LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IC Places, Inc.
(OTCQB: PNCHD) announced it has signed on Reed's, Inc. (NYSE MKT:
REED), maker of the top-selling sodas in natural food stores
nationwide as the first official launch sponsor of the new Imagine
TV network.
Imagine TV is a Television Network which will Inspire, Motivate
and Entertain its audience, built around the world's most
fascinating Motivators, Producers, Educators and
Authors. Reed's, which was founded in 1989 by Chris Reed, makes extraordinary beverages and
confections using very old-fashioned, natural methods and
wholesome, fresh ingredients. The company was built by a
growing family of passionate entrepreneurs who have developed
incredible food and drink, which exceeds any products within their
categories in taste, quality and imagination.
Reed's constant search for excellence is a common thread amongst
consumers of the $9.84 billion dollar
Self-Improvement marketplace who will be the cornerstone of Imagine
TV's viewership, making Reed's the perfect launch sponsor.
IC Places, Inc., which manages all Imagine TV assets, is
currently building launch sponsors relationships for the network as
well as bringing on board some of the top Motivators, Producers,
Educators and Authors in the wide arena of Self-Improvement.
The Reason Behind the Creation of Imagine TV...
In the $9.84 Billion
Self-Improvement Market, technology is driving the way people
around the world produce, find, obtain and use self-improvement
content. More content than ever is flooding the market place, as
technology has made it possible for anyone to become an author, a
coach, a producer or an innovator. A great deal of
extraordinary content is becoming lost in the noise as content
offerings expand and crowd the marketplace.
The company felt there needed to be a singular, free of charge,
multi-media accessible point where consumers can experience the
best messages on the planet. A place where people that are
true fans and believers in the power of self-improvement content
dig in and find the best of the best delivered to the consumer free
of charge no matter where there they are.
Imagine TV lets people see and hear speakers, authors, trainers
and motivators. It lets them decide for themselves if they like
what they are seeing and if they want more. Viewers get to
experience this for free in their homes or on their smart phones,
tablets or computers. After experiencing the shows on Imagine
TV - and if they like what they see and want more
- Imagine TV gives them the ability to fulfill that desire
right away via the website. At www.MyImagineTV.com they can
immediately purchase and download audios, videos and ebooks by the
author or speaker they were just watching on Imagine TV.
Imagine TV is giving the buyers of this $9.84 billion dollar market place the best access
to make the best decision on if they want more from these
extraordinary experts.
"No matter where you are, who you are or what starting
platform you begin life from, you have a God given right to reach
your dreams.... Imagine TV, in partnership with the world's
most fascinating Motivators, Educators and Authors, will deliver
the inspiration, education and motivation to help you find your
path to success."
Steven Samblis
Founder Imagine TV
About the Self-Help Industry
In a 2013 press release titled "$10.4
Billion Self-Improvement Market Survives Scandals &
Recession - More Content & Services Being Delivered Online,
Finds Marketdata Enterprises" Marketdata Enterprises, Inc., a
leading independent market research publisher since 1979, released
the 9th edition of one of its best-selling studies, a 382-page
report entitled: The U.S. Market For Self-Improvement Products
& Services.
In the study it states... "Technology is driving the way
Americans produce, find, obtain and use self-improvement
content."
The study quotes...
MARKET VALUE… The total U.S. self-improvement market was worth
$9.84 billion last year, versus
$10.82 billion in 2007 — a 9.1%
4-year decline. We forecast better 6.1% average yearly gains from
2012 to 2016. The recession took a toll on most market segments,
including live seminars, books, infomercials, personal coaching,
commercial diet programs and stress management. However, growth was
evident in audiobooks, medical diet programs and holistic
institutes/training companies.
AUDIOBOOKS MARKET… This is now a $2.97
billion segment. After dipping 10% in 2009, sales have
rebounded strongly, 10% in 2010 and 13% in 2011. The APA says that
24+ million Americans now listen to audiobooks. Of this total,
self-improvement titles account for $445 million—or about 17% of all audio book
sales. 24% of Americans now listen to audiobooks.
This is the industry Imagine TV lives in. There is no
other Self Help based TV network on cable or broadcast today.
Imagine TV is not a religious network but will feature content that
Inspires, Motivates and Entertains.
About Reed's, Inc.
Long before modern soft drinks existed, people brewed their own
beverages. In the Caribbean, home
brewed ginger beverages are a part of life. Reed's brews six
carbonated ginger combinations using only the finest ingredients.
The six flavors are: Original Ginger, Extra Ginger, Premium Ginger,
Raspberry Ginger, Cherry Ginger and
Spiced Apple.
These award winning, top selling beverages are found
internationally in gourmet and natural food stores. Reed's passion
for ginger comes from its incredible flavor and health giving
properties.
Reed's love for ginger has expanded to creating some of the
finest candy and ice creams ever. The ice cream flavors include
Original Ginger, Chocolate Ginger, and Green Tea Ginger. So go to
your local store and get a delicious dose of health giving ginger
with Reed's!
China Cola can be found at many
natural health food stores or ask for it at your favorite
store.
Reed's, Inc. is a Publicly Traded Stock on NYSE under the symbol
"REED"
Reed's was started in 1989 by Chris
Reed. His research into the history of sodas found soft
drink recipes from before the beginning of the modern soft drinks
industry…
He found that back in the early log cabin days, the pioneers
couldn't go to the store and buy soft drinks; they brewed their own
sodas. They didn't make them the way modern commercial soft drinks
are made, even the so called natural ones. They brewed them in
their kitchens, directly from roots, spices and fruits. These early
soft drinks, besides being natural and delicious, were also
healthy. Many folk used them as herbal tonics.
Each batch of Reed's Ginger Brew
is a throwback to these hand crafted brewed sodas and is made with
pride. Each batch is carefully brewed and aged like fine wine in
small batches by our expert brewmasters. We choose only the finest
fresh herbs, roots, spices and fruits to make our brews. We won't
let sugar, preservatives or artificial anything spoil Reed's
natural taste. We now have 7 versions of our famous Reed's Ginger
Brews, the first commercially brewed sodas in the world and winner
of national and international gourmet food awards.
In 2000, Reed's bought Virgil's Root Beer, a three-time
Outstanding Beverage Award winner of the National Association of
the Specialty Food Trade (the national organization for the gourmet
food trade), from Ed Crowley another
fanatic of real authentic brewed sodas. Since then we have expanded
the Virgil's line to include many other flavors.
In 2012, we started brewing Kombucha. Our special probiotic
Kombucha culture is grown in a special tea blend brewed from yerba
mate and oolong tea and spring water. Our creative Kombucha blends
use ingredients that are uniquely flavorful and always
functional.
Whatever they do, Reed's always searches for the best
ingredients and takes the time to brew a superior beverage. Reed's
customers appreciate their passion, care and attention to detail
and their support has made Reed's the top-selling beverage in the
natural foods industry.
Other Imagine TV Partners
Imagine TV has formed a strategic partnership with Primeau
Productions to help speakers in creating content for the Imagine TV
Network. Primeau Productions is a provider of motivational and
inspirational audio and video production for professional speakers
and the meetings industry. Ed
Primeau, the company founder, has personally worked with
some of the great orators of our time: Og Mandino, Zig Ziglar and Les
Brown.
Primeau Productions is currently working with The Napoleon Hill
Foundation to restore 16 MM film to HD video of Napoleon Hill
lectures from 1959.
Today, Primeau Productions works with the best of the best in
the speaking industry. Professional speakers like Steve Rizzo, Floyd
Wickman, Mark C Thompson, Walter
Bond, Connie Podesta,
Jordan Belfort and Mark Sanborn to name a few. Primeau Productions
has worked with the speaking and training industry creating audio
and video marketing, motivational and inspirational programming for
30 years.
For online streaming, Imagine TV has teamed up with filmon.com
an internet based television provider who is providing the online
broadcast platform as well as the band width of the
broadcast. Filmon offer Imagine TV virtually limitless
video-on-demand variety, and far more media options and channels
possibilities than traditional media distribution outlets.
About IC Places, Inc.
IC Places, Inc. is a trans media entertainment complex that
produces entertainment content for distribution across multiple
mediums. The company trades on the OTCQB: Symbol PNCHD currently
and will be changing its PNCH shortly.
(http://www.icplaces.com)
Through multiple long-term partnerships, clips and full episodes
of the company's shows are available to people outside the
traditional set top box. This exposure serves as both a profit
center and marketing component promoting the TV Network, its line
up and the company's new media specific programming across multiple
platforms.
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