When Cobra Starship took the stage on October 27, 2009, the band played to an intimate crowd of 2,300 at CLUB NOKIA in Los Angeles.
But with the help of Nokia and AEG Digital Media, a much larger crowd was watching throughout the multi-platform universe.
Nokia presented Cobra Starship with special guest Boys Like Girls as part of the launch campaign for its Nokia Twist phone.
his is AEG’s second digital acquisition announced in a month: first Examiner.com’s acquisition of NowPublic, and now a different group AEG Productions is buying eight-year old webcasting services company Incited Media, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, being announced today, will merge Incited with AEG Productions to create AEG Digital Media. The sports and entertainment presenter is positioing the new unit as a “production powerhouse” with global “end-to-end broadcast and webcast capabilities.” AEG Productions is only nine months old, and was involved with producing The Michael Jackson Tribute for Staples Center, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Fight Night Club, it says. The group has a $25 million production studio in downtown LA.
AEG Acquires Streaming Media Firm Incited Media
October 05, 2009 – Digital and Mobile
By Antony Bruno, Denver
AEG has acquired streaming media management and production firm Incited Media as part of an effort to expand its services into the broadband Internet and mobile content space.
The company will merge Incited Media into its AEG Productions division, creating a new entity called AEG Digital Media. Michael Goldfine, formerly president of AEG Productions, will run the unit, with Incited Media executives Joe Einstein, Ben Rolling and John Petrocelli will all remain with the new unit in various capacities.
Incited Media to be combined into new unit
By Paul Bond
Oct 5, 2009, 03:00 AM ET
Entertainment and sports presenter AEG has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire Incited Media, a company known for its live webcasting of such major events as the Olympics, the Democratic National Convention and Live Earth.
AEG, which owns Staples Center in Los Angeles and similar facilities nationwide, has combined its AEG Prods. with Incited to create AEG Digital Media, being run by Michael Goldfine.
“I could have built these capabilities on my own or acquired the best in the business,” said Goldfine, an AEG senior vp who now also carries the title of president of AEG Digital Media.
This is AEG’s second digital acquisition announced in a month: first Examiner.com’s acquisition of NowPublic, and now a different group AEG Productions is buying eight-year old webcasting services company Incited Media, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, being announced today, will merge Incited with AEG Productions to create AEG Digital Media. The sports and entertainment presenter is positioing the new unit as a “production powerhouse” with global “end-to-end broadcast and webcast capabilities.” AEG Productions is only nine months old, and was involved with producing The Michael Jackson Tribute for Staples Center, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Fight Night Club, it says. The group has a $25 million production studio in downtown LA.
New Offshoot Puts AEG at Heart of Digital-Media Landscape
By: Carolyn Braff, Managing Editor | Published: October 5, 2009
Sports fans want their video content on multiple screens beyond their televisions, and AEG Worldwide has formed a division to evolve in lock-step with that multiscreen market. AEG Digital Media is the newest AEG subsidiary, a multiplatform, multimedia production company that merges AEG Productions with Webcast company Incited Media. The new entity will offer digital-media services for distribution across television, mobile, and broadband platforms — with a particular emphasis on sports.
