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CI Licensee Anomaly
Entertainment Partners with ESPN Wireless
As many of you
are aware from the approval process that we have been undertaking over
the last two months, Collegiate Images’ licensee Anomaly Entertainment
is partnering with ESPN Wireless to publish and market a series of
college sports-themed photos, video, ringtones and wallpaper for
distribution to cellular phone carriers in the U.S. Anomaly is creating
the files for the audio and visual assets with a big assist from CI
partners, who have supplied much of the material being used in the
project. ESPN will in turn publish and market these school assets
through the various carriers. The product release has been timed to
coincide with the launch of ESPNU in early March and its branding will
be closely connected to ESPNU. It is important to note that ESPN does
not have an exclusive relationship on this with any one carrier, which
was a concern of some of our partners during the approval process. The
offering is being made across the board to all major cellular carriers
with a goal of representing every Division I school. This is far and
away the most ambitious collegiate marketing initiative in the wireless
space.
“The key to
wireless,” said Anomaly’s Mark Kaplan, “is getting the marketing.
Anomaly provides the balance between Licensing with CI, Content
Development, Production and Marketing.”
Josh Rucci, an associate for Business Development at ESPN Wireless
expressed tremendous admiration for the work Anomaly has done. “Anomaly
Entertainment has enabled ESPN Wireless to offer ESPNU College Tones and
Wallpaper, the widest breadth of collegiate ringers and graphics on the
market today. Their design capabilities and expertise reflect the
quality and innovation that fans associate with the ESPN brand, and we
are tremendously excited to continue our partnership."
CI’s partnership with
Anomaly reflects our commitment to bringing our partner schools added
revenue opportunities in various new media. |
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TELEVISION
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"Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA
Championship", HBO
This HBO
documentary is a look back at the 1985 NCAA Championship and the
improbable Villanova upset.
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Copyright
Providers: Big East Conference, Georgetown, Reach
Entertainment, Villanova
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Trademark
Providers: Villanova, Georgetown
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Usage:
Segment
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Footage: Video
and still photos of Villanova and Georgetown.
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FEATURE FILM
- The Bad News
Bears, Paramount Studios
A fresh take on
the irreverent 1976 hit comedy The Bad News Bears. From the
same director of School of Rock, this film features Billy Bob
Thornton in the role made famous by Walter Matthau. CI
provided generic baseball footage to be used as video playback.
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TV Commercial
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First Bank Corp.
(Williams/Crawford & Associates)
First Bank Corp. created an
Arkansas football-themed commercial.
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High Definition
Footage » » » |
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HD Footage Requests Increasing
Collegiate Images is fielding an
increase in High Definition (HD) footage requests for feature films,
commercials and non-broadcast display.
HD footage is a premium item for licensing due to the fact that there is
not much available in the marketplace at this time. Recently, CI
has been able to license Notre Dame HD content for a variety of clients.
Notre Dame's HD footage includes football, basketball and hockey.
If your school, conference, bowl game, company has copyright to HD
footage or can shoot in HD, please notify Jack Heilig (jheilig@collegiateimages.com).
There are immediate licensing opportunities available. |
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Business Affairs
Update » » » |
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CI Assists West Virginia
At the request of
West Virginia University, CI has once again run interference. West
Virginia, in the circulation of its recruiting video for the upcoming
season, encountered an issue in which CI's Business Affairs office was
able to provide education to the outlet that was utilizing WVU's content
outside of its rights. Innocently, one of the radio stations’
employees on the WVU distribution list posted the video on
www.rivals.com message boards, thereby enabling fans and consumers
to potentially distribute the content throughout the internet. CI
conducted the necessary due diligence relating to the video’s origin and
then proceeded to contact the individual responsible for such actions.
The video has since been removed from the message boards and a formal
request for its complete removal from
www.rivals.com has been sent.
If you encounter
any issues similar to this one or have any questions about our education
and enforcement program, please feel free to ask your CI representative.
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CI
Services Advisor - Monthly Tip » » » |
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Game Ticket Disclaimer Language
New advances in technology, ranging
from cell phones to digital still and video cameras, enable almost
anyone to become a media distribution outlet.
The general public now can create and manage websites with still
photo and video capability as well as author and duplicate DVD products.
Recently these technologies have created issues for some of our partners.
There have been cases of photos taken by a ticket holder showing up on
posters and video shot from seats ending up on websites.
Collegiate Images is in the final stages of a
game ticket review and has taken notice that very few schools have addressed
these issues with the language on the back of the ticket. Similar to
the language on the media credential, this would be your first line of
defense in protecting your program. Disclaimers for fans is not a new
phenomenon. If you have attended a concert in the past two decades you
will see placards and ticket language which prohibits recording and photo
devices. Unfortunately this issue is now one for our partners to
address.
As a service to
our partners, CI has created "recommended" game ticket disclaimer language.
If you are interested in reviewing this language please contact your CI
representative or Richard Routman (rroutman@collegiateimages.com)
in CI's Business Affairs office.
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Welcome
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Collegiate Images is proud to announce
the addition of Brian Carlson to the CI staff.
Brian Carlson - Production Assistant
Brian, a native of Green Bay,
Wisconsin, recently joined the CI staff as a Production Assistant.
Brian will be assisting in all facets of our production department from
breaking down tapes, to creating screeners and promotional videos to
assisting in the library database.
Education:
Eastern
Michigan University
(BA, Television
Broadcasting, 2004)
Experience:
NBC 26 - Sports Dept., Green Bay, Wisconsin
Football Video Department, Eastern Michigan University
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CI Archives - Monthly
Showcase » » » |
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CI's
archives grow each day with new footage that arrives from our
partners. We look forward to sharing with you information each month
about "Great Games" and "Great Highlight(s)" our
company proactively markets to potential
licensees.
Great Game - Men's
Basketball: Virginia vs. Georgetown, Dec. 11, 1982
A
sellout crowd witnessed an epic battle between No. 1 Virginia and No. 3
Georgetown
as the Cavaliers downed the Hoyas 68-63. While the game did feature
two of the top three teams in the country, the focus was on the match-up
of two of the most dominating big men to ever play the game: 6-11
sophomore Patrick Ewing of
Georgetown
and 7-4 senior Ralph Sampson
of
Virginia
. The big men didn’t disappoint.
Ewing
accounted for 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks, while Sampson finished
with 23 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocks.
(c)
Georgetown University.
Great Highlight
Footage - Pete Maravich, Men's Basketball, LSU
Pete
Maravich dazzled crowds at LSU from 1966-70 with his basketball
wizardry. CI has a 15-minute reel of "Pistol Pete" highlights
from LSU that includes dazzling passes, lightning-fast hands on defense
for steals and of course scoring - with many jump shots and layups.
Maravich, the 1970 College Player of the Year, is still the all-time NCAA
career scoring leader and ranks first, fourth and fifth for most points in
a single season in NCAA history.
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Industry News » » » |
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Copyright Piracy Report
On
February 21, 2005 Television Week ran an article titled
"Spiraling
Piracy Threatens TV...Unauthorized DVDs of Popular Show Proliferate
Despite Enforcement Efforts. The article chronicled how major
studios such as Warner Bros. along with the Motion Picture Association
of America (MPAA) are working tirelessly to shut down website outlets
that illegally sell their programming. In just the last year TV
show piracy increased 150 percent with the Seinfeld shows being one of
the most popular among the bootleg operators. Piracy is a
punishable offense with civil penalties ranging from $30,000 to $150,000
per film or episode. Criminal convictions can result in as much as
five years in prison.
The MPAA, which has led the fight on piracy, estimates that the film
industry loses more than $3.5 billion in potential worldwide revenue of
hard goods (DVD, VHS) and another $860 million from online internet
piracy.
Warner Bros. is seeing results from their enforcement work to protect
their property. The company starts with a cease-and-desist order
and ask for sales data. If the infringer does not comply, they
consider bringing a lawsuit. In some cases a criminal
investigation is started.
CI's Business Affairs office is closely following how the entertainment
industry is handling piracy as well as being in frequent contact with
the pro leagues and other licensing entities to make sure we can
properly advise our partners.
To read the entire article, click on the article title in the first
paragraph. If you are not registered with TV Week, the entire
registration process takes 2-3 minutes and is free. |
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