International Rock Legend Gene Simmons and Ortsbo.com to Host First Interactive Global Fan Chat in 53 Languages
4/20/2011 3:09:27 AM - Market Wire
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, and TORONTO, CANADA, Apr 20, 2011 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) --
Intertainment Media Inc. ("Intertainment" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCBB:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) announces that Ortsbo.com (www.ortsbo.com), the social media, real time, language translation platform, will power international rock legend, accomplished global entrepreneur, Ortsbo.com business partner and spokesperson, and one of the world's most recognized personalities, Gene Simmons as Mr. Simmons hosts the world's first, real time, interactive global fan chat in 53 languages, powered by Ortsbo.com.
ORTSBO Presents GENE SIMMONS LIVE & GLOBAL MAY 20TH, 2011 7:30 AM Pacific Beverly Hills Hotel - Rodeo Ballroom Beverly Hills, California
Ortsbo.com presents, Gene Simmons Live & Global will feature a host of items from Mr. Simmons' private KISS collection, as seen on A&E's Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, broadcast in 84 global markets. The live event will be broadcast over the Internet and available to individuals who pre-register at Ortsbo.com, instantly translating questions and answers in multiple languages, making it a truly worldwide spectacle.
"Ortsbo.com is taking a sledgehammer to the tower of Babel, allowing people around the world regardless of their native language to be part of this event and the conversation," said Simmons "I am proud to have this opportunity to break down the language barriers and provide fans with the ability to chat with me in real time, as one people."
Fluent in five languages, including English, Hebrew, Hungarian, and German, as well as some Japanese and he's working to add Mandarin to his repertoire, Simmons has lent his legendary personality to help spread the word about Ortsbo's unique, translator experience platform that integrates seamlessly with the most popular social media platforms to enable users from around the world to instantly send and receive messages in their native language.
Supporting Ortsbo.com presents, Gene Simmons Live & Global will be Live Nation, the world's leading live entertainment and online ecommerce company. Along with the global chat with Gene Simmons, the event will provide people around the world with the ability to purchase a selection of entertainment merchandise. This event will provide a prototype for future global commercial events with Live Nation, their Artists and Ortsbo.com.
Live Nation Merchandise is very excited to be part of this amazing event with Gene Simmons and Ortsbo.com," said Dell Furano, CEO Live Nation Merchandise. "We see this as a great opportunity to sell merchandise, and pave the way for future Artist programs, by reaching a global audience and conducting online ecommerce in almost any language."
Ortsbo.com eliminates the need to cut/copy and paste text into a translator by automatically translating typed text into the specified language instantly unlike typical translation software. Users simply indicate the desired language for their intended recipient and Ortsbo does the rest. Ortsbo even lets users conduct multiple chat sessions simultaneously across multiple social networks in multiple languages in real time.
Free for consumers to use Ortsbo.com is ideal for both personal/social communications, allowing users to chat with friends and family around the world or around the neighborhood, and for business communications. Global colleagues can use Ortsbo to collaborate and chat about projects in their native language for faster and more efficient communication that reduces the risk of misunderstanding due to translation errors.
Ortsbo for mobile phones and portable computing devices, including apps for Android, Apple, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and tablet computers is scheduled to begin launching Summer 2011.
For businesses, Ortsbo provides multi-lingual global communications solutions via RSS, API solutions, private chat networks and custom services allowing organizations to provide seamless communications with their constituents.
Ortsbo.com has achieved in 10 months what social media giant Facebook took 3 years to achieve.
Ortsbo.com boasts more than 12.2 million unique users each month. Since launch, over 34.7 million unique visitors from more than 170 countries have logged more than 166.3 million minutes using Ortsbo, translating conversations automatically into more than 50 global languages.
Ortsbo for social media integrates seamlessly with all the most popular social networks you already use, including Facebook, Twitter, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger and many more. For business or personal use, the Ortsbo for Outlook plug-in module will automatically translate emails sent and received for an introductory one-time purchase of just $29.95.
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