Recognized for leadership in emerging technology for digital entertainment and media
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2008 – Delivery Agent, Inc. the leader in shopping-enabled entertainment, 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 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 along with the rest of the OnHollywood 100 will be honored at the OnHollywood& BRiM event on June 10-11, 2008 at the Sofitel Hotel in West Hollywood, California. OnHollywood gathers executives from both the entertainment and the technology industries to identify and debate emerging trends in addition to building relationships and taking advantage of potential new business partnerships. The first annual Broadband Rights Marketplace (BRiM) will launch an online network that supports new creative projects and offers a digital-rights exchange and auction.
“This year’s OnHollywood 100 represents the brightest of the innovators in the new media space.
We are enthusiastic about gathering the leaders in a collaborative environment that fuses these two
industries together, culminating in the richest, most progressive conversations on Hollywood’s
digital movement,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn.
The OnHollywood 100 was selected from more than 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading
venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts.
Delivery Agent (www.deliveryagent.com) is the leader in shopping-enabled programming
and content monetization for more than 125 entertainment properties from major media companies
such as ABC, CBS, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, MTV Networks, Martha Stewart Living
Omnimedia, and The Weinstein Company. Delivery Agent created the market for shopping-enabled
programming by redefining how products related to entertainment are cataloged, merchandised
and sold online.
“We are thrilled to be selected, for two consecutive years, to receive the OnHollywood 100 award,”said Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO of Delivery Agent. “Our longstanding partnerships with the major networks, studios and production companies have enabled us to create the industry standard around the monetization of entertainment content through e-commerce and interactive advertising. We currently monetize over 85% of the Nielsen top 50 primetime shows.”
A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at: http://onhollywood.goingon.com/
About OnHollywood 2008
June 10-12 @ The Sofitel Hotel, West Hollywood, California
OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet
the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two-and-a-half-day executive event
features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new
opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and
mobile industries. Our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies and
feature the Best of Broadband “BOB” Awards. 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 Delivery Agent, Inc.
Delivery Agent, Inc. (www.deliveryagent.com) is the leader in shopping-enabled programming and
content monetization for more than 125 entertainment properties from major media companies such
as ABC, CBS, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, MTV Networks, Martha Stewart Living
Omnimedia, and The Weinstein Company. Delivery Agent created the market for shopping-enabled
programming by redefining how products related to entertainment are cataloged, merchandised and
sold online. Since its inception in 2001, Delivery Agent has deployed its comprehensive technology
platform, including e-commerce applications, video and mobile products, and interactive advertising
solutions to create profitable connections among entertainment content, consumers and brands. To
date, the company has developed a network of more than 90 distinct branded shopping sites for its
partners and its own SeenON! (www.SeenON.com), the definitive online shopping destination for
products seen on screen.
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
