine Dion, Cher, Janet Jackson, Rod Stewart and many more. The screens have permanent homes at Walt Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex is a 220 acre (89 ha) athletic complex located in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, that consists of 8 venues. , the Baltimore Ravens Saco-Smartvision screens are the reinvention of television. Unlike traditional video projections, this new technology allows excellent viewing quality in the day as well as at night. Smartvision is a full-color, flat screen LED matrix display system that uses red, green and blue light emitting diodes See LED. (LEDs) to achieve true television quality video as well as graphic and text displays. The screen displays a full range of colors (1 billion) and is easy to drive with standard video or SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. computer signals. |
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