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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

The NPD Group Expands Role of Entertainment Sector Executive

The NPD Group today announced Ricardo Solar, the senior vice president of NPD's Media Entertainment practice, will take on the additional responsibility of leading the company's U.S. Toys practice, effective Oct. 1, 2019. Solar will be replacing Kim Magnus, who has been promoted to senior vice president, NPD Canada.

Based in the NPD office in Hollywood, California, Solar brings with him many years of strategic experience across several different industries, including media entertainment and toys. In his expanded role, Solar will be responsible for overseeing NPD's extensive portfolio of U.S. toys and media entertainment products and services.

"Ricardo's experience in the market research, media entertainment and toys industries will help us build on our strengths and reputation for strategic innovation," said Joanne Hageman, president U.S. Entertainment Sector and Latin America, The NPD Group. "His discipline and proven ability to adapt to new challenges will be essential, as we focus on the opportunities ahead of us."

Prior to joining NPD in May 2018, Ricardo held several roles at Sony Pictures Entertainment, including vice president of sales and vice president of sales planning. Before joining Sony, Solar spent five years as a client development partner for Kantar and 12 years at Mattel in various U.S. and International brand marketing, customer marketing, and brand merchandising roles.

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About The NPD Group, Inc.
NPD offers data, industry expertise, and prescriptive analytics to help our clients grow their businesses in a changing world. Over 2000 companies worldwide rely on us to help them measure, predict, and improve performance across all channels, including brick-and-mortar and e-commerce. We have offices in 27 cities worldwide, with operations spanning the Americas, Europe, and APAC. Practice areas include apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, books, B2B technology, consumer technology, e-commerce, fashion accessories, food consumption, foodservice, footwear, home, juvenile products, media entertainment, mobile, office supplies, retail, sports, toys, travel retail, video games, and watches / jewelry. For more information, visit npd.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup @npd_entertain

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Tiger Pistol Announces LSA Place Conference Sponsorship, Speaking Engagement

Tiger Pistol, the world's number one social advertising automation platform for local, announced its official sponsorship of the Local Search Association (LSA) Place Conference. The conference will be held in Austin, Texas, at Facebook's offices on October 15-16.

On Wednesday, October 16 at 9 a.m., Tiger Pistol CEO, Paul Elliott, will serve as a featured panelist on "Social Media Through a Local Lens," a session that explores where location fits into social media strategy among consumer expectations, data, and privacy, and how to maximize the opportunities.

Whether a reseller, agency, or multi-location brand has a few hundred or thousands of local customers or outlets, Tiger Pistol offers the automation and workflow capabilities that save time building, launching, optimizing, and monitoring individual social advertising campaigns.

"Native social platforms simply were not designed with local advertising in mind, making it nearly impossible for advertisers to execute large volumes of local campaigns with the personalization and localization that's required to deliver the optimal impact," said Elliott. "I am excited to share the insights and best practices that allow Tiger Pistol to unlock value and efficiency of social advertising at scale for global brands, resellers, and agencies."

The LSA Place Conference brings together a diverse group of attendees focused on driving and measuring online-to-offline consumer outcomes. It delivers new insights and best practices through thought leadership, provocative panels, critical topics, and unique case studies.

"Place offers the perfect venue to discuss the next phase of social media advertising, where automation allows us to collect, present, and utilize data to show the real value of our social advertising," said Elliott.

To learn more about how Tiger Pistol, the world's #1 social advertising automation platform for local, unlocks local activation at global scale for brands, resellers, and agencies visit http://www.tigerpistol.com.

About Tiger Pistol

Tiger Pistol is the world's #1 social advertising automation platform for local. For nearly a decade, the company has been obsessively focused on building the world's most effective social advertising platform for global brands, resellers, and agencies who realize the power of local activation at scale. As a preferred Facebook Marketing Partner and the largest third-party publisher of social advertising for local, Tiger Pistol creates, deploys, manages, and optimizes high-performance Facebook and Instagram ads at unprecedented scale, with over 800k Facebook and Instagram campaigns published to date. Tiger Pistol's first of its kind technology delivers meaningful and measurable business impact for brands, resellers, and agencies alike, helping to unlock value and efficiency through innovation-led social advertising automation. To learn more, call (888) 400-8845, visit TigerPistol.com, or follow on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Read this here.

About LSA

The Local Search Association (LSA) is a not-for-profit association of more than 300 media companies, agencies and technology providers that enable enterprises and small businesses to achieve more within local markets. From Facebook, Microsoft and Google to Yext, Thryv and Yelp, LSA members represent today's top organizations serving businesses with a local presence. LSA is dedicated to helping its members succeed through data and insights, education, events, consulting and more. For more information and to become a member visit https://www.thelsa.org.

Bring the Army of the Undead to Life On Screen with the Help of Red Giant Cheap Tricks

Red Giant, creator of filmmaking, visual effects and motion graphics tools, has just released the third installment of its Cheap Tricks special edition Game of Thrones tutorial series. In this latest episode, Action Movie Dad, Hashi, demonstrates how to recreate intense battle scenes between the living and the dead from the Emmy®-award winning television show, including how to animate the zombie horde that would make up the dreaded army of the dead. As part of today's tutorial release, Red Giant will also be giving away free green screen footage and launching a contest to give folks a chance to win all tools from the Red Giant product family. Read all the latest news.

Watch Now: Create A Zombie Horde Battle Scene - Game of Thrones VFX Part 3

"The whole point is to show you that attacking a fully CG character doesn't have to be a big deal, even when it's got some cool character effects and things associated with it," Hashi says in the tutorial. Continue reading.

Don't have Red Giant VFX Suite? Download a fully functioning trial to follow along: https://www.redgiant.com/products/vfx-suite/free-trial-download/.

Get Started with Free Green Screen Footage
Red Giant is offering VFX artists 75 free green screen clips to use in their own VFX shots to get started. Featuring professional stunt artists from the UK's Independent Drama, the shots can be downloaded now from Digital Pigeon, at http://bit.ly/RG-Warriors.

Win the Complete Red Giant Toolset
Red Giant will be giving away all the tools they make to one grand prize winner, and a single suite each to two additional winners as part of their Red Giant Green Screen Twitter contest. Here are the rules:

1. Follow Red Giant on Twitter @RedGiantNews
2. Post your video entry to Twitter with the hashtag #RGGreenScreen
3. Use Red Giant footage in your entry (does not have to be the main feature)
4. Include the link to this blog post in your entry (http://redgiant.com/RGgreenscreen)
5. Contest Ends 10/8/2019 at 10AM PDT

Once all the entries are in, the Red Giant team will pick their favorite for the grand prize. Two additional entries will win a single suite of their choice. Winners will be chosen entirely based on a series of complex judging algorithms, or maybe just whatever judges think is cool/funny/epic/awesome looking.

In this tutorial, Hashi uses the following tools from Red Giant:
• VFX Primatte Keyer 6: Primatte Keyer is a powerful tool for fast, automatic chroma-keying. Whether using a green screen or blue screen, Primatte Keyer's auto-compute algorithms can often pull a perfect key automatically, with a new user interface and clean up tools that make it easy to select and separate the background and foreground.

• VFX King Pin Tracker: King Pin Tracker makes it simple to place signs or objects into a shot, even if they aren't simple rectangles. With powerful "To" and "From" pins, and the ability to offset and rotate in planar space, artists can pin whatever they want, wherever they want it.
• Trapcode Particular: Create organic 3D particle effects, complex motion graphics elements and more After Effects. Now with Fluid Dynamics.

Request a Media Review Kit or Briefing
Members of the media are invited to review any individual tools or product suites from Red Giant. For more information or to request a product review kit or private press briefing with a Red Giant executive, please contact Nick Govoni at nick@zazilmediagroup.com. Read all the related news.

About Red Giant
Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers. Our company culture is focused on finding balance between work and life – we call it "the double bottom line" – this philosophy helps us ignore complexity in favor of building simple tools that yield giant results. Over the last decade, our products (like Magic Bullet, Trapcode, Universe and PluralEyes) have become the standard in film and broadcast post-production. With over 200,000 users, it's nearly impossible to watch 20 minutes of TV without seeing our software in use. From our experiences as artists and filmmakers, we aspire to not only provide tools for artists, but inspiration as well. Watch our films, learn from over 200 free tutorials, or try our software at http://www.redgiant.com. Be alert to the latest news.

Avatar Based Virtual Event Startup Teooh.com Launches to Make Global Events Accessible to Everyone From Big Brands to Individuals and Podcasters

Event Organizers and Community Builders have an incredibly stressful job. Renting venues, coordinating speakers, and handling logistics. They do all of this for the benefit of helping people who attend their events. Teooh.com is delighted to pull the curtain back on the most advanced avatar-based virtual event platform. With the release of their pioneering technology, designed to empower everyone from big brands to individuals, Teooh is set to democratize the way distributed passion, professional, and enterprise communities connect by providing technology which allows event attendees to feel like they're in the same room, even when they're potentially in different countries.

"Events are a key way for brands and personalities to unlock the power of their communities by bringing people together to connect. The reality is that traditional events are costly and even big brands can struggle to justify the expense." said Don Stein, CEO of Teooh Inc. "On our platform a Fortune 100 company could host employee on-boarding or a sales kick off, professional event organizations can host virtual panels and fireside chats, and passion communities revolving around subjects like movies or technology could host virtual meetups so that attendees can join from anywhere with an internet connection."

Industry reports reveal that events may be more important than ever. 74 percent of event attendees reported a more positive perception of a public figure or an organization after attending their event. Furthermore, 96 percent of people who report having had a great experience at an event are more inclined to make a purchase.

"No other platform is focused on helping distributed passionate, professional and enterprise communities virtually connect from anywhere with an internet connection. Platforms like Reddit and Slack were never developed to host events, and while they're good for keeping a community informed, threaded conversations can get in the way of real connections." said Don Stein, CEO of Teooh Inc. "Zoom, Google Hangouts, and Skype were built for video conference meetings and webinars, but they weren't designed for online events where thousands of attendees can walk around and meet each other just like at a real event. This is a big opportunity for established conferences like Comic Con International or CES to virtually offer some of their content to a new and curious audience."

The CEO of Teooh Inc, Don Stein is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business, and also Draper University, prior to founding Teooh, Don was the Founder and Managing Director of Candela Partners, an early stage Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco that he co-founded with Larry Braitman. Click here to read the latest news.

At launch Teooh is hosting events with VC and Bitcoin pioneer Tim Draper (Investments include Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, Twitter Docusign, Twitter and Coinbase), CNBC personality and Apple reporter Gene Muster, Global Community of Entrepreneurs Startup Grind, as well as several recognizable podcasters looking to bring greater engagement to their shows by adding a virtual "live" audience.
Virtual events on Teooh combine all the cost, ease and time benefits of live streaming platforms with the networking and interactive benefits of in-person events. For more information or to start setting up your own event please visit http://www.teooh.com or reach out to Community@teooh.com and Connect Your People.

For the Love of Music! New Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC) Partner is Living his Dream

Even when Chris Werner was grading papers and teaching youngsters as a public school teacher in York, PA, his dream was "always to operate a music venue." Now, the 42-year-old entrepreneur's wish is a reality. The life-long York County resident is the newest investor in the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC), along with his two partners, Chuck London, a former network TV producer and executive; and Javier Diaz, an investment banker and businessman who recently purchased the live music venue and arts center located at 1110 N. 3rd Street in Harrisburg.

"Music was always an interest of mine because of my father Craig," said Werner. "He taught me all about rock 'n roll since I was a kid and has been my biggest supporter. I intended to be a DJ, but I did the 'right thing', went to college, got a master's degree in education from York College, taught elementary school for 12 years, but all the while I was completely obsessed with live music." After teaching class, Werner says he would go to concerts in New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC to see live performances. He admits that he graded papers at concerts, and might have been a little bleary-eyed during a few early morning lessons, but was having a blast burning the candle at both ends like many 20-somethings do. "I always had an obsession with meeting the artists. I would do anything possible to meet the bands when attending shows, and then I started collecting their autographs." That obsession eventually turned into a business when Werner started selling autographed memorabilia for profit. "I quickly realized there was a market for that, and I had amassed an amazing collection of autographs from artists that I had accumulated throughout my life." In 2011, Chris was able to quit his day job (teaching) to focus solely on his passion, and decided to launch Lifetime of Autographs, which is considered one of the top music memorabilia businesses in the U.S. (or world?).

Werner recalls the first time he stepped into HMAC. It was to see Bob Mould, known for his alternative rock bands Sugar and Husker Du. "I immediately fell in love with the venue, the vibe the different types of people. Back then, it was just Stage on Herr — a small room with church pew seating. I saw massive potential in the space, and when I was presented with the opportunity to become an investor last spring, I decided to leverage everything to finally live my dream of owning a live music venue."

"HMAC is not a typical music venue," added Werner. "We can accommodate 1,000 revelers in the Capitol Ballroom. We're constructing amazing green rooms and expanding with an additional state-of-the-art stage, which I'm certain will be one of the best nightlife attractions in Harrisburg when it's completed in early 2020. We curate so many different genres of music at HMAC, which is what makes the venue so special." In addition to music, Werner envisions hosting weddings, community outreach events, charity balls, performance art and even professional wrestling events. "My hope is that HMAC will be the epicenter of live arts in Harrisburg — the place where everyone wants to go and feels comfortable. My goal is to help make Harrisburg a thriving music scene and put us back on the map. This is my destiny, and I won't stop until we achieve what we're setting out to accomplish. I didn't choose this life, it chose me."

Future Media Conferences and Supermeet, LLC Announce the Return of the SuperMeets with the Boston SuperMeetUp! this November

Future Media Conferences and SuperMeet, LLC proudly announce the return of the SuperMeets with the Boston SuperMeetUp! this November. This event launches the next generation of SuperMeet community events and celebrates New England's production and post-production communities and leading tech companies that provide the tools content creators use every day. The SuperMeetUp! takes place on Friday, November 15, 2019 in the Empire Ballroom at the Courtyard Downtown Hotel in Boston, MA. It is co-located with the Keyframes Conference. Early bird tickets are on sale online only now for $10, or $7 for students and faculty at http://supermeet.com.

The SuperMeetUp! brings together a wide range of creatives and professionals, from Adobe, Avid, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro X editors to video gurus, digital and VR filmmakers and content creators. Take this opportunity to not only learn about the latest technology trends, but to network and share industry news and opportunities in a social setting that is both educational, exciting and fun!

The focus is on relationships and community - vital to fostering engaging digital storytelling and media content creation. Attendees get the chance to mingle with their peers and interact with and get questions answered from leading tech companies on creative tools they use in their daily workflows.

SuperMeetUp! attendees are automatically in the running to win awesome prizes from our sponsors! Past prizes at SuperMeet events have included prizes from Blackmagic Design, CoreMelt, iZotope, LumaForge, Frame.io, Intelligent Assistance, Atomos, Adobe, Avid, BorisFX, HP, iOgrapher, Pond5, Other World Computing, RE:Vision Effects, Red Giant, Digital Anarchy and more! You can purchase additional raffle tickets at the event to increase your chances of winning.

"Future Media Conferences is pleased to have teamed up with the SuperMeet to bring its expertise and followers to this important industry series of events. We look forward to providing fun, enriching content and networking opportunities for the creative professional," says Ben Kozuch, President, Co-founder, Future Media Conferences.

"Moving forward with Future Media Conferences allows a thrilling, fresh approach to continue SuperMeets with an eye on the future," says Daniel Bérubé, Manager, Executive Producer, SuperMeets, LLC. "I'm excited to bring passion and dedication to evolve and grow SuperMeets to best serve our community on both sides of the aisle, creating value for the audience we foster and the businesses and organizations we engage with in Boston and beyond."

Follow the SuperMeetUp! closely as we build the program and announce sponsors and prizes for the event!

The early bird fee to attend the Boston SuperMeetUp! is $10 or $7 for student and faculty. Online only registration fee includes two complimentary raffle tickets and one drink ticket. A cash bar and light snacks will be available.

The SuperMeet will be back with a strong presence at the NAB Show 2020 in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening, April 21, 2020 and is the ultimate user-organized event for creatives to foster community, interaction, fresh ideas, decisive collaboration, and empowerment.

For more information and to register, please visit http://supermeet.com.

Press Contacts:

Daniel Bérubé
Manager, Executive Producer
SuperMeets, LLC
dan@supermeet.com
+1-603-289-4661

Danny Amaro
Sponsorship Sales Manager
Future Media Conferences
daniel@fmctraining.com
O:212-233-3500
C:862-763-0251

The Special Event Company Partners with Teen Cancer America to Open First AYA Cancer Center in the Carolinas

The Special Event Company (TSEC) joined rock legend and co-founder of Teen Cancer America (TCA), Roger Daltrey, on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, to manage the opening of the new Hawkins Family Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Center at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville, SC.

This unit is the first cancer center dedicated to teenagers and young adults in the Carolinas.

In 2012, Sally Webb Berry, Chief Executive Officer of the Special Event Company, became a founder member of Teen Cancer America and has been a driving force in bringing AYA cancer programs and facilities to the Carolinas. The Bon Secours facility marks a significant milestone for The Special Event Company defining how their dedication and support to this cause can come to fruition.

In addition to supporting Teen Cancer America financially, The Special Event Company has also contributed to the organization's success through the introduction of the First Citizens Bank partnership

"Thinking back seven years ago, I could only have dreamt how successful this organization would become and how special it would to me," said Webb. "It's truly an honor to be a part of helping teenagers all across America and especially throughout North and South Carolina."

Acting as Master of Ceremonies for the program, Webb stated "Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshends unwavering support of teen cancer support and treatment facilities is a true inspiration to all of us close to the issues. They have touched thousands of patients lives through their patronage and commitment."

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The new unit at St. Francis is a place where teens and young adults (ages 15-40) can receive support, treatment, and care in a setting that is specifically designed for them. All across the US, teenagers and young adults often receive their treatment and care in pediatric facilities or with older adults. The St. Francis unit, like all AYA units across the nation, helps bridge the gap in care.

Teen Cancer America, along with one of the organization's top sponsors, First Citizens Bank, provided guidance and financial support towards the opening of the Bon Secours unit, pledging $320,000 towards development. With the help of this financial contribution and The Special Event Company's expertise in planning and managing the opening ceremony, Tuesday will go down as a remarkable day for Bon Secours as well as teenagers and young adults battling cancer.

"As ever, a highly professional job all round," said Simon Davies, Executive Director of TCA "Roger really enjoyed himself and Sally really helped make it special for the young people and that speaks volumes for where her heart is in this."

About The Special Event Company
Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., The Special Event Company is a leading and award-winning international event management agency. Led by CEO Sally Webb Berry, CSEP, TSEC provides strategic planning, logistical management, onsite production, and event marketing services for corporations, universities, and non-profit organizations. For more information, visit http://www.specialeventco.com.

About Bon Secours
Bon Secours is one of the top 20 health systems in the United States and is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMHealth.org). With facilities in New York, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Florida, Bon Secours manages 20 hospitals and 27 post-acute care facilities including skilled nursing facilities, home care, and hospice services, and assisted living facilities. The mission of Bon Secours Mercy Health is to improve the health and well-being of its communities, especially people who are considered low income, are dying, or are underserved. The ministry provides nearly $2 million per day in community benefit. For more information, visit http://www.BonSecours.com. Read all the latest news.

About Teen Cancer America
Founded by The Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, Teen Cancer America is a non-profit organization based out of Los Angeles, C.A. that helps bridge the gap between pediatric and adult oncology care. Through financial support, Teen Cancer America helps hospitals and outpatient facilities develop specialized units and programs for the Adolescent and Young Adult group. For more information, visit http://www.teencanceramerica.org.

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