April 15, 2005

Octane Fitness Elliptical Cross Trainers Ideal for Weight Loss, Says Expert Julia Havey

Octane Fitness Elliptical Cross Trainers Ideal for Weight Loss, Says Expert Julia Havey

Backchannelmedia | April 15, 2005

  • ANDOVER, Minn., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Julia Havey, the author of Awaken the Diet Within and the popular LifeChanger weight loss program, has endorsed the award-winning Octane Fitness elliptical cross trainers as ideal equipment for calorie-blasting, fat burning, effective and efficient workouts.
  • Havey, who owns Octane's premium Q45e model (just named a Consumer Guide Best Buy), created the LifeChanger Program that has inspired hundreds to lose weight and get fit.
  • "The programs keep me challenged and getting the results I'm after, plus the unique SmartStride makes the elliptical fit my body perfectly."

NanoSignal Corporation Announces Global Medical Services Inc., Their Subsidiary, Set to Begin Operation May 1, 2005, Producing DRTV Commercial

PrimeZone Media Network | April 14, 2005

  • LAS VEGAS, April 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- NanoSignal Corp (Pink Sheets:NNOS) announced that its operating division, Global Medical Services, Inc., also doing business as Pioneer Health Solutions.com, announces the opening of its new office and business center on May 1, 2005.
  • The office will house twenty three employees.
  • Pioneer Health Solutions combines the advantages of managed health care with freedom of choice.

A Funny Way to Lose Weight: Laugh It Off

Cincinnati Post | April 14, 2005

  • Weight loss is hardly a laughing matter here in the Obese Nation, where two-thirds of adults are overweight or worse.
  • breakthrough in the battle of the bulge just might prompt a snicker -- and maybe make you healthier.
  • Thousands of laugh clubs worldwide now invite people to, well, laugh out loud together.

Chop Schlocky TV, Independent Digi-net Profiled

Forbes | December 13, 2004

  • One of a small harem of "fight jocks," she's taping promotions for Kasanoff's fledgling startup cable channel, Blackbelt TV, which touts "kicks, flicks and chicks" (or "chicks and flicks, guns and buns," as Kasanoff once told a reporter).
  • But after $10 million and years of trying, and despite an accomplished career as a Hollywood producer on such hits as Mortal Kombat, Terminator 2 and True Lies, Kasanoff has yet to secure a full-time channel slot on any big cable system.
  • But Kasanoff's larger problem is that he's trying to launch a new network in the midst of a battle over scarce digital bandwidth that pits powerful programmers against cable companies.

Pet Ecology Brands, Inc. Partners With Centale, Inc.

Business Wire | April 14, 2005

  • Pet Ecology Brands, Inc. (OTC:PECB.PK) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Centale, Inc. to implement Centale's web-based communications platform, Catalyst EV(TM) ("The Desktop Communicator"), enhancing Pet Ecology's outreach to shareholders and potential investors, while establishing a solid foundation for its online product distribution and brand advertising.
  • Stressing the revenue benefits of the Desktop Communicator, Michael Poggi, Senior Communications Director of Centale, Inc., says, "We are pleased to have been selected by Pet Ecology to provide the company with the next generation communication technology, 'The Desktop Communicator', to reinforce their brand positioning to the desktop and provide their customers with a consistently positive experience."
  • We are pleased that our reputation has enabled us to access this marketing and communications tool designed for Fortune 500 companies, and expect to implement the Desktop Communicator by mid-April 2005."

DISH Network Offers Chance to Watch Mets, Save Money; Non-Baseball Fans Save Even More

Business Wire | April 14, 2005

  • EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) announced that its DISH Network(TM) satellite TV service has unveiled a plan allowing frustrated New York-area cable customers to save money while watching Mets baseball games.
  • DISH Network's Digital Home Advantage, which includes America's Top 60 programming package with local channels plus free installation and no hardware to buy, will cost $19.99 per month in the New York area.
  • The plan, available through June 30, 2005, includes a one-year commitment and will appeal most to those who reject the high cost of cable and resent the extra fee for the YES Network.

AdSouth Partners' 'ASPR' Launches Public Relations Campaign fo Pamela Anderson Product

Business Wire | April 14, 2005

  • AdSouth Partners, Inc. (OTCBB: ASPR) AdSouth Partners is pleased to announce that has begun its public relations campaign on the Pamela Anderson endorsed lip solution product.
  • The product which is currently either on shelf already or being shipped to Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, GNC, Eckerd, Ulta and other outlets has been promoted by Pamela Anderson herself on national television and in major weekly magazines.
  • John Cammarano, AdSouth's President, states, "The public relations effort is currently underway.

Company Gets Extension on Order to Sell WTXX-TV

The Hartford Courant, Connecticut | April 14, 2005

  • Apr. 14--Federal regulators Wednesday granted Tribune Co. at least two more years to sell WTXX-TV, Channel 20, in Waterbury, but the media giant was denied a permanent exemption from rules that bar owning a newspaper and television station in the same market.
  • The Tribune's acquisition of The Courant in 2000, when Tribune took over Times Mirror Co., put its ownership of WTXX and WTIC-TV, Channel 61, in Hartford, at odds with the Federal Communications Commission's cross-ownership rules.
  • Those rules limit the granting of a TV broadcast license to an entity that operates a daily newspaper in the same community the station covers.

NovaDel CEO Dr. Gary Shangold Interviewed By Television Stations Nationwide About a New Way to Take Medication

Business Wire | April 14, 2005

  • Gary Shangold, CEO of NovaDel Pharma, Inc. (AMEX: NVD), was interviewed by television reporters across the country yesterday concerning various methods of delivering prescription medication.
  • The Company's approach is a fast acting lingual spray that could potentially deliver well-known and widely used drugs more conveniently and rapidly than existing methods.
  • These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results or outcomes to be materially different from those anticipated and discussed herein including, but not limited to, the successful completion of its pilot pharmacokinetic feasibility studies, the ability to develop products (independently and through collaborative arrangements), the ability to commercialize and obtain FDA and other regulatory approvals for products under development and the acceptance in the marketplace for lingual spray products.

Toolbuilders, Led by Former Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Bowflex, Cancels 'Reverse Merger' Plans; Firm Had Announced Plans in January With Temporary Financial Services

Spokesman Review | April 12, 2005

  • Toolbuilders Laboratories, Inc., a Spokane technology company, has canceled plans for a "reverse merger" with Temporary Financial Services, Inc., also based in Spokane.
  • The reverse merger would have allowed Toolbuilders to acquire the trading rights of publicly held Temporary Financial Services.
  • The goal was to help Toolbuilders gain more capital for growth, said company Vice President for Operations Shad Wheeler.