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Paperless tickets hit the right note at Big Green Gathering

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thebiggathering.jpgBig Green Gathering, the festival for ethical music fans will minimise its impact on the environment by delivering tickets to fans via tixmob, the mobile ticketing service, eliminating the environmental and financial cost of printing and delivering traditional paper based tickets.

The weekend music festival, taking place from 1st to 5th of August, is one of the first in the UK to use mobile ticketing. To buy tickets fans simply log on to new mobile ticketing website www.tixmob.com and pay for their tickets using a credit or debit card and have them delivered immediately to their mobile phone.

Festival goers can choose to receive all tickets on one phone or, for those buying multiple tickets, to have them delivered direct to their friends’ mobiles. Unlike traditional ticketing services tixmob charges no costly delivery fees. You simply pay the face value of the ticket plus a nominal processing charge and tickets will be available right up until the final minutes before the event starts.

Penny Kemp , Marketing Director at Big Green Gathering said, “Festival goers who come to Big Green Gathering will be delighted that we are going mobile. Mobile ticketing reduces the environmental impact of the festival and is just another small step on the road to becoming the most environmentally sound entertainment event in the UK.”

Originally posted on July 16, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

Viacom’s BET Networks continues its global expansion with new Internet video initiative in UK

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bet_brightcove.jpgBET Networks and Brightcove announced a partnership to distribute ad-supported Internet video channels in the United Kingdom.

Through its partnership with Brightcove, BET International will extend the distribution of its compelling content – including entertainment, music and celebrity programming – to online audiences in the UK via the new Internet video site, BETonBlast.co.uk. BET will also take advantage of Brightcove’s viral promotion features to enable consumers to share and embed BET Internet video content on websites, blogs and social networks in the UK. All Internet video channels will also offer online advertising opportunities sold by Viacom Brand Solutions in the UK.

Originally posted on July 13, 2007 @ 10:35 am

Universal Pictures, Google, launch the ultimate Bourne video game

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Universal Pictures and Google collaborate to launch a unique promotional avenue for the movie “The Bourne Ultimatum” — a new online game dubbed as “The Ultimate Search for Bourne with Google”

Inspired by the three Bourne movies, players assume the identity of an intelligence agent to track Jason Bourne across three continents using, yup, you got it, Google tools and gadgets, while answering clues along the way. The game is set to launch simultaneously in seven countries on Monday, July 16, and will run until the film’s opening on August 3.

“This is a great opportunity for us to bring the power of Google search products to help players across the globe hunt for Bourne online,” Google product manager Dylan Casey said. “We’re always looking for creative and engaging ways to connect people with the information they’re seeking, and this collaboration is a terrific example of that.” Apparently, this promotional video game done by Google and Universal team-up is the second of it’s kind, the first one being the Da Vinci Code.

Ultimate Search for Bourne with Google

The Ultimate Search for Bourne with Google can be found at www.google.com/bourne or www.searchforbourne.com.

Originally posted on July 12, 2007 @ 5:55 am

Amazon enables Unbox purchases directly from Tivos

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Amazon and Tivo today unveiled an expansion to the Amazon Unbox on Tivo service which will make it easier for Tivo owners to download Amazon movies to their DVRs. This expansion should be available now.

Tivo DVR owners will now be able to rent or buy Amazon Unbox movies directly from their sofas via the Tivo remote. This new way of buying movies is in addition to the standard method of purchasing Unbox videos through Amazon’s Web site. Users wishing to use this new feature will first have to establish a PIN number through the Amazon Unbox Settings page.

To shop for Unbox videos on a Tivo DVR, users must go to “TiVo Central” and select “Find Programs”, “Download TV & Movies”, then “Amazon Unbox”.

Originally posted on July 10, 2007 @ 2:39 pm