LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IC Places, Inc.
(OTCQB: PNCH) announced today that it has signed Warren Zide on to
its Board of Advisors and as head producer for its in-house
production division.
Under the agreement, Mr. Zide will guide the company in creating
the highest quality programing possible across its networks.
He will bring on board his extensive contacts in the world of
Hollywood production to help the
company create the highest quality of programing possible.
Mr. Zide is the producer behind the incredibly successful
American Pie and Final Destination franchises. His movies
have grossed over 1.8 billion dollars
at the box office to date.
Mr. Zide's movies include… American Reunion, The Pool
Boys, Final Destination 5, Demoted, High School, American Pie
Presents: The Book of Love, The Final Destination, Autopsy, Extreme
Movie, American Pie Presents Beta House, American Pie Presents The
Naked Mile, Final Destination 3, American Pie Presents Band Camp,
Little Black Book, American Wedding, Final Destination 2, Love and
a Bullet, Repli-Kate, American Pie 2, Cats & Dogs, Final
Destination, American Pie, The Big Hit, Top of the World, and
Jingle All the Way.
From a young age, an area of particular interest to Mr. Zide is
the field of Self-help and Self Improvement, which is a
9.8 billion dollar industry.
The company's Imagination TV Network, which will launch shortly
online and on broadcast later this year, will offer Self-help and
Self Improvement themed shows which will be produced by IC
Places.
IC Places Inc. which manages all Imagination TV assets is
currently building launch sponsors relationships for the network as
well as brining on board some of the top Motivators, Producers,
Educators and Authors in the wide arena of Self-Improvement.
About Warren Zide
For Mr. Zide, success has followed him like shadow and if
you are to go by the statistics then he is by far the most
successful producers of Hollywood.
Born in Southfield, Michigan,
Warren Zide was always a movie buff and loved his daily doses of
movies.
Zide's meteoric rise in the celluloid world is associated to the
fact that he is a master salesman and knows how to catch the right
pulse when it comes to marketing his movies among the youth. Not
only American but there is Zide fans from as far as India and Japan.
American Pie is 'all youth' and even after so many years is
considered to be one of the best in the Warren Zide filmography.
Youth being the subject of all the films, it was the young crowd
that thronged the cinemas every time they wanted to get the
'Stiffler Dose'.
It may be noted that the American Pie rawness nudged critics to
sit up and take note. Brilliant storyline and a series that got
better with every movie was the biggest USP of American Pie. Comedy
was given a new dimension with American Pie and the role of Warren
Zide cannot be sided, especially when it comes to marketing the
film to cinemas across the globe. Zide gave new age cinema
something to smile about. Several stars were created out of this
hit series like Jason Biggs,
Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott and obviously the biggest
star Eugene Levy.
The Reason Behind the Creation of Imagination
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.
Imagination 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 Imagination TV and if they like what they see and want
more, Imagination TV gives them the ability to fulfill that
desire right away via the website. At www.MyImaginationTV.com they
can immediately purchase and download audios, videos and ebooks by
the author or speaker they were just watching on Imagination
TV. Imagination 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.... Imagination TV, in partnership with
World's most fascinating Motivators, Educators and Authors, the
will deliver the inspiration, education and motivation to help you
find your path to success."
Steven Samblis
Founder Imagination 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 Imagination TV lives in. There
is no other Self Help based TV network on cable or broadcast
today. Imagination TV is not a religious network but
will feature content that Inspires, Motivates and Entertains.
Other Imagination TV Partners:
Empire Media Center
Empire Media Center is an all-inclusive media solution for
actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, models, and other
skillful talent to provide a venue along with the necessary means
of creating their vision and achieving their goals and intended
results. The company works hard and takes pride in providing our
talent and clients the resources necessary for them to realize
their full potential by creating a positive atmosphere that is
conducive to achieving excellence.
Empire Media Center has a team on site, that hosts corporate
events and broadcasts TV shows their studios. The Studios
also offer on site editing and voiceover/recording studio
spaces.
http://www.EmpireMediaCenter.com
Primeau Productions
Imagination TV has formed a strategic partnership with
Primeau Productions to help speakers in creating content for
the Imagination 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.
FilmOn
Imagination 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 offers Imagination TV virtually
limitless video-on-demand variety, and far more media options and
channels possibilities than traditional media distribution
outlets.
Reed's, Inc.
Reed's (nyse mkt:REED), maker of the top-selling sodas in
natural food stores nationwide, signed on as the first official
launch sponsor of the new Imagination TV network.
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.
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 OTC Pink Markets: Symbol PNCH.
(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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Investor Contact(s): Zachary R.
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SOURCE IC Places, Inc.