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Seasoned Television Executive, Douglas Fulton, Appointed President of Entertainment for DAVE Networks
Former JumpTV and SBS Broadcasting Exec to Establish and Manage Relationships With Studios, TV Networks, Content Producers and More for Video Social Platform Provider
| Source: DAVE.TV
SANTA MONICA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 7, 2006 -- Digital Hollywood -- DAVE Networks, the
IPTV Social Broadcast Network, today announced Douglas Fulton as President
of Entertainment. Fulton brings extensive management and product
development expertise in the broadcast industry to DAVE Networks. At DAVE
Networks, Fulton will be responsible for new business and will work towards
partnerships with larger entertainment firms as well as television networks
and record labels. Fulton will also manage the content licensing rights,
agreements and entertainment offered through the DAVE.TV Social Broadcast
Network.
Before joining DAVE Networks, Fulton worked with some of the most widely
recognized international television networks. Fulton was Executive Vice
President of JumpTV in Europe and Canada, the CDN ethnic television
network, and on the board of Vizor, OY in Finland which launched Finland's
first cross platform music channel. Fulton's credits also include Senior
Vice President of Europe of SBS Broadcasting, SA and Senior Advisor to CEO
of SBS Broadcasting, SA, of Europe as well as Advisor to CEO of Alma Media
in Finland. From 2003-2004, Fulton successfully launched three national
digital satellite/cable channels as the CEO/Executive Director of SC ABC
Plus Media.
"DAVE Networks' dynamic combination of IPTV, user-generated content, and
social networking capabilities results in an unparalleled platform for
users, producers and brands," says Douglas Fulton. "I'm looking forward to
joining the DAVE Networks team and leveraging my strong network industry
international relationships to help expand consumer reach by expanding its
entertainment partners."
Fulton has received four "Victor Awards" (Slovenia's Emmy Awards) for his
direction on the executive team of SBS Broadcasting where he increased
viewing and network advertising from 3 to 24.5% between 1996 and 2001. He
also received two "Golden Broche Awards," and has been featured in Time
Magazine, Variety Magazine, Reuters, Television Europe and many more.
"Douglas Fulton makes the possibilities for the growth of DAVE Networks
even greater, and will help our network reach more viewers with the ability
to offer a wider variety of mainstream content and entertainment choices,"
says Rex Wong, CEO of DAVE Networks. "With an array of upcoming content
deals in the pipeline, Fulton's expertise and success in the industry will
aid in the facilitation and development of new channels and partnerships."
DAVE Networks' S.O.C.I.A.L. platform enables brands to create quick
time-to-market, interactive video social community portals that function as
a public hub where customers, fans, and users can develop dynamic
personalized profiles, upload and share content, blog/video blog, comment
on message boards, and much more with this turnkey, white label technology
platform. Users can discover, acquire, consume, upload, and share media
from their own website and/or those of their friends. Each social site
will be custom tailored to fit the needs of the community fan base for each
brand or organization looking to generate buzz and broaden its marketing
scope. Networks and brands such as MGM's Stargate SG-1, Front Row Center
Live, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Urban Sports League are already leveraging
the S.O.C.I.A.L. platform to empower their fan bases to interact with their
brands. In addition, the DAVE Networks embeddable MyTVBox™ players allow
users to share and repost videos, photos, and MP3s directly on their own
website, blog or social site, such as MySpace, rather than hosted through a
central portal site.
About DAVE Networks
DAVE Networks, Inc. is the first provider of an integrated video
distribution and social community platform designed to ignite brands.
Powered by its revolutionary P2P grid-based content delivery network (CDN),
DAVE.TV solutions represent a radical paradigm shift from the current
"one-to-many" distribution model to a model of "many-to-many more"
distribution. Founded in 2003, DAVE Networks has built a robust set of
software features that empower brands to build digital ecosystems while
embracing online social communities. S.O.C.I.A.L. is the first platform to
enable both big, enterprise brands, as well as emerging brands, to fortify
online brand impact on what we call the "New Web" -- the social Web. For
more information, please visit www.davenw.com.