too bad I'm with Time Warner! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blind gamers" <Gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:04 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Fw: Harry Potter Scene On Video Demand
> here is a harry potter game that I heard about in my e-mail today, let me > know how it is if anyone plays it. > BEAN > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:53 AM > Subject: [Harry_Potter_Facts] Harry Potter Scene On Video Demand > > > Harry Potter Scene It coming to Video On Demand > > PHILADELPHIA and SEATTLE, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Corporation, > the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications > products and services, and Screenlife, LLC, creator of the world's > top-selling board game, Scene It? The DVD Game(TM), today announced an > agreement to develop customized Video On Demand (VOD) versions of the > popular movie and TV trivia games. > > Comcast and Screenlife began offering VOD versions of the wildly popular > trivia games for the whole family, including movie, TV, James Bond and Jr. > editions, earlier this year on the cable provider's ON DEMAND service, > which has generated more than two billion program views since 2004. Since > launching in February, the Scene It? interactive games have quickly become > one of the most-popular original programs on Comcast ON DEMAND and have > already put thousands of customers' trivia knowledge to the test. > > This week, the companies will debut a special Harry Potter-themed edition > based on the successful Screenlife board game that coincides with the VOD > premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Comcast ON DEMAND, > marking the first simultaneous release of an on-demand movie and a > Screenlife on-demand game. > > Wizards-in-training looking to test their Harry Potter knowledge can trade > their wands for their remote control beginning April 21. Comcast Digital > Cable customers can select the Harry Potter edition of Scene It? On Demand > in the "Free Movies" section of the ON DEMAND menu - there's no additional > charge to play, and no boards or game pieces are necessary. Based on the > popular DVD games - one of the fastest-growing categories in the game > industry - players compete by answering a series of fast-paced questions > based on video clips, images and visual puzzles. > > "Scene It? On Demand gives our customers a fun, new way to test their > trivia skills anytime they want, and is something they can't find with > satellite or other providers," said Matt Strauss, Vice President of > Content Acquisition for Comcast. "Our partnership with Screenlife gives us > a unique way to introduce movie and television fans to our extensive VOD > library through an engaging, visual, interactive game." > > "As the leader of the DVD game industry, Screenlife is working to broaden > its presence in new entertainment platforms," said Dave Long, Co-founder > and CEO of Screenlife. "Partnering with Comcast is a great way to offer > interactive, family friendly entertainment to customers anytime they want > to play." > > Launched in 2002, Scene It? is the original DVD game. Today, the pop- > culture phenomenon is the top-selling DVD board game of all time, selling > ten million games and commanding nearly 75 percent of the entire DVD game > marketplace. The popularity of the Scene It? brand, which generates more > than $200 million in annual sales, is widely credited with reviving the > board game industry. > Scene It? On Demand trivia games are available on The Fan(TM), Comcast's > innovative multimedia broadband player on www.comcast.net. Comcast and > Screenlife plan to introduce dozens of additional Scene It? On Demand > games in the coming months. > > Comcast offers more than 7,000 ON DEMAND programs a month, with the vast > majority available for no additional cost. Comcast's ON DEMAND library > includes more than 800 movies each month, music videos and programs, kids' > shows, sports highlights, news and informational programs. > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
