Intertainment's Ortsbo Growth Up 32% Over 244 Million Minutes of User Engagement in August
NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA AND TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Intertainment Media Inc. ("Intertainment" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: INT)(OTCQX: ITMTF)(FRANKFURT: I4T) announces that its social media, real time, experiential communications platform, Ortsbo.com (www.ortsbo.com) continues to accelerate with major milestone achievements generating over 244 Million Minutes of User Engagement, 136 Million Page Views, 43 Million Online Sessions from over 26 Million Unique Users, from over 170 countries and territories during August 2011. The average increase in performance of the key metrics was over 30% Month over Month from July 2011.
As Ortsbo continues the transition to the Cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure, users continue to increase translation and communications activities, providing a significant increase in overall user engagement statistics and increasing brand recognition.
Ortsbo's Live & Global platform (www.liveandglobal.com), hosting events with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS, Steve Nash and 3 generations of the legendary Andretti racing family have brought additional recognition and commercial opportunities to the Ortsbo brand, providing a "global village" platform allowing 2 way communications in almost any language with live streaming broadcasts. In addition to event platforms, Ortsbo is creating a series of commercial Live & Global services that can be adapted to virtually any broadcast experience.
"As the Ortsbo brand continues to grow, we are seeing increasing interest from the entertainment, sports, customer care and global brand arenas, as they understand that to truly be global, you need to communicate in your customer's choice of language," said David Lucatch, CEO Intertainment/President Ortsbo Inc. "Ortsbo helps create a global village experience giving organizations 2 way communication opportunities, making their services, Internet programs and marketing initiatives interactive allowing users to express themselves to the brand and each other without language barriers."
Record Results for August 2011
Ortsbo's social media offering continues to accelerate achieving record results August 2011.
August August August Monthly
1 to 15 16 to 31 2011 Increase
Online Sessions 21,504,132 22,176,928 43,681,060 28%
Page Views 75,676,261 60,806,524 136,482,785 28%
Unique Users For Period 13,655,380 16,520,216 26,779,166(i) 33%
Minutes of User Engagement 119,809,643 124,979,668 244,789,311 32%
(i) Duplicates unique users for first and second half of the month are
removed.
Upcoming Events:
July through October, 2011 - Ortsbo is an official sponsor and partner of the Izod Indycar Series. Watch for our exciting promotions and events at www.ortsbo.com and www.indycar.com.
Early September 2011 - Ortsbo 040 - With the launch of Ortsbo's email plug in for Microsoft Outlook, or "O4O", Ortsbo has selected, and is notifying its winners of the Ortsbo Cruise Into Translation Contest. Users who registered and installed O4O through August 2011 had the opportunity to win 1 of 5 trips on the KISS KRUISE in October as well as other VIP prizes. Winners will be announced as they are notified and confirmed.
September 20 - 21, 2011 - LA Mobile Entertainment Summit, presented by Ortsbo. Featuring Keynote speaker Gene Simmons and David Lucatch, the LA Mobile Entertainment Summit, presented by Ortsbo brings together the most prestigious group of entertainment, financial and corporate players, The LA Mobile Entertainment Summit's unique environment enables attendees to engage, debate and define the latest developments in the mobile marketplace. With an unprecedented group of mobile opinion leaders, the summit will focus on how companies can monetize with mobile technology. For more information, please visit http://www.lamobilesummit.net.
