Bumper 2 Bumper Media & Peace Point Entertainment Group Partner With Metranome To Launch First Mobile Travel Guides For Bump!
TV Travel Series
Available
Now for BlackBerry and iPhone, Bump! TV
Mobile Travel Guides for Gay & Lesbian Travelers Offer the Latest Information on Popular Gay-Friendly Restaurants, Hotels, Clubs and More Across 12 Global Destinations
WATERLOO, Ontario -
April 28, 2010 - Metranome Inc., a leading mobile media solutions company,
and Bumper 2 Bumper Media and Peace Point Entertainment Group, top Canadian
entertainment production companies, have announced the availability
of Bump! TV’s first gay and lesbian mobile Travel Guides for BlackBerry
and iPhone users. Bump!, a popular global TV series now in its fourth
season, explores exciting gay-friendly travel destinations. The 12 Travel
Guides available now include: Montreal, Miami, Berlin, Paris, Antwerp,
Barcelona, Mykonos, Puerto Vallarta, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and
Sydney, with more to come.
“Our mobile strategy is an
important brand extension for Bump! that strategically leverages our
TV content, creates a new revenue stream, and further showcases our
unique travel expertise,” said Les Tomlin, President, Bumper 2 Bumper
Media Inc. “Offering a variety of mobile Travel Guides is the smartest
way for us to stay connected and interact with our audience. Now Bump!
can conveniently be with them everywhere they go.”
“Entertainment production
companies are quickly seeing the additional monetization potential that
mobile apps can offer to their successful franchises,” said David
Kruis, president & CEO, Metranome. “Mobile apps developed on Metranome’s
platform offer extensive brand customization and a cost-effective way
for independent production companies to enter the mobile marketplace,
and even expand their show’s discovery, by having an app store presence.”
Bump! Travel Guide App Highlights
The Travel Guide apps include
the latest listings, reviews, photographs and video clips of the most
popular hotels, restaurants, attractions, clubs and more to help travelers
quickly and effectively enjoy their holiday or business trip. Many listings
feature photos and video clips as seen on Bump! Price: $2.99 (USD).
Features include:
About Metranome Inc.
Metranome, an award-winning mobile media solutions company, develops
creative and engaging mobile experiences across all mobile platforms,
including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and iPad.
The company offers clients
a variety of mobile application features, including video-on-demand,
live streaming, subscriptions, and advertising supported services. Hollywood
studios, global brands, nonprofits, political organizations and religious
organizations have selected Metranome to create innovative applications.
Metranome’s mobile app solutions include an easy-to-use Web-based
Content Management system for ongoing content updates, built-in performance
analytics, and efficient data delivery technology that reduces data
download costs. Clients include The New Yorker, Dilbert, Gong, Peace
Point Entertainment, Tricon Films, Streamy Awards and Tubefilter. For
more information, visit www.metranome.net and follow us on Twitter.
About Bumper 2 Bumper Media
Bumper 2 Bumper Media is an
exclusive partnership between Pink Triangle Press (pinktrianglepress.com), a Toronto-based not-for-profit organization
that has become one of the largest gay media companies in the world,
and award-winning producer Peace Point Entertainment Group (peacepoint.tv). Bump! is Canada’s first gay and
lesbian travel show and is now completing its fourth season in Canada
on OUTtv (the world’s first gay television network) and in the United
States on Logo. The series is hosted by OUT 100 honouree Charlie David
and comedic actor and writer Shannon McDonough. For more information
on the television series, log on to bumptv.com.
About Peace Point Entertainment Group Inc.
Peace Point is a Gemini award-winning
media company that produces content for worldwide markets. Founded in
Toronto, Canada in 2001 by President and CEO Les Tomlin, the company
has grown to become one of Canada's leading media companies. Since its
inception, Peace Point has produced over 400 hours of content for major
North American broadcasters including CTV, Canwest Global, Rogers Media,
Discovery Communications and Viacom. The company's can-do attitude,
enthusiasm, creativity and professionalism coupled with its commitment
to quality content and process has helped it build trusting and collaborative
relationships with those in need of entertaining content. Well beyond
its roots as a television producer, Peace Point's content can now be
viewed in over 50 countries worldwide on hundreds of broadcast and specialty
television stations, websites, mobile devices and through various apps
available on iTunes and BlackBerry App World. Peace Point also maintains
a USA division, DIDtv (www.didtv.tv), in partnership with Toronto based
Tricon Films and Television. For more information, visit www.peacepoint.tv.
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