Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology for Digital Entertainment and Media
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 27, 2007 – Delivery Agent, Inc., the leader in shopping-enabled programming and content monetization for more than 100 entertainment properties, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media.
Delivery Agent, Inc. was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria–innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
Delivery Agent, Inc. and the OnHollywood 100 will be honored at the OnHollywood digital entertainment and media event, May 1-3, 2007, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. OnHollywood delves into the challenges, opportunities and business models of the digital era, and showcases the most innovative private companies that are changing the way entertainment and media is created, distributed, consumed and monetized.
OnHollywood is an important forum that presents and debates the critical issues surrounding the transformation of the entertainment economy to one based on digital technology,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “Digital technology has transformed the way content is created and delivered to consumers everywhere. The OnHollywood Top 100 companies are an elite group of innovators who are using this technology to revolutionize the industry.”
The OnHollywood 100 was selected from more than 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts.
Delivery Agent, Inc., the leader in shopping-enabled programming, has redefined the concept of entertainment and lifestyle content monetization for clients such as ABC, NBC Universal, MTV Networks, Twentieth Century Fox, E! Entertainment Television, CBS Paramount, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and The Weinstein Company, as well as several other industry leaders. Through the development of over 42 distinct branded shopping sites for their respective partners, Delivery Agent, Inc. has reinvented the way entertainment-related products are catalogued, merchandised, and sold, while creating an entirely new, interactive way for consumers to shop online. Some of the company’s most recent endeavors include the launch of SeenON! (www.seenon.com), the definitive digital catalog for products seen on TV as well as in films, music videos, and spots.
The company also recently announced the raise of another $18.5 million led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Cardinal Venture Capital and Worldview Technology also participating. This brings the company’s total raise to date to $35 million. A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/8389
“Delivery Agent has led the charge in transforming the way major media companies are able to engage consumers through entertainment,” said Delivery Agent, Inc. CEO Mike Fitzsimmons. “Our platform, ranging from e-commerce applications and interactive advertising to video and mobile products, is uniquely positioned to create a sustainable revenue stream for our partners, one that will grow with them as business models continue to evolve.”
About Delivery Agent, Inc.
Delivery Agent, Inc., named #1 Privately Held Media Company by Inc. Magazine and #3 on the Deloitte & Touche Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50, is the leader in shopping-enabled programming and content monetization for more than 200 entertainment properties from major media companies including ABC, CBS, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Discovery Communications, A&E Television Networks, HBO, MTV Networks, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Univision Communications and The Weinstein Company, as well as for sports organizations including FIFA, the Boston Celtics and UFC. Delivery Agent created the market for shopping-enabled programming by redefining how products tied to entertainment are cataloged, merchandised and sold online. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and London, Delivery Agent deploys its technology platform, including e-commerce applications, video and mobile products, and interactive advertising solutions to create profitable connections between entertainment content, consumers and brands. More information about Delivery Agent is available at www.deliveryagent.com.
About OnHollywood 2007
May 1-3 @ The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California OnHollywood is where cutting edge technology from the backstreets of Silicon Valley converges with Hollywood’s media and entertainment elite. The two-and-a-half day event borrows from the “film market” tradition by providing an open environment for digital media and entertainment entrepreneurs to meet the big-time studio, telco and consumer electronics executives, venture capitalists and media. At OnHollywood, our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. Fifty of the top CEOs from the OnHollywood 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our “CEO Showcase.”
About AlwaysOn
ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, ALWAYSON continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (STANFORD SUMMIT, ALWAYSON HOLLYWOOD, ALWAYSON MEDIA and GOINGGREEN) and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, ALWAYSON is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.
Contacts
Kim Marder
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Darcy Provo for Delivery Agent
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