BEVERLY HILLS, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 5, 2011) - SuperBox, Inc. (
"We're incredibly excited to have an entertainment industry legend like Larry Namer join our Advisory Board," said SuperBox, Inc. Founder & CEO Russell Stuart. "Larry brings a wealth of experience across all avenues of media and international business and will be invaluable to SuperBox as we take our company to the next level and beyond."
"I'm pleased to be a part of such a fresh and exciting company as SuperBox," added Namer. "I look forward to working with Russell and his team to build this company into an international success story."
An entertainment industry veteran with over 40 years professional experience in cable television, live events and new media, Larry Namer is the co-founder of E! Entertainment Television, a company now valued at over $3.5 billion US, and the creator of several successful companies in the United States and overseas.
Among those companies are Comspan Communications that pioneered Western forms of entertainment in the former Soviet Union, including the syndication of the popular soap opera Santa Barbara, which ran for 10 years in the region, and Steeplechase Media that served as the primary consultant to Microsoft's MiTV for developing interactive TV applications. In recent years, Namer has become recognized as one of the world's leading experts on new technology and how it is fundamentally altering the business of international media and entertainment. Among the companies that have enlisted his expertise are Microsoft, Paul Allen's Digeo, World Digital Media Group (a joint venture of Radio Shack), EchoStar and Sirius Radio network. Additionally, he serves as Senior Advisor, Strategic Development to eurocinema On Demand, the only 24/7 on demand foreign film channel now available in 36 million homes via cable and satellite in North America.
An accomplished entrepreneur, Namer is a founding partner of Metan Development Group (Metan), a venture created to develop entertainment and media specifically for the Chinese marketplace.
Metan's most notable project to date is Hello! Hollywood, a weekly entertainment news series tailored to Mandarin-speaking audiences, offering up the latest in celebrity and lifestyle news, and covering the most glamorous red carpet events and award shows. Launched in summer 2009, the series now reaches half a billion viewers over 40 TV stations in China and nine channels in the US, as well as over one million online users weekly.
In February, 2011 Metan teamed up with Tencent, owner of China's largest Internet service portal QQ.com, to create special entertainment news coverage direct from Hollywood surrounding The 83rd Annual Academy Awards. This first ever viewing event of its kind was watched by an impressive audience of 11 million Mandarin-speaking viewers in China.
About Metan Development Group LLC
Launched in 2009, Metan Development Group LLC is a venture created to develop and distribute entertainment content and media specifically for international markets. The company's founders are entertainment industry veteran Martin Pompadur, E! Entertainment Television co-founder Larry Namer and Amerilink founder Jean Zhang. www.metanmedia.com
About SuperBox, Inc.
SuperBox, Inc. is a leading social interactive entertainment company that creatively develops and distributes original games, software and entertainment across various media including personal computers, mobile devices, motion pictures, television, music, digital media and live events. The company is based in Beverly Hills, CA with development offices in Vancouver, Canada.
SuperBox, Inc. is publicly traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol SBOX.
To learn more please visit www.superbox-inc.com
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