Magic Ruby announced that the Sons of Anarchy app it developed for FX Network has won Delivery Agent’s TEC Award for Best Contextual Campaign for the Second Screen.
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Magic Ruby’s Second Screen Sons of Anarchy App Wins Big at Entertainment Industry’s TEC Awards
Delivery Agent’s Content Monetization Awards Competition Hails App as the “Best Contextual Campaign” at Entertainment and Commerce Summit
HOLLYWOOD, CA–(Nov 27, 2012) – Magic Ruby, the leader in delivering monetizable content and applications for the second screen, today announced that the Sons of Anarchy app, “SOA Gear,” developed by Magic Ruby for FX Network, has been honored with Delivery Agent’s TEC Awards (The Entertainment Commerce Awards) for Best Contextual Campaign for the Second Screen. The TEC Awards recognize excellence in commerce programs tied to entertainment, sports and music content.
Released in Fall 2011, “SOA Gear” was built on Magic Ruby’s application infrastructure and synchronized original content and interactive shopping with four broadcast episodes of Season 4 of Sons of Anarchy and the Blu-ray release of Season 3.
Building on the success of the app, Magic Ruby partnered with DEFY Creative to release an enhanced version, simply called “SOA,” for the current Season 5 of Sons of Anarchy. The newly-branded “SOA” app syncs interactive second-screen features with linear broadcast or recorded episodes of Sons of Anarchy, airing Tuesdays on FX, and with the recently released Season 4 Blu-ray disc, available in stores. This year, Magic Ruby optimized the second-screen experience with synchronized original content including story boards, social interaction mapping, episode information, cast biographies, trivia, games and an expanded e-commerce marketplace enabled through Delivery Agent’s TV Wallet™ where viewers can instantly purchase hundreds of items featured in, or inspired by, the award-winning series.
“Every year Delivery Agent honors companies that are creatively using commerce to monetize content and engage audiences,” said Mike Fitzsimmons Delivery Agent CEO. “We are excited that the TV Wallet platform was used by Magic Ruby to seamlessly bring commerce to the Sons of Anarchy second screen experience.”
“This new second-screen experience allows viewers to dive deeper into the compelling world of Sons of Anarchy through closer, personal interaction with the characters, storylines, fellow fans and iconic products that define the show,” said Tom Engdahl, President and CEO of Magic Ruby. “FX and Delivery Agent are visionary partners in their deployment of the second screen.”
The “SOA” app is available for download at the App Store(SM) for Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod, and Google Play for Android smartphones.
More details on the Sons of Anarchy app is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pBY0BIFjnAg
About Magic Ruby
Second Screen Solutions, Inc.
Magic Ruby is a company dedicated to monetizing the Second Screen by integrating state-of-the-art technology into the TV viewing experience. Its mission is to enable content owners, distributors and brands to generate incremental revenue from second screen viewership. Magic Ruby’s suite of products and services include immersive second screen apps, infrastructure services for app publishers, and a platform to serve targeted advertising to viewers on the second screen. For more information, please visit www.magicruby.com
About Delivery Agent, Inc.
Delivery Agent, Inc., named #1 Privately Held Media Company by Inc. Magazine and #3 on the Deloitte & Touche Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50, is the leader in shopping-enabled programming and content monetization for more than 350 entertainment properties from major media companies including CBS, NBCUniversal, Twentieth Century Fox, Discovery Communications, A+E Television Networks, HBO, Showtime, and The Weinstein Company, as well as for sports organizations including the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and UFC. Delivery Agent created the market for shopping-enabled programming by redefining how products tied to entertainment are cataloged, merchandised and sold via web, mobile and television. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Denver and London, Delivery Agent deploys its technology platform, including commerce applications, video and mobile products, and interactive advertising solutions to create profitable connections between entertainment content, consumers and brands. More information about Delivery Agent is available at www.deliveryagent.com.