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INDIANAPOLIS, CEDIA EXPO ? September 7, 2012 ? Kaleidescape, Inc., the market leader in movie servers, today announced that it will integrate movie ratings and reviews from Rotten Tomatoes? into the free Kaleidescape App for iPad. Rotten Tomatoes offers a quick and easy aggregation of ratings and opinions from hundreds of movie reviewers.
The Kaleidescape App for iPad provides an immersive experience for browsing and searching your collection of movies. Once you?ve found something of interest, you can select a movie, scene, or song, and view it on your TV instantly. Information from Rotten Tomatoes will be seamlessly integrated into the app, putting reviews and ratings at your fingertips to help you choose something to watch. At the end of the movie, you can also use the app to compare your views with those of the leading experts.
?We?re pleased to partner with Kaleidescape to make Rotten Tomatoes reviews and ratings available to their customers,? said Steve Polsky, General Manager of Flixster, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes. ?Rotten Tomatoes ratings and reviews have become a trusted source for consumers to get a total picture of movie trends and critics? opinions.?
?Kaleidescape customers have amassed an average of 508 movies each, many of which they have yet to watch,? said Michael Malcolm, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Kaleidescape. ?Our customers can now easily access the critical guidance from around the world that has been aggregated by Rotten Tomatoes, when deciding what to watch next from their personal collections.?
The Kaleidescape App for iPad with Rotten Tomatoes ratings and reviews will be demonstrated in the Kaleidescape booth at CEDIA EXPO 2012 (Booth #3733) at the Indiana Convention Center from September 6?8, 2012, and will be available by the end of this year.
The Kaleidescape App for iPad is the first app ever to receive the Custom Retailer EXC!TE Award, winning it this year. It is also a finalist in CEDIA?s 2012 Manufacturers? Excellence Award for Best New Product, whose winners will be announced on September 8, 2012.
About Rotten Tomatoes
As the web?s leading aggregator of reviews from top movie critics, Rotten Tomatoes offers the most comprehensive guide to movies. The Tomatometer? rating ? based on the published opinions of hundreds of film critics ? is a trusted measurement of movie quality for millions of moviegoers. It can be found practically everywhere movie information is available including leading cable and satellite TV operators, major online entertainment destinations, as well as news broadcasts and newspapers nationwide. Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Flixster, Inc. Flixster services, which are used by more than 25 million people every month, include the destination website Flixster.com and leading apps on Facebook, iGoogle, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android-powered devices. Rotten Tomatoes has headquarters in Los Angeles.
About Kaleidescape
Kaleidescape designs and manufactures the world's leading movie servers, products that deliver the premier movie-watching experience for your home. The Kaleidescape System, renowned for its intuitive user interface, presents your entire collection of DVD and Blu-ray movies on any TV in any room, and forever changes the way you enjoy movies. Kaleidescape's innovative products and services are protected by 73 patents issued and pending. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Kaleidescape sells its movie servers through custom audio and video installers throughout the world. For more information, visit www.kaleidescape.com.
Kaleidescape and the Kaleidescape logo are trademarks of Kaleidescape, Inc.; they are registered in the United States and certain other jurisdictions. Other trademarks and trade names are owned by third parties and may be registered in some jurisdictions.
KALEIDESCAPE ADDS ROTTEN TOMATOES? MOVIE RATINGS TO AWARD-WINNING IPAD APP
INDIANAPOLIS, CEDIA EXPO ? September 7, 2012 ? Kaleidescape, Inc., the market leader in movie servers, today announced that it will integrate movie ratings and reviews from Rotten Tomatoes? into the free Kaleidescape App for iPad. Rotten Tomatoes offers a quick and easy aggregation of ratings and opinions from hundreds of movie reviewers.
The Kaleidescape App for iPad provides an immersive experience for browsing and searching your collection of movies. Once you?ve found something of interest, you can select a movie, scene, or song, and view it on your TV instantly. Information from Rotten Tomatoes will be seamlessly integrated into the app, putting reviews and ratings at your fingertips to help you choose something to watch. At the end of the movie, you can also use the app to compare your views with those of the leading experts.
?We?re pleased to partner with Kaleidescape to make Rotten Tomatoes reviews and ratings available to their customers,? said Steve Polsky, General Manager of Flixster, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes. ?Rotten Tomatoes ratings and reviews have become a trusted source for consumers to get a total picture of movie trends and critics? opinions.?
?Kaleidescape customers have amassed an average of 508 movies each, many of which they have yet to watch,? said Michael Malcolm, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Kaleidescape. ?Our customers can now easily access the critical guidance from around the world that has been aggregated by Rotten Tomatoes, when deciding what to watch next from their personal collections.?
The Kaleidescape App for iPad with Rotten Tomatoes ratings and reviews will be demonstrated in the Kaleidescape booth at CEDIA EXPO 2012 (Booth #3733) at the Indiana Convention Center from September 6?8, 2012, and will be available by the end of this year.
The Kaleidescape App for iPad is the first app ever to receive the Custom Retailer EXC!TE Award, winning it this year. It is also a finalist in CEDIA?s 2012 Manufacturers? Excellence Award for Best New Product, whose winners will be announced on September 8, 2012.
About Rotten Tomatoes
As the web?s leading aggregator of reviews from top movie critics, Rotten Tomatoes offers the most comprehensive guide to movies. The Tomatometer? rating ? based on the published opinions of hundreds of film critics ? is a trusted measurement of movie quality for millions of moviegoers. It can be found practically everywhere movie information is available including leading cable and satellite TV operators, major online entertainment destinations, as well as news broadcasts and newspapers nationwide. Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Flixster, Inc. Flixster services, which are used by more than 25 million people every month, include the destination website Flixster.com and leading apps on Facebook, iGoogle, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android-powered devices. Rotten Tomatoes has headquarters in Los Angeles.
About Kaleidescape
Kaleidescape designs and manufactures the world's leading movie servers, products that deliver the premier movie-watching experience for your home. The Kaleidescape System, renowned for its intuitive user interface, presents your entire collection of DVD and Blu-ray movies on any TV in any room, and forever changes the way you enjoy movies. Kaleidescape's innovative products and services are protected by 73 patents issued and pending. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Kaleidescape sells its movie servers through custom audio and video installers throughout the world. For more information, visit www.kaleidescape.com.
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Kaleidescape and the Kaleidescape logo are trademarks of Kaleidescape, Inc.; they are registered in the United States and certain other jurisdictions. Other trademarks and trade names are owned by third parties and may be registered in some jurisdictions.