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For complete sponsor package information, contact:
John Grosfeld, San Francisco Sales Director
(A-M companies)
at 650-759-8728 or john@ihollywoodforum.com
Michael Naughton, Corporate Accounts
Coordinator (N-Z companies)
at: 310-566-7748 or mnaughton@ihollywoodforum.com
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– PassalongNetworks
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– MusicIP
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– Optimal Payments
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– Digonex
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– PaymentOne
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– CollegeRadio
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– GlobalCollect
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– Parks Associates
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– Registration
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– 1st Klass Productions
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– Music Business Registry (Media Partner)
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PassAlong
Networks
www.passalongnetworks.com
230 Franklin Road
Suite 11-JJ
Franklin , TN 37064
615.425.5800
PassAlong Networks is an innovative technology company
passionate about the future of digital media. Our goal
is to enable new pathways to connect content creators
and consumers. Founded in 2002, PassAlong Networks is
based in Nashville, Tennessee where it began its foray
into digital media distribution by launching (PassAlong.com)
the company's own music download store. At launch, the
PassAlongT music service offered several distinctive
features including
Passing and PointsT. Passing occurs when consumers pass
music to their friends via instant messaging services
by MSN, Yahoo! and AOL or by e-mail. Points, which are
redeemable for free music, are earned when consumers
pass music to each other and a sale results. |
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GlobalCollect
www.globalcollect.com
Planetenweg 43-59
2132 HM Hoofddorp
+31 (0) 23 567 1500
GlobalCollect is the leading Payment Service Provider
of local payment solutions for international businesses.
Our expertise in electronic payment methods for Customer
Non-Present (CNP) businesses such as internet, mail,
telephone order is greatly valued by clients from a
wide range of industries such as travel, ticketing,
telecommunications, retail, publishing, portals, online
games, and digital content. For each of our clients,
we offer the highest service level that includes a dedicated
team who thrives to optimize your payment strategy.
This optimization will significantly contribute to increasing
your sales and reducing risk. |
Silver
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MusicIP
www.musicip.com
605 E. Huntington Dr., Suite 201
Monrovia , CA 91016
626-359-9702
Founded in 2000, MusicIP is an innovator in the digital
music industry. MusicIP's unique music matching technology
defines relationships between sets of music based on
acoustic traits and characteristics. With the goal to
know about all the music in the world, MusicIP creates
products and services to increase listener enjoyment
and artist recognition through a one-of-a-kind music
discovery experience. |
Bronze
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Gracenote
www.gracenote.com
2000 Powell Street, Suite 1380
Emeryville , CA 94608
510-547-9680
The global leader in digital entertainment technology,
Gracenote provides embedded solutions to businesses
that enable consumers to better manage, enjoy and discover
digital media. Headquartered in Emeryville, California,
Gracenote provides digital entertainment technology
for carriers, handset manufacturers and integrators
in all global markets. Gracenote's technology is also
embedded in leading software applications, such as Apple's
iTunes, RealNetworks RealPlayer, AOL's Winamp, as well
as portable, home and automobile consumer electronics
brands such as Alpine, Clarion, Denon, Fujitsu Ten,
JVC, Gibson Audio, Kenwood, Matsushita, Onkyo, Panasonic,
Philips, Pioneer, RCA, Rockford Fosgate, Samsung, Sanyo,
Sharp, Sony, TDK and Yamaha. |
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Digonex
Technologies, Inc.
www.digonex.com
1 North Meridian Street, Suite 400
Indianapolis , IN 46204
317.638.4150
Software developer Digonex Technologies, Inc focuses
primarily on development of automated and optimized
pricing platforms for e-commerce, allowing client companies
to increase customer retention, and maximize revenue.
The DigonexR core technology, Digital Online ExchangeT
(DOE), uses patented technology that continuously collects
purchase pattern data to optimally price goods and services
for clients. Using the DOE patented technology; pricing
becomes a manageable and market based process for mitigating
the risk of human error that many pricing services face.
For more information, visit Digonex Technologies' website
at www.digonex.com. |
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Optimal
Payments Inc.
www.optimalpayments.com
2 Place Alexis-Nihon
3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Suite 700
Montreal , Quebec , Canada H3Z 3C1
514.380.2700
Optimal Payments is the payment processing subsidiary
of Optimal Group
Inc. , a NASDAQ-listed company (OPMR) with over
$7.5 billion in worldwide processing annually. Optimal
Payments provides the processing technology and services
that businesses require to accept credit/debit card
or electronic check payments for retail/point of sale,
Internet, and mail-order/telephone-order (MOTO) transactions. |
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Founded in July 2000, PaymentOne has
pioneered advanced "No Credit Card Required" payment
and marketing services that accelerate the adoption
of digital services and premium content. As the foundation
of its services, the company manages the PaymentOne
Carrier Network â"¢ (PCN) which provides
digital merchants a single integration point and direct
access to over 150 million billable consumers across
over 1000 network operators. PaymentOne's turnkey payment
platforms, hosted commerce management and content syndication
services help clients attract, convert and retain more
consumers. The company's services and best practice
expertise have proven to lift client revenue and subscriber
acquisition rates by 25% or more. |
Exhibitor
Sponsor |
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CollegeRadio.com
offers live streams from college radio stations nationwide
as well as providing music and entertainment news regarding
college-related events. Colleges.com
is a premier Internet destination that helps students
find and finance their education. Services include a
college search engine list of over 4,800 colleges and
universities, a scholarship search engine offering $2
billion in awards and scholarships and a section dedicated
to college admissions advice. Colleges.com is ranked
#1 for the keyword 'colleges' on Google, Yahoo, MySpace,
MSN, Ask and AOL. |
Media
Partners |
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ABI Research was founded in 1990 to assist manufacturers
of wireless semiconductor components in understanding
and entering new markets. As tech-driven emerging markets
proliferated during the 90's, ABI Research expanded
its analytical coverage to a broader base of manufacturers
and service companies participating in the technology
market revolution. ABI Research is committed to reinvestment
in research infrastructure, enhancing knowledge sharing
and speeding the flow of information between our research
teams and the industries we cover. |
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Business Wire disseminates full-text
news announcements from thousands of companies and organizations
worldwide (our members) to news media, financial markets,
disclosure systems, investors, information web sites,
databases and other audiences. With more than four decades
of experience and leadership, Business Wire is a trusted
source for journalists, investors, regulatory agencies,
and communications professionals. In fact, Business
Wire enables companies to fulfill the disclosure requirements
in many countries, including the US, UK, Canada, France
and Germany as well as reach financial audiences around
the globe. |
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Circle of Songs® is the first-ever
member-based career development company for musicians.
Our overall mission is to assist musicians with building
financially profitable careers. Membership is
offered to both professional and emerging musicians
through two membership programs:
(1) Professional Membership and (2) the Musicians Network
Membership. The Professional Membership is available
to highly experienced musicians who meet specific eligibility
requirements whereas the Musicians Network Membership
is offered to all level musicians. Circle of Songs
Members benefit from a variety of specialized services
in career development, live performance, promotion and
distribution, education, and direct access to thousands
of resources. |
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Conference Guru knows that the reasons
you attend conferences are to help establish your leadership
position in the marketplace and network with your peers.
A worthwhile conference experience generates new contacts,
sales leads, potential strategic partners and investors;
helps gather competitive intelligence and even provides
inspiration for new products and services. We help make
sure that happens for you. |
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Founded
in 1975, Ipsos is the only independent, publicly-listed
company in its field that is managed by research professionals.
We have grown beyond our French roots, and
achieved continuous improvement, through organic growth
and an aggressive strategy of acquiring companies who
share our worldview of inquiry and multiple points-of-view.
Since 1990, we have created or acquired more than 40
companies worldwide. This growth has
been built with both internal and external funding,
including the stock market. Ipsos debuted on the Paris
Stock Exchange on July 1, 1999. In 2003, Ipsos Group
revenues reached € 570 million. |
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iSuppli Corporation is the global leader in communications,
media and technology value chain research and advisory
services. iSuppli provides market intelligence
services for the EMS , OEM and supplier communities
in addition to servicing consumer electronics and media
concerns. Services afforded by iSuppli range
from electronic component research to device-specific
application market forecasts, from teardown analysis
to consumer electronics and from display device and
systems research to multimedia content and services.
More information is available at www.isuppli.com |
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The
Music Business Registry is directory subscribers including
top record company executives, music publishers, artist
managers, agents, music attorneys, recording artists,
studios and other various music business professionals
in Los Angeles , New York , Nashville , Chicago , Atlanta
, Toronto , London , Dublin, Copenhagen , Tokyo , Stockholm
, Sydney and Munich. |
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The
National Association of Record Industry Professionals
(NARIP) promotes education, career advancement and good
will among record executives. With an emphasis on becoming
better informed and more effective, NARIP offers professional
development opportunities, educational programs and
seminars with top executives, the opportunity to meet
and interact with peers, a job bank, a member resume
database for employers, a mentor network, a newsletter
and other services. Headquartered in Los Angeles, NARIP
has chapters in New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco,
Phoenix and London. www.narip.com |
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NEW MUSIC TIPSHEET is the music industry's leading source
for new release information. Started by Scott Perry
in 2002, the Tipsheet is used by online music providers,
radio, retail, press, blogs, booking agents, music supervisors,
managers, lawyers and many more professionals seeking
easy, all-in-one access to weekly release dates, daily
music and technology headlines, hourly blog links, tour
dates, and TV appearances.
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Parks
Associates is a market research and consulting firm
focused on all product and service segments that are
"digital" or provide connectivity within the home. The
company's expertise includes home networks, digital
entertainment, consumer electronics, broadband and Internet
services, and home systems. |
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Portio Research Ltd is an independent UK-based
research company, focussed on providing high quality,
data-centric reports and database products. We
specialise in the mobile and wireless sector, with
an increasing awareness of the converging telecoms and
media industries. We aim to help you by delivering honestly-priced
research reports and analyst research that is based
on hard facts and proven numbers, rather than hype and
speculation. |
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Rogers & Cowan, through its Convergence
specialty practice, has been meeting the public relations
needs of clients in new media and digital entertainment,
consumer technologies and lifestyles, and related programming,
hardware and software since 1994. Rogers & Cowan,
part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, provides
public relations and strategic marketing counsel services
to iHollywood Forum seminar and conference properties
including Digital Media Summits, Mobile Tech Forums
and Mobile Entertainment Forums. |
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They
say necessity is the mother of invention; UrbanWorld
Wireless was founded in the like. Urbanworld's founder
Mike Johns was working for Rap Page Magazine when he
noticed how many in the Music Industry and the urban
community had Motorola two-way pagers and increasingly
sophisticated mobile phones. Not only that, these individuals
from all walks of life depended on being connected via
these devices. |
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