{"id":240,"date":"2013-01-16T19:28:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/?p=240"},"modified":"2015-03-02T07:08:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T07:08:54","slug":"interact-tv-subsidiary-pocket-kid-records-announces-agreement-with-epic-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/interact-tv-subsidiary-pocket-kid-records-announces-agreement-with-epic-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Interact-TV Subsidiary, Pocket Kid Records, Announces Agreement with Epic Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 16, 2013<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Interact-TV Incorporated (OTC: ITVI) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pocket Kid Records, has signed a recording and licensing agreement with Epic Records regarding Pocket Kid&#8217;s signed artist, Dead Sara.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agreement gives Epic the immediate right to manufacture, distribute, market and sell Dead Sara&#8217;s self-titled debut album (released in <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 2012<\/span>) outside <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>. The agreement also calls for Epic to finance the recording and production of the next album and gives Epic exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture, distribute and sell Dead Sara&#8217;s next album, which will be released with both Pocket Kid Records&#8217; and Epic&#8217;s logos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;While we&#8217;ve already achieved many important milestones in the development of our young record company, this relationship with Epic is a significant leap forward,&#8221; commented <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Bryan<\/span>, president of both Interact-TV and Pocket Kid Records. &#8220;Dead Sara&#8217;s first overseas tour last year created a strong interest from fans outside the U.S. who wanted access to Dead Sara&#8217;s songs. Among many other important operational targets reached, the agreement with Epic will now allow us to make songs off of Dead Sara&#8217;s first album available to foreign territories, and will ensure worldwide distribution going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Bryan continued: &#8220;Our Agreement with Epic places the power and financial resources of a major music industry corporation behind our Dead Sara releases. We expect a tremendous increase in fan base, name recognition, and value of the Dead Sara franchise as a result of this agreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Medley<\/span>, chairman of the board of Interact-TV commented, &#8220;We are pleased with Pocket Kid Records&#8217; performance. Everything they have done including this agreement with Epic shows that they have the knowledge, management and resources to successfully compete in today&#8217;s music industry and develop and break new talent. We couldn&#8217;t ask for anything more from our Pocket Kid team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Interact-TV<\/span>: Interact-TV Incorporated, a publicly-traded <span class=\"xn-location\">Delaware<\/span> corporation (OTC: ITVI) is a diverse entertainment company with interests in various media, including recorded music products through its wholly-owned subsidiary&#8217;s subsidiary Pocket Kid Records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Pocket Kid Records<\/span>: Pocket Kid Records is an innovative new record company that concentrates on developing artists and providing an environment that attracts top talent by being supportive and less controlling of artists&#8217; respective visions and products than traditional multi-media companies. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketkidrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PocketKidRecords.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Epic Records<\/span>: Epic Records is a multi-genre record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, itself a subsidiary of Sony Corporation (NYSE: <a title=\"SNE\" href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/prnews?Page=Quote&amp;Ticker=SNE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SNE<\/a>). Run by its Chairman and CEO, Antonio &#8220;L.A.&#8221; Reid, Epic is the home of such varied artists as <span class=\"xn-person\">Avril Lavigne<\/span>, Modest Mouse, Chevelle, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jennifer Lopez<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/span> and Ciara.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information, please contact:<br \/>\n<span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Bryan<\/span>, CEO<br \/>\nInteract-TV Incorporated<br \/>\n818-334-5225 x 100<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@interact-tv-inc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">info@interact-tv-inc.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interact-tv-inc.com<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pocketkidrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pocketkidrecords.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SOURCE Interact-TV Incorporated<\/p>\n<p>RELATED LINKS<br \/>\n<a title=\"Link to http:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\" href=\"http:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/interact-tv-subsidiary-announces-agreement-with-epic-records-187187441.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/interact-tv-subsidiary-announces-agreement-with-epic-records-187187441.html <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2013 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Interact-TV Incorporated (OTC: ITVI) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pocket Kid Records, has signed a recording and licensing agreement with Epic Records regarding Pocket Kid&#8217;s signed artist, Dead Sara. The agreement gives Epic the immediate right to manufacture, distribute, market and sell Dead Sara&#8217;s self-titled debut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pocket-kid-records","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interact-tv-inc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}