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Time Warner Cable named Anaheim Ducks telecom provider

January 15th, 2010, 12:50 pm by

Time Warner Cable named official communications partner of Anaheim DucksTime Warner Cable has been named the official communication provider of the Anaheim Ducks and Honda Center.

What does that mean? It’s a business partnership, a sponsorship that essentially makes the cable provider the go-to telecom company for the hockey team and sports arena. If the Anaheim Ducks market any sort of cable TV, Internet or phone service, Time Warner’s name will be splashed all over the campaign.

What it doesn’t mean: Time Warner customers aren’t guaranteed access to every single televised game. That’s up to the TV networks.

But you could win stuff.

First up: the Home and Away Giveaway. The sweet grand price is 20 tickets to the Feb. 8 home game versus the Los Angeles Kings plus a catered party during the Feb. 4 away game. The latter includes a 46-inch Sony Bravia HDTV and home entertainment system, plus food from Oggi’s Pizza & Brewery and Ducks’ gift packs. Details at  AnaheimDucks.com/homeandaway. The contest ends at 10 p.m. on Jan. 29.

Time Warner, which has sponsored the Ducks in years past, is also a presenting sponsor of Ducks TV, which is part of the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Network. The company also happens to provide cable TV service to the venue.

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Help your favorite local charity win $10k from Cox Cable

July 6th, 2009, 5:19 pm by

Cox Cares, the community-grant-giving arm of Cox Communications, is offering $10k to local charties.Interesting little contest from the local office of Cox Communications: The Rancho Santa Margarita company is giving away grants of $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000 to a deserving charity that gets the most public votes.

Through its Cox Cares charity program, the cable TV provider wants to reward local organizations who are doing something to make life better for its local customers and employees. 

Charities that wish to be considered need to apply by midnight on Friday, July 10, 2009. Organizations need to be based in Orange County, North Camp Pendleton and Palos Verdes and can apply at www.cox-cares.org/grants. A tip: The committee will judge non-profits on ”the quality of the program and its impact on the areas of youth, education and seniors.”

Cox will then review applications and choose the finalists. And on August 14, Cox Cares will post the finalists online at www.cox-cares.org/grants and start tallying votes from the public on which organization is most deserving of a grant. The winners will be notified at an awards ceremony in September.

Much of the money, says Cox, was donated by its 1,000 employees in Rancho Santa Margarita. The local office has donated $600,000 over the years to 95 local nonprofit organizations.

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Brea fan wins $5,000 in American Idol texting contest

May 20th, 2009, 3:18 pm by
Susan Underwood, from Brea, wins $5k in AT&T American Idol contest.

Susan Underwood, from Brea, is interviewed by past American Idol contestant Carly Smithson after winning $5,000.

And the random winner of AT&T’s American Idol texting contest is … a non-texter!

Susan Underwood, a 36-year-old Brea resident, showed up Tuesday for the talent show’s final sing-off after a friend managed to snag extra tickets.

Underwood, no relation to past AI winner Carrie Underwood, says she’s a huge fan of the show and watches weekly with her husband and two small children. She votes at least five times a week. OK, so she’s not like those kids who are glued to the phone or keypad for two hours after each episode. But she is a big fan.

Back on Tuesday, as she waited for the Nokia Kodak (corrected 5/21/09) Theatre to open, she spotted an AT&T kiosk promoting the texting sweepstakes. Not one who mindlessly gives up personal data, she decided otherwise after 1) spotting the contest was sponsored by AT&T, her own cell phone company, and 2) saw it only wanted her name and number. And then, she didn’t give it a second thought as she headed into a nearby Starbucks.

As she left the coffee chain, she heard her name. Next thing she knew, she was being led into a tent, with release forms shoved in her face, cameras flashing and reporters asking questions.  She had just won $5,000, after the winner of another contest randomly picked her name. (Actually, Underwood believes she was the fourth name called. You had to be present to win.) Read the rest of this entry »

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When cameraphones and O.C. tech mix, expect prizes

March 10th, 2009, 6:00 pm by

If you like taking funny photos or entertaining videos with your cameraphone, submit them for a chance to win everything but a cell phone in a new wireless contest sponsored by Fountain Valley’s Kingston Technology Co. and friends.

The memory company plans to give away a bunch of memory cards and flash drives, while neighbor D-Link Systems has a 10-inch digital photo frame and wireless routers up for grabs. Western Digital, in Lake Forest, is tossing in one of those nifty WD TV HD Media players, and Plantronics has a few 925 Bluetooth headsets.

The contest categories are: dance/pose, fun pet tricks, travel/vacation and sports. There will be 32 prizes awarded.

All entries must be received by March 31. Photo submissions can be made at www.kingston.com/mobile while video submissions are accepted at www.youtube.com/kingstoncontest.

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Contest alert: Vizio giving away 500 55-inch HDTVs

February 5th, 2009, 5:59 pm by

If you were like me, you saw the Vizio TV commercial during Super Bowl, but kept watching TV instead of checking out the Irvine TV seller’s $1 million contest online. (In fact, some people thought the commercial was the worst commercial this year.)

The company sent me a reminder today. And it’s actually a pretty good contest worth mentioning to readers. Vizio is giving away 500 55-inch LCD TVs with 120 Hz refresh rate and 9 high definition inputs (drool). It plans to hand out 17 of the $1,999 XVT series TVs every week beginning Feb. 23 through Aug. 31. The last weekend it’s giving away 24, which makes a grand total of 500 TVs or $1 million.

All you need to do is enter at Vizio.com, or 70.32.72.72, which asks that you submit a “Your Vizio Story” on how you found Vizio and its impact on your life.  Tell them you heard about it on Gadgetress and maybe they’ll give you bonus points (kidding).

Apparently, many Super Bowl viewers did visit the site during or after the game. Visits to its site grew 400 percent after the commercial aired, the company said.

Last chance to enter the contest is Aug. 14, 2009. Good luck!

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Time Warner contest: Write like Dr. Seuss

January 14th, 2009, 4:49 pm by

Because it is able

Time Warner Cable 

is hosting a contest

for the best Seussian tale.

You must be a kid

with a creative knack

to win a reenactment

by a local theater act.

Okay, that’s the best I could do. Surely, some elementary school class in Orange County can come up with a better story inspired by Dr. Seuss’s imaginative writing skills. The local branch of Time Warner Cable is holding its 10th annual “Time 2 write Seuss-style Contest,” in support of the National Education Association’s Read Across America campaign.

Four winners get their work reproduced by a local theater group, while the grand prize winner will be featured in a TV commercial to promote next year’s contest.

Last year, Mrs. Gidden’s seventh-grade class at La Purisima Catholic School in Orange was one of the winners with “Farve’s Big Game.” And the previous year, Mrs. Eber’s-fourth grade class at Anderson Elementary School in Garden Grove won with “What’s His Name.”

The team-effort contest is open to classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. Entries must be written, illustrated and created by students. Entries will be judged on creativity, content and the story’s lesson or overall impression. 

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Hey kids: Invent a game, win $10k and a publisher!

December 4th, 2008, 6:48 pm by

Winning $10,000 is always nice but the cool thing about this contest is that the winner’s game will be published by Electronic Arts as a free web game. 

The ”Invent-A-Game Challenge” is open to kids in the U.S. between 5 to 19 years old. Entry seems simple — come up with an idea and submit it to this web site, www.bkfk.com.

The competition is sponsored by Best Buy, Electronic Arts, The United Inventors Association and By Kids for Kids.

Now, what will it take to win? Some hints on the web site: It’s looking for “designs similar to, but not limited to” puzzle games like Tetris and Bejeweled; run, jump, avoid and adventure games like Super Mario Brothers and Fancy Pants Adventure; and strategy games like Billiards and Besieged.

All entries must be received online by March 31, 2009. 

Besides getting his or her game published, the Grand Prize winner also wins a $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond, trips to Best Buy and EA headquarters, and a $100 Best Buy gift card.

More details at www.bkfk.com.

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When AT&T, Guitar Hero and O.C. mix

November 12th, 2008, 12:58 pm by

AT&T is really trying to put its foot into the video-gaming world. First, it was “Spore.” Today, “Guitar Hero.” 

As part of the recent launch of “Guitar Hero World Tour,” AT&T is offering some game love to its subscribers. So if you’re a player and want something free, pay attention.

To get the Guitar Hero World Tour Complete Guitar Game, valued at $100, you’ll need to be a new high-speed Internet customer or new U-verse TV customer.

For mobile customers who purchase “Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile,” available Nov. 14, they can download the first of four exclusive songs for the game during December. The remaining three will be available in early 2009. AT&T customers can download the game to the phone using AT&T MEdia Mall or by texting HERO to 7189.

And for anyone who bothers to enter the contest, AT&T is giving away real instruments so the winner can start his/her own rock band. Winner gets a guitar, bass, drums and a $1,000 gift certificate from Guitar Center.

Where does O.C. comes in? Drums are from the Orange County Drum & Percussion in Santa Ana, while the guitar is from Laguna Guitars in Laguna Beach. Value of the package is $3,700.  Just submit an entry at www.att.com/guitarhero.

Incidentally, this is more than just a marketing promotion for AT&T. The company also is advertising inside the game. The game features AT&T billboards in the Pan Tang Bay and Times Square venues in the game. Also, AT&T Park in San Francisco has a spot in the game.

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