Thursday, February 14, 2008

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HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights owners, announced yesterday they have selected Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR)(February 14, 2008), a leading provider of online business optimization software, to measure how HIT's audience interacts with the company's 50 online properties. HIT will use Omniture Web analytics to better understand the performance of flash-based games, activities, stories and videos available on popular Web sites including www.barney.com, www.bobthebuilder.com and www.thomasandfriends.com.

One of the main reasons HIT Entertainment selected Omniture as their Web analytics provider was for Omniture ActionSource -- a technology built into Omniture SiteCatalyst that measures the online use of Flash-based applications. ActionSource will allow HIT Entertainment to understand how their sites' interactive games, activities and videos resonate with users, helping to influence future content development.

"The Web has become a source for highly interactive entertainment as many companies strive to connect elements of their offline business to online activity," said Chris Harrington, president, worldwide sales and client services at Omniture. "With Omniture's ability to measure Flash applications, and other Web 2.0 technologies that are the underlying drivers for this type of functionality, we can provide companies with a more complete picture of their online performance."

About HIT Entertainment

HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners, is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Barney, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Pingu, Fireman Sam, Angelina Ballerina and Rainbow Magic. HIT represents Fifi and the Flowertots in North America and Japan and acts as a worldwide representative for The Jim Henson Company's library of classic family brands and as representative for The Wiggles in the UK. HIT also owns the Guinness World Records publishing and television property. Launched in 1989, HIT's lines of business span television and video production (including studios in the US and the UK), publishing, consumer products licensing and live events. With a catalogue of more than 1,500 hours of young children's programming, HIT sells its shows to more than 240 countries worldwide, in more than 45 different languages and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2005, the Company joined Comcast Corporation, PBS and Sesame Workshop to launch PBS KIDS Sprout(SM), a 24-hour digital cable channel and VOD service for preschoolers. In 2007, HIT and Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global, Inc and its subsidiary ChelloZone, announced a joint venture to launch and distribute JimJam, an international preschool TV channel (excludes the US, UK and China). For more information, visit www.hitentertainment.com.

About Omniture

Omniture, Inc. is a leading provider of online business optimization software, enabling customers to manage and enhance online, offline and multi-channel business initiatives. Omniture's software, which it hosts and delivers to its customers as an on-demand subscription service, enables customers to capture, store and analyze information generated by their Web sites and other sources and to gain critical business insights into the performance and efficiency of marketing and sales initiatives and other business processes. In addition, Omniture offers a range of professional services that complement its online services, including implementation, best practices, consulting, customer support and user training through Omniture University. Omniture's 4,400 customers include eBay, AOL, Wal-Mart, Gannett, Microsoft, Neiman Marcus, Oracle, General Motors, Sony and HP. www.omniture.com Copyright (c) 2008 Omniture, Inc. All rights reserved. Omniture and the Omniture logo are registered trademarks of Omniture, Inc., and Omniture owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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AeroGrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERO) ("AeroGrow" or the "Company")(February 14, 2008), makers of the AeroGarden line of indoor gardening products, announced yesterdaythey have named Jervis B. (Jerry) Perkins as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2008. The appointment of Mr. Perkins is the culmination of a long-term succession strategy initiated nine months ago by AeroGrow's Founder and current CEO, Michael Bissonnette.

Jerry Perkins was brought on board the AeroGrow management team in November 2007 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Perkins has a proven, 30-year track record of delivering exceptional top and bottom line results in a wide variety of market-leading consumer businesses. In his short time at AeroGrow, he has proven himself a valuable leader as the Company transitions from an entrepreneurial organization, focused on launching a novel product, to the established leader of a new product category managing the aggressive rollout of a broad product line.

"Jerry is a perfect fit for us on so many levels," said Michael Bissonnette, Founder and AeroGrow's Chairman of the Board. "First, he really understands our products and why consumers are responding so passionately. He's an accomplished product and brand manager, and a product line like ours, that appeals to such a wide demographic and can be sold through so many different retail channels, is every brand manager's dream. Second, he has direct experience in scaling businesses and expertly balancing the revenue growth needs with appropriate bottom line focus. Finally, he's an amazing leader, capable of really bringing a team together to achieve their goals. I couldn't be happier with our choice." Mr. Bissonnette founded AeroGrow in July of 2002, growing it successfully from an idea to more than $14 million in sales for the most recent quarter ended December 31, 2007. Mr. Bissonnette will stay active at AeroGrow as Chairman of the Board to assist in the refinement of the Company's strategic direction and monitor its progress toward achieving its goals, to lead in product development and innovation, and to maintain relationships with shareholders.


"It would be hard to overstate the scope of the opportunity in front of us," said Jerry Perkins, currently AeroGrow's President and COO. "We have a proven technology platform, with strong, proven consumer interest. We've been successfully rolling out into broader and broader channels of distribution. Now we're expanding our product line to enable us to meet a vast range of consumer needs through multiple new channels of distribution, and to increase product line depth through existing channels. When you start with the potential consumer benefits, from gardening to culinary to home decor to hobby to education, it's almost hard to think of a distribution channel where we won't have a product that is relevant to that channel and their customers. We've had some wonderful successes to date, but I truly believe we're just at the beginning." Perkins most recently served as President and COO of publicly-traded Johnson Outdoors, Inc., a $400 million dollar global manufacturer of outdoor recreation products. There, Mr. Perkins was directly responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing, product development, manufacturing and distribution, with full P&L responsibilities. During his 4-year tenure, sales grew 33% from $300 million to $400 million, net profit increased 76%, and the stock appreciated 80%.

Previously, Mr. Perkins served as Executive Vice President and General Manager at Brunswick Corporation. There, he conceived an innovative product development program which turned around Brunswick's declining bowling business and drove double digit increases in sales and profitability.

Prior to Brunswick, Mr. Perkins worked for Quaker Oats for 17 years, serving in a variety of general management and senior marketing roles. Mr. Perkins received an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in 1979 and a BA from Williams College in 1977.

About AeroGrow International, Inc.

Founded in 2002 in Boulder, Colorado, AeroGrow International, Inc. is dedicated to the research, development and marketing of the AeroGarden line of indoor gardening products. AeroGardens feature NASA-proven, dirt-free aeroponic technology, allowing anyone to grow farmer's market fresh herbs, salad greens, tomatoes, chili peppers, flowers and more, indoors, year-round, so simply and easily that no green thumb is required. See www.aerogrow.com.

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BioShaft Water Technology Inc. (the "Company" or "BioShaft") (OTCBB: BSHF)(February 14, 2008) announced yesterday that it has entered into a license agreement with FPS International ("FPS") based in the State of Kuwait.

FPS International was established in 1977 and has been a leading Company in the Middle East for providing high quality products and services and rendering technologically advanced systems for the water, oil and gas industries. FPS is well known for its extensive follow-up and care to provide the best quality in its products and services at the highest standard and due to this FPS became the sole agent in the Middle East for major manufacturers from all over the world. Now FPS has extended its services to cover logistics, manpower and many other divisions.

BioShaft will license its patented Hans BioShaft System and other product lines to FPS in the Arab Gulf Countries Council and Egypt. FPS will pay BioShaft a royalty based on FPS' annual gross revenues from the BioShaft systems.

Dr. Hans Badreddine, CEO of BioShaft, said, "This is our first licensing agreement and we look forward to FPS assisting us with the expansion of the Hans BioShaft System through the Gulf Countries and Egypt. FPS has a successful business and they represent top companies in the oil, gas, and water industries and we are very pleased to be working with them." Khalid Al Hashani, Managing Director of FPS International, said, "The Hans BioShaft System is one of the best technologies in waste water treatment that we have seen. We have been testing the technology over the past four years in Kuwait and Oman. We are extremely impressed with its simplicity, low maintenance, minimal operating costs, low sludge factor, environmental friendliness, and the ability to be set up quickly with minimal land use. These are major factors that our customers in the Gulf Countries and Egypt are looking forward to. We are very excited to have the license agreement with BioShaft and to work on future projects together."

About BioShaft Water Technology Inc.

BioShaft is an innovative waste water treatment technology based on Bio-Filtration utilizing sludge carriers. These plants are made using the Hans BioShaft Turbine that is at the heart of the waste water technology. It was developed in the Netherlands in 1994 and was improved upon by Dr. Hans Badreddine and implemented as Hans BioShaft. It is patented in the United Kingdom and the patent is pending in the United States. For further information please visit the Company's website at www.bioshaft.com.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Aero is trading at a real bargain right now and a huge discount from when you posted about it...