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XOZ Entertainment, S.A. Announces Appointment of Former NBC Vice-President to Board
LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 24 /PRNewswire/ --
XOZ Entertainment, S.A. (OTC Pink Sheets: XOZZ) today announced the appointment of International Sports Marketing Professional, Mark Jeffers, as its newest member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Jeffers currently serves as Senior Vice President Sports Sales and Development at Orad Inc., a member of the Ormat Group, a publicly traded conglomerate. Mr. Jeffers has successfully developed and marketed Orad Sports broadcast enhancement (tracking technology) products, as well as systems for NBC Sports' Olympic coverage and CBS Sports' Super Bowl XXXV Pre-Game Show.
Rod Burns, President and CEO, XOZ Entertainment, states ``Mr. Jeffers' extensive experience and relationships in international broadcasting of sports entertainment will help catapult XOZ Entertainment to a world class media-web convergence company.''
Mr. Jeffers was with NBC for 18 years, from 1981 to 1999. He began his career by helping to acquire programs for international distribution as well as the production, editing and distribution of International versions of NBC News, Sports and Entertainment programming for foreign broadcasters. Mr. Jeffers advanced with NBC to Director of Sports Sales and Operations for 10 years where he set up new satellite delivery systems for both Entertainment and Sports programming. In 1997 Mr. Jeffers was promoted to Vice President International Sales where he oversaw International and Domestic servicing of broadcast, cable and home video markets. Mr. Jeffers successfully sold, marketed and distributed NBC Sports events worldwide, increasing NBC's international sales by 75%.
Mr. Jeffers acquired sports programming for NBC Europe and Asia, closed multi-media deals including network television, network radio, pay-TV, cable, satellite and Internet. Also, while at NBC, Mr. Jeffers acquired worldwide rights to sports events for international distribution, including Celebrity Golf events, Notre Dame Football, and RCA Tennis.
In addition to his many other accomplishments, Mr. Jeffers is also a Professor in Communication Arts at the Collage of New Rochelle, NY.
Mark Jeffers stated, ``XOZ's programming concepts are dynamic in nature and I believe they will drive the new wave in adventure sports.''
About XOZ Entertainment, S.A.
XOZ Entertainment has developed its own brand of media-web convergence combining the branding power of television with the one-to-one marketing power of the Internet. The management of XOZ has extensive backgrounds in film, television, multi-media productions, and computer applications technology. This skill set, together with the wealth of opportunities presented by the direction of digital television, the rising popularity of adventure sports, the reality TV phenomenon, and the power and potential of the Internet is what XOZ is all about. The business plan summary can be viewed at www.xoz.tv.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for historical information contained herein, statements in this press release are forward- looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-Looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results in the future periods to differ materially from the forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product price volatility, product demand, market competition, risk inherent in the company's domestic and international operations, imprecision in estimating product reserves and the company's ability to replace and expand its holdings.
For More Information Contact: Rod Burns, President: Phone 403-571-7255, ext. 232, Fax: 403-263-6148, Email: rburns@xoz.tv
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