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News from ShowStoppersPodTech to Stream Online Coverage of ShowStoppers Press Event in NYC Through Virtual BlogHaus Beta
PALO ALTO, CA., and AUSTIN, TX., Sept. 19, 2007 – PodTech today announced it will broadcast live video coverage, product demonstrations and executive interviews from ShowStoppers for the Digital Holidays, a press-only event in New York City that previews a blizzard of digital holiday gift ideas for work, home and play months before Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa and Black Friday. PodTech will stream the coverage from ShowStoppers in New York to its team of pioneering and influential technology reporters, analysts, bloggers, vloggers and podcasters located in Silicon Valley and around the world. PodTech and ShowStoppers will also host a Virtual BlogHaus Beta at ShowStoppers that includes Internet access for journalists and bloggers to use as they produce print and online coverage from the press event, which features more than 30 companies. “We are extending the reach of news coming from ShowStoppers to a global audience,” said Valerie Cunningham, Director of Marketing of PodTech Network. “And we are making it easier for mainstream media and online media to work through notes, press releases, product photos, podcasts, video and other information in order to quickly post more coverage of the event, the companies that sponsor that event, and the products introduced at that event,” said Steve Leon, partner, ShowStoppers. Also broadcasting from inside ShowStoppers for the Digital Holidays is “Into Tomorrow,” the radio network program that covers the latest in consumer electronics and technology. Broadcasting for over 12 years on the Advanced Radio Network and hosted by Dave Graveline, Into Tomorrow is a three-hour program airing every weekend on over 100 stations across the US and Canada and on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. The show is also beamed by satellite to the Armed Forces Radio Network and to over 140 countries. Into Tomorrow also broadcasts 60-second daily features, streams live audio and video from its web site, www.graveline.com, and podcasts show archives. About PodTech PodTech is the leading online video network featuring original technology and digital entertainment programming. PodTech’s media platform allows professional content producers to deliver their content to millions of people who can easily find, share, and interact with it. For advertisers, PodTech offers unique, highly contextual ways to reach and measure target audiences through the fastest growing, most viral medium of online video. PodTech has over 40 clients including advertisers such as IBM, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Seagate, and Symantec. Founded in 2005, PodTech Network is based in Palo Alto, California, and is funded by US Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. About ShowStoppers ShowStoppers is the only producer of press-only special events with global experience and expertise. Now in its 15th year, ShowStoppers events are regularly attended by, among others, ABC, CBS, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, This Old House Magazine, Business Week, Consumer Reports, engadget, Fortune, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline, Maxim, Money, Outlook 4Mobility, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Stuff, USA Today, C/Net, Dow Jones, eWeek, IDC, InfoWorld, Jupiter Research, Network World, Newsweek, PC Magazine, PC World, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, USA Today and ZD Net. ShowStoppers has hosted the PC World awards for six consecutive years and is partnered with Hannover Fairs USA Inc., PR Newswire, the Wi-Fi Alliance, the Austin Wireless Alliance, and Women in Technology International. The next ShowStoppers events are ShowStoppers for the Digital Holiday, 26 Sept. 2007, in New York City; ShowStoppers @ CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment, 22 Oct. 2007, in San Francisco; ShowStoppers @ CES, 7 Jan. 2008; and PressExpoUSA, 3 Mar. 2008, in Hannover, Germany, at CeBIT, the world’s largest trade fair for digital, IT and telecommunications for work and home. For details on how to participate as a sponsor, contact Dave Leon, director of sales for ShowStoppers, at 845-638-3527. Contacts: Valerie Cunningham Steve Leon Back to top |
