IPI Announces Agreement to Sell myESPN Highlights(TM) Products
July 15 2009 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Offering Extends IPI Member Reach to 60+ Million Youth Sports
Participants DRAPER, Utah, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Independent Photo Imagers (IPI) and aVinci Media Corporation
(OTC:AVMC) (BULLETIN BOARD: AVMC) announced today at the 2009 IPI
members meeting and tradeshow in Las Vegas the signing of an
affiliate agreement making myESPN Highlights products available to
customers through all IPI members. myESPN Highlights gives each IPI
member retailers, photographers and photo labs the ability to
showcase youth sports images in an authentic SportsCenter(TM)
"highlight reel," complete with commentary by ESPN's Karl Ravech.
Products include "customizable" SportsCenter branded digital photo
products including personalized DVD movies, photo books and
posters. Produced in collaboration with aVinci Media Corporation,
myESPN Highlights offers the ultimate personalized photo product
--targeted at parents of the 60+ million youth who play sports each
year. This product enables sports and event photographers to turn
digital images of their client athletes into personalized photo
highlights in an authentic SportsCenter production. Photos of youth
athletes appear on the set of an authentic SportsCenter production,
complete with the athlete name and a customized bottom line ticker
message. Brent Bowyer, Executive Director of IPI said, "myESPN
Highlights is the most innovative personalized photo products we
have seen in years and gives our members an opportunity to provide
personalized photo products that leverage the strength of the ESPN
brand--one of the most recognized brands in America. I am confident
the offering will become very popular with each IPI member and
their customers as they learn of this new service." About
Independent Photo Imagers Independent Photo Imagers (IPI) is the
nation's largest buying group for service specialty retailers. With
over 500 members and in excess of 700 storefront locations in the
United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, IPI
members are the leaders in the network of image capture and image
archiving businesses worldwide. (http://www.ipiphoto.com/) About
aVinci Media Corporation (OTC:AVMC) (BULLETIN BOARD: AVMC) Of the
300 billion digital photos captured each year less than 10% are
monetized. Since 2003, aVinci has inspired consumers to unlock the
potential of their images by creating innovative, easy-to-use
products. aVinci's proprietary technology automates the creation,
sharing and preservation of personal stories, memories, aspiration
and dreams. Consumers are empowered to integrate their photos into
compelling personal movies, photo books and posters using licensed
brands and creative occasion based storyboards. aVinci products are
offered both in store and online through leading retailers and
partners such as Walgreens, Walmart, Costco, Meijer, HP, Fujicolor,
Rimage, Noritsu and ESPN http://www.myespnhighlights.com/. For more
information, visit http://www.avincimedia.com/. DATASOURCE: aVinci
Media Corporation CONTACT: Brent Bowyer of IPI, +1-702-617-1141, ;
or Terry Dickson of aVinci Media, +1-801-984-2604, Web Site:
http://www.avincimedia.com/ http://www.myespnhighlights.com/
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