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Science and Technology
Tue, April 12, 2011
Mon, April 11, 2011
Thwapr to Mobilize IC Places Video Coverage of Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 11, 2011) - [ Thwapr, Inc. ] (
IC Places will use the Thwapr mobile video solution to take fans behind the velvet rope with exclusive footage from the red carpet and throughout the festival. Fans can see their favorite celebrities and catch all the action with daily updates. Fans can simply text the keyword "MOVIES" to 757575 to receive the updates directly on their phones.
"Thwapr's is an ideal partner for a news and entertainment providers such as IC Places for its coverage of the festival," says Bruce Goldstein, CEO of Thwapr. "We have a reliable platform that is easy for fans to use and can be viewed on 300 different types of phones. No other mobile video platform can confidently deliver to such a broad base of users."
Fans receiving IC Places' coverage of the festival can also share the videos with friends by sending it directly to other phone numbers or by posting on their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
"We are excited to take our coverage of the festival to the next level by delivering it directly to mobile phones," said Steve Samblis, president, IC Places. "Our users want to get the best entertainment news coverage and we are always looks for new and exciting ways to deliver our content to our readers."
Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2001 following the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of the lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music and culture. The Tribeca Festival has screened over 1200 films from over 80 countries since its first festival in 2002. Since its founding, it has attracted an international audience of more than 3.25 million attendees and has generated an estimated $660 million in economic activity for New York City.
About IC Places
IC Places ([ http://www.icplaces.com ]) owns and operates 350 city news and entertainment Websites. Each IC Places city Website offers a virtual keyhole view of life in each community. Every unique aspect of a city's social, business, and cultural life is available right at each city's IC Places homepage. IC Places provides the entire community a place to talk, do business and get connected. Businesses are given amazing tools to tell their stories in the best way possible and visitors get unfettered access to businesses, events and people in each city. To see one of the IC Places city sites in action, please visit [ http://www.icplaces.com/orlando ].
About Thwapr, Inc.
Founded in 2007, Thwapr strives to make mobile video sharing easy to use for both users and brands. Thwapr empowers users to get their moments moving and enables brands to mobilize and monetize content, extending distribution reach while delivering the highest possible quality and user experience regardless of device, network or carrier. Founded by digital video pioneers from Apple, Avid and MTV, Thwapr's patent-pending technology is revolutionizing mobile video. Thwapr is making mobile video sharing easy, fast and fun for the hundreds of millions of consumers with Web-enabled mobile devices. To learn more about the Thwapr iPhone app, visit [ www.thwapr.com/iphone.aspx ] or text "iphone" to 757575 to view a video about the app. Learn about Thwapr's platform for brands at [ http://corp.thwapr.com ]. Also, visit us at [ www.thwapr.com ], follow us at [ www.twitter.com/thwapr ] or Like us on Facebook [ www.facebook.com/thwapr ].
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