E! Entertainment Television Co-Founder Larry Namer Joins Advisory Board of SuperBox, Inc.
06 October 2011 - 1:00AM
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SuperBox, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SBOX), a leading social interactive
entertainment company that creatively develops and distributes
original content across various media platforms, today announced
the appointment of E! Entertainment Television Co-founder and Metan
Development Group President/CEO Larry Namer to its Advisory Board.
"We're incredibly excited to have an entertainment industry
legend like Larry Namer join our Advisory Board," said SuperBox,
Inc. Founder & CEO Russell Stuart. "Larry brings a wealth of
experience across all avenues of media and international business
and will be invaluable to SuperBox as we take our company to the
next level and beyond."
"I'm pleased to be a part of such a fresh and exciting company
as SuperBox," added Namer. "I look forward to working with Russell
and his team to build this company into an international success
story."
An entertainment industry veteran with over 40 years
professional experience in cable television, live events and new
media, Larry Namer is the co-founder of E! Entertainment
Television, a company now valued at over $3.5 billion US, and the
creator of several successful companies in the United States and
overseas.
Among those companies are Comspan Communications that pioneered
Western forms of entertainment in the former Soviet Union,
including the syndication of the popular soap opera Santa Barbara,
which ran for 10 years in the region, and Steeplechase Media that
served as the primary consultant to Microsoft's MiTV for developing
interactive TV applications. In recent years, Namer has become
recognized as one of the world's leading experts on new technology
and how it is fundamentally altering the business of international
media and entertainment. Among the companies that have enlisted his
expertise are Microsoft, Paul Allen's Digeo, World Digital Media
Group (a joint venture of Radio Shack), EchoStar and Sirius Radio
network. Additionally, he serves as Senior Advisor, Strategic
Development to eurocinema On Demand, the only 24/7 on demand
foreign film channel now available in 36 million homes via cable
and satellite in North America.
An accomplished entrepreneur, Namer is a founding partner of
Metan Development Group (Metan), a venture created to develop
entertainment and media specifically for the Chinese
marketplace.
Metan's most notable project to date is Hello! Hollywood, a
weekly entertainment news series tailored to Mandarin-speaking
audiences, offering up the latest in celebrity and lifestyle news,
and covering the most glamorous red carpet events and award shows.
Launched in summer 2009, the series now reaches half a billion
viewers over 40 TV stations in China and nine channels in the US,
as well as over one million online users weekly.
In February, 2011 Metan teamed up with Tencent, owner of China's
largest Internet service portal QQ.com, to create special
entertainment news coverage direct from Hollywood surrounding The
83rd Annual Academy Awards. This first ever viewing event of its
kind was watched by an impressive audience of 11 million
Mandarin-speaking viewers in China.
About Metan Development Group LLC
Launched in 2009, Metan Development Group LLC is a venture
created to develop and distribute entertainment content and media
specifically for international markets. The company's founders are
entertainment industry veteran Martin Pompadur, E! Entertainment
Television co-founder Larry Namer and Amerilink founder Jean Zhang.
www.metanmedia.com
About SuperBox, Inc.
SuperBox, Inc. is a leading social interactive entertainment
company that creatively develops and distributes original games,
software and entertainment across various media including personal
computers, mobile devices, motion pictures, television, music,
digital media and live events. The company is based in Beverly
Hills, CA with development offices in Vancouver, Canada.
SuperBox, Inc. is publicly traded over-the-counter under the
ticker symbol SBOX.
To learn more please visit www.superbox-inc.com
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market conditions, competitive factors, the ability to successfully
complete additional financings and other risks.
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