Comcast Activity TV Announces Results of 2009 Halloween Survey.Survey Highlights Halloween Hits & Disses for 2009: Hannah Montana Narrowly Beats President Obama as Coolest Mask Unprecedented Horror Movie Fest Collection Joins Full Line-up of Family Halloween Activities On Demand PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast announced the findings of its "2009 Halloween Activity TV Survey", an independent nationwide survey*, polling youngsters about what's hot and what's not this Halloween with Hannah Montana squeaking by President Obama as their top choice for Halloween mask. Comcast also revealed its "Halloween Movie Fest Collection" On Demand, which features more than 80 top horror hits including everything from Friday the 13(th) films to pop culture favorite Twilight featuring exclusive scenes from the new film New Moon. Activity TV 2009 Halloween Survey Activity TV, a Comcast On Demand network, hosted the Halloween survey at www.activitytv.com and culled the opinions of more than 600 youngsters on all things pertaining to the season of scary. In addition to the Hannah Montana/President Obama mask favorites, Britney Spears, Star Wars characters and the Jonas Brothers ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively. Others mentioned were Batman, Spider-man and Zac Efron. The top Halloween treats to make kids gag this year were brussels sprouts Brussels sprouts, variety (gemmifera) of cabbage producing small edible heads (sprouts) along the stem. It is cultivated like cabbage and was first developed in Belgium and France in the 18th cent. (48%), black licorice licorice (lĭk`ərĭs, –rĭsh), name for a European plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and for the sweet substance obtained from the root. (25%), candy corn (11%), raisins (9%) and an apple (7%). The best Halloween tricks that gets the loudest scream this year were "shocking my grandparents by hiding in their closet" (29%), "faking out a friend by putting ketchup on my shirt" (26%), "leaving glue on a door knob" (25%) and "toilet papering someone's front lawn" (20%). To help make this Halloween one to remember, Comcast will also feature how-to programming called Gross Out Crafts on Comcast Activity TV. Activity TV's Gross Out Crafts provides video instruction for more than 30 Halloween activities for kids ages six to ten and includes activities such as art, magic tricks, cooking and more. For example, kids can learn how to do everything from create a delicious Kitty Litter Cake Kitty Litter Cake is a confection popular in North America, although cake may be something of a misnomer in this instance, given the overall texture and presentation of the dish; it may instead be a type of cobbler. to "faking" a broken finger. Horror Movie Fest Collection In addition to Halloween activities, Comcast Digital Preferred customers have access to more than 80 classic and contemporary Halloween movies now available in the Horror Movie Fest folder On Demand, which includes freak out favorites like: * All original Alien movies * All Friday the 13(th) movies * Psycho * The Exorcist ex·or·cism n. 1. The act, practice, or ceremony of exorcising. 2. A formula used in exorcising. ex  or·cist n.
* The Shining * Amityville Horror * The Fly * Interview with a Vampire * The Blair Witch Project * Nightmare on Elm Street * The Village * Carrie * Night of the Living Dead * The Birds * Twilight and New Moon exclusives The On Demand Horror Movie Collection features many more movies including horror spoofs such as: Young Frankenstein, Dracula: Dead and Loving It Dead and Loving It is a paranormal/romance sstory collection by MaryJanice Davidson containing characters from both the Undead and Wyndham werewolf series. , Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Friday Night, Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy (or "rom zom com" as it dubs itself), released in 2004. It was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, directed by Edgar Wright, and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. and Scary Movie 3. The entire Horror Movie Fest collection can found at Movies & Events > Movie Collections > Horror Movie Fest. About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.9 million cable customers, 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.0 million Comcast Digital Voice Comcast Digital Voice (CDV) is a home telephone product offered in limited markets by Comcast Corporation. It is similar to VoIP, but differs in that it operates on a dedicated server and assigns priority to the information sent over the CDV network, and also means that the customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout PBS KIDS Sprout (sometimes referred to as PBS Sprout, KIDS Sprout, or just Sprout) is a US digital cable television channel, video-on-demand (VOD) service, and website providing PBS KIDS shows and original programming for preschoolers and their families. , TV One, ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) is a division of Comcast focusing on online media. CIM was created in 2005 and is headed by President, Amy Banse and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development, Samuel Schwartz. Comcast Interactive Media products include: Comcast. , which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. *Conducted by independent research firm ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum. (2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads. Research on behalf of Comcast. Nationwide 600+ individuals were surveyed. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6078290&lang=en |
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