LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbit Media Group,
LLC, a boutique consulting, idea factory and product acceleration
firm, has announced a partnership with global charity Starlight
Children's Foundation, whereby Orbit will make a donation from each
sale of Orbit's new interactive children's storybook App "Cowboys
& Aliens: The Kids" to the Starlight Foundation. The
partnership comes in the wake of entertainment company Platinum
Studios (OTCBB: PDOS) licensing the original story from Platinum
CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who
created the New York Times best-selling
graphic novel and recently released blockbuster movie, Cowboys
& Aliens, for Orbit to create an interactive storybook
application for all Apple iOS and select Android OS devices.
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Orbit is also proud to be partnered with Julia Delany and Kimon
Taliadoros from Australian company Hub4Content on the
marketing of the App Book.
Orbit's founder, Chris Adams, has
worked with companies like Facebook, Amazon.com and Glam Media and
helped Jeff Skoll build Participant
Media, serving as the company's chief vision officer through its
initial slate of films including Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck
and the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth. It was
while at Participant that Adams met Starlight co-founder
Peter Samuelson, who served on
Participant's advisory board during Adams' tenure there.
Inspired by the Participant model he helped to foster – that
of content helping advance social causes – it was a natural
partnership when creating the "Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids" App
Book.
For nearly 30 years, Starlight (www.starlight.org) has been
dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their
families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through
entertainment, education and family activities. Through a network
of offices, Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents
and siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Programs are also delivered internationally through
affiliates in Australia,
Japan and the United Kingdom.
"We are very pleased to team with Starlight on this exciting
project," stated Adams. "The work Starlight has done for
nearly three decades to benefit seriously ill children and their
families is nothing short of phenomenal, and with this App, we hope
to empower children to read, paint and share, and for their
parents, who buy the App, to help kids worldwide through
Starlight."
"We are extremely appreciative of Orbit and the generosity of
all those who helped launch this wonderful initiative," said
Samuelson. "In receiving proceeds from the sales of 'Cowboys &
Aliens: The Kids,' Starlight is able to continue its mission of
brightening the world for seriously ill children. It's great
to see how this App will serve a dual purpose – providing
entertainment for the general public and helping better the lives
of the seriously ill children and families Starlight serves."
“Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids” retails for $4.99 and is currently available in the Apple App
Stores
(http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cowboys-and-aliens-the-kids/id452170494?ls=1&mt=8).
The Android version will follow later in August.
In "Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids," three children – a Western
cowboy, a Native American, and a space alien – meet and become
friends while playing with their toys. The App Book features
a breadth of voice narration, painting functionality, sharing and
customization of characters using photos from one's photo library,
plus social sharing via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.
For additional information visit
http://www.cowboysandaliensthekids.com/.
About Orbit Media Group, LLC
Orbit Media Group, LLC is a boutique consulting firm/idea
factory/product and business accelerator global partners and
clients seeking to bring the best ideas, people and products to the
market fast. To learn more about Orbit, please visit:
www.orbitmediagroup.com.
About Starlight Children's Foundation
When a child or teenager has a serious medical condition,
everyone in the family is affected. For nearly 30 years,
Starlight Children's Foundation™ has been dedicated to helping
seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain,
fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family
activities. Starlight's programs have been proven to distract
children from their pain, help them better understand and manage
their illnesses, and connect families facing similar challenges so
that no one feels alone. Through a network of chapters and offices,
Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents and
siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces with an array of
outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings. Programs are
also delivered internationally through affiliates in Australia, Japan and the United
Kingdom. To learn more about Starlight, please visit:
www.starlight.org.
About Platinum Studios, Inc.
Platinum Studios (OTCBB: PDOS) is an entertainment company that
controls an international library of over 5,000 comic book
characters from all over the world, which it adapts, produces and
licenses for all forms of media including print, film, online,
mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising.
In addition to "Cowboys & Aliens," Platinum Studios is
developing "Unique" at Walt Disney Pictures with "Harry Potter" producer David Heyman producing alongside Platinum
Studios CEO Scott Mitchell
Rosenberg, "Vice" with producer Andrew Lazar and Top Cow Productions, Inc., a
feature film project at Sony Pictures Animation, and "Blood Nation"
with producer Alexandra Milchan. In
addition, Platinum is developing "MetaDocs" for TV with Syfy,
FremantleMedia and Landscape Entertainment.
Platinum Studios - Comics Fueling Media EVERYWHERE!
http://www.platinumstudios.com
About hub4content
Our purpose is to recognize, define and articulate
transformational strategies that provide clients with the blueprint
for their business to achieve exponential growth and profitability.
We believe the fundamental connectivity and utility of mobile
devices has revolutionized the way people communicate, socialize,
organize and manage their lives and decisions. To learn more,
please visit www.hub4content.com
SOURCE Orbit Media Group, LLC