Lifetime Networks Expands Leadership Position as the Only Media Company Offering a Singular Branded 360-Degree Experience for Women With Wide Array of New 2008-09 Digital Initiatives
"Hollywood Tails," "Mommy Madness" And "Street Doctors" Jump Start Slate Of
More Than 15 Original Webisode Series
Dressupchallenge.com Heralds Version 2.0 of Lifetime's Runaway-Hit Game "My
Story Is ... Makeover"
Launch of Lifetime-Glam Network
Revamped Community and Video Channels to Premiere in Third Quarter
NEW YORK, April 14 -- Lifetime Networks will expand its
leadership position as the only media company offering a singular branded
360-degree experience for women -- featuring a consistent, powerful brand
across all platforms -- with a diverse array of new initiatives from
Lifetime Digital in 2008-09.
Building upon its status as the leading provider of content, casual
games and community for women across all digital outlets, Dan Suratt,
Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Business Development, today
announced a slate of more than 15 original broadband webisode series and a
groundbreaking new dress-up game. Suratt also said Lifetime Digital is
launching a new network of sites to reach the Lifetime woman, revamped
community and video sections on myLifetime.com, and a bevy of new content
offerings, including a photo captioning channel, a beauty makeover tool, a
movie mash-up application and a slew of new blogs.
MyLifetime.com, a top 25 online gaming site with new games every week,
will leverage the success of "The My Story is ... Makeover" game -- which
has registered more than six million visits and 15 million page views --
with the debut of Dressupchallenge.com in late April. The site invites the
audience to create makeovers, enter them in weekly challenges to win
prizes, vote on the best makeovers and interact with other game-players in
a dynamic community.
Lifetime Digital will extend its reach, branding and sales
opportunities to more than five million unique visitors per month when the
Lifetime-Glam Network kicks off this month. The new co-branded vertical
network of woman-focused websites and blogs unites the #1 cable network for
women with the #1 provider of reach for women online. It will also include
more than 12 sites at launch that offer advertisers reach for the women who
comprise the Lifetime target audience.
MyLifetime.com will support the return of the network's hit programming
by unveiling a new broadband video channel in June that will feature full
episodes of Lifetime series such as the smash hit "Army Wives" and the
Peabody Award-winning "Project Runway," as well as full-length screenings
of select Lifetime Original Movies each month.
More than 2.5 million people have registered as myLifetime.com members
and the site will cater to this large audience starting in the Third
Quarter of 2008 with a revamped community section that will enable women to
connect with each other, express themselves, and share the stories and
images of their lives. The site will offer dynamic profiles with extensive
multimedia modules so that women can share photos and videos of their
family, pets, hobbies and more. The community will offer extensive groups
providing functionality to help women connect around topics of interest in
their lives, enabling them to join official Lifetime groups (like "Army
Wives"), start groups in channels that already exist (Diet & Nutrition) or
start groups around topics of their choosing.
MyLifetime.com will also entertain this audience with an array of new
applications centered around user-generated content. Site visitors can edit
scenes from Lifetime Original Movies and create their own movie mash-ups
with Lifetime Movie Mash-up starting in early May. Users will also be able
to upload their photos and give themselves a new look with the Total Beauty
Makeover tool set to launch in May, as well as upload photos and add
stylized captions via a new photo captioning channel launching in the
Second Quarter of 2008. Additionally, myLifetime.com will launch new blogs
in Beauty & Style, Health, Relationships, and a new Fun channel during the
Second Quarter.
Combined with the popularity of the Lifetime on-air networks,
myLifetime.com provides national sponsors an unrivaled opportunity to reach
women with targeted cross-platform experiences. Following in the footsteps
of the successful Clean Start Challenge, which generated significant
national press around 10 women who sought to follow their New Year's
resolutions and make a "clean start" in 2008, myLifetime.com will launch
multiple campaigns in 2008 that leverage an array of opportunities for
sponsors: database and targeted e-mail marketing, editorial product
integration, online and offline promotion, sweepstakes, contests and other
promotional stunts, and key word ad buys.
Lifetime Digital will also reach women on the go with a new WAP site
launching this month -- phase two of the site will integrate video in June
-- with opportunities for advertisers to interact with Lifetime's
programming via text message and mobile alerts. Lifetime will continue to
grow its successful relationship with iTunes with the addition of its new
shows and popular movie-pack bundles, including 15 classic Lifetime
Original Movies and 12 Lifetime Movie Network Original Movies.
MyLifetime.com (http://www.mylifetime.com), the ultimate digital
destination for women's entertainment and escape, is a site where 2.7
million women per month (comScore Media Metrix, March, 2008) connect, play
and share. myLifetime.com offers lifestyle content in Beauty & Style, Home
& Crafts, Entertainment, Health, Relationships, and Astrology channels,
original broadband video series, and full episodes, behind-the-scenes
content and features that enable women to engage deeper with Lifetime's
television programming. The site's games channel offers hundreds of
compelling online and downloadable games, and ranks among the top 25 online
gaming sites for women. The site also features a vibrant community of more
than 2.5 million members who connect with each other via an array of social
networking tools. Combined with the reach of the Lifetime Networks,
myLifetime.com provides national sponsors an unrivaled opportunity to reach
women with targeted cross-platform experiences.
LIFETIME is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated
basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, LIFETIME
is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information
programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and
their families. LIFETIME Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real
Women and Lifetime Digital (including myLifetime.com) are part of LIFETIME
Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The
Walt Disney Company.
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