11th Sep 2007 17:04
Rambler Media Ltd. ("Rambler" or "the Group") (LSE:RMG), a leadingprovider of internet and media services to the global Russian-speakingcommunity, announces that Rambler has been named as the officialinternet partner of "Star Factory" ("Fabrika Zvezd"), a very populartalent contest and reality television show, now in its seventh series.The show is broadcast on "Channel One" ("Pervyi Kanal"), Russia'slargest TV channel by audience share, with an international audienceof more than 200 million viewers. As part of this partnership, aunique weekly competition open to users of Rambler's internet portal,www.rambler.ru, is being launched to give Rambler's users theopportunity to enter "Star Factory". £ "Star Factory" is one of Russia's most popular TV shows and isaired on "Channel One" that has a domestic and international TVaudience extending to the CIS, Europe, Asia, North America andAustralia. Potential contestants are required to leave recordings andphotos of themselves on Rambler's internet portal, for other users tovote for their participation in "Star Factory". The rambler.ru siteuser with the highest number of votes each week will earn theopportunity to perform on the "street scene" of "Star Factory", tocompete for a guaranteed place in the "Star House" as a reserveperformer for the show. Rambler has also created a blog on the RamblerPlaneta portion of Rambler's website, http://planeta.rambler.ru/,where on-line diaries and video materials, not available to view on"Channel One", will also be available for viewing. £ Mark Opzoomer, CEO of Rambler Media, commented: "We are delightedto be able to offer our users this unique opportunity to participatein "Star Factory" and we fully expect the television audience andinternet community participation to further boost traffic to Rambler'sinternet portal." £ For further information, please visit www.ramblermedia.com. £ ABOUT RAMBLER MEDIA £ Rambler Media is a diversified Russian language media and servicesgroup which operates or has interests in leading internet propertiesincluding the oldest Russian internet portal and search engine'Rambler.ru', on-line newspaper 'Lenta.ru', price comparison website'Price.ru', internet tracking system 'Rambler Top 100', instantmessaging service 'Rambler-ICQ', high-tech portal 'Ferra.ru',interactive advertising Group 'Index20' and 'contextual advertisingcompany 'Begun'. Rambler Media's shares are traded on AIM, the juniormarket of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol 'RMG'. For moreinformation on Rambler Media, visit our corporate website atwww.ramblermedia.com. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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