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The Jumpitz and TAMS team up with SecretBuilders to host live virtual concerts

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, June 18 - 2009 at 09:41
  • PRESS RELEASE

The Jumpitz, an emerging leader in socially conscious global entertainment for children 2 and up, today announced their first virtual concert series in conjunction with SecretBuilders, an emerging leader in educational interactivity.

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Airing Friday, Saturday and Sunday June 19th-21st at www.secretbuilders.com, The Jumpitz virtual concerts will go live at 8:00am, 3:00pm and 11:59pm PST. Live action meets virtual reality as fan favorites Emily, Jake, Josh, Mari, "Jump In and Discover the World" of SecretBuilders.

"We are delighted to host the Jumpitz on SecretBuilders in a one-of-a-kind live action concert in a children's virtual world. The Jumpitz philosophy of encouraging children to jump in and discover their world is complementary to our mission of getting kids to explore literature, art, and the humanities in a fun, engaging virtual world."


says Umair Khan, CEO of SecretBuilders.

"We are pleased to be part of this new form of entertainment," says Adrian Wood, General Manager, Tech Access Media Solutions. "It also shows our commitment to bring new forms of content and content partners to the MENA region".

"This free concert series launches our progressive partnership with SecretBuilders," says Laurie Jabbar, CEO of The Jumpitz. "By integrating the Jumpitz live action content and characters with the SecretBuilders virtual and interactive world, we provide our Jumpitz fans and their older siblings a trusted, creative and fun approach for kids to learn about humanities, arts, literature and the world around them. In addition, we also hope to draw in some of the younger SecretBuilders fans and siblings, and give them a chance to discover the world of The Jumpitz."

The live action virtual reality includes an incredible array of characters and avatars that lends an action packed, educational and fun experience for viewers. Watch Shakespeare welcome The Jumpitz to the world of SecretBuilders, and engage in live chats with some of the cast following the concerts. Children can engage in scripted conversations with The Jumpitz avatars throughout the shows, giving them a chance to "speak" to their favorite characters.
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About The Jumpitz

The Jumpitz Corporation is a children's digital media company and performance group dedicated to delivering interactive content to children two and up. We create original, playful and engaging content using trusted "real life" characters that inspire children to discover their world. The Jumpitz introduces contemporary topics ranging from what it means to be part of a global community to possessing social awareness—in a fun, simplistic way. We also provide parents and caregivers entertaining multi-media tools that help teach children about positively engaging with their surroundings.

About SecretBuilders

Known for providing an online experience for children where they are actively engaged, SecretBuilders is a safe environment where kids can explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with famous real and fictional characters from history and the humanities. SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends.

About Tech Access

Tech Access is a leading value-added IT distributor, providing end-to-end business solutions to the enterprise and mid-market sectors. Our charter is to acquire, retain and develop a sustainable and profitable channel for our Vendors. Head-quartered in Dubai, with branch offices in Riyadh, Cairo, Tunis & Casablanca, our operations extend to over 18 countries across the Middle East, Levant, Libya, North Africa and Pakistan through a reseller network of almost 100 partners. Tech Access provides IT products and solutions from the most innovative networking, storage, hardware, software and security vendors in the industry. With a wealth of experience Tech Access is uniquely positioned to offer resellers industry-leading support as they take complex network enterprise solutions to market. Tech Access believes in a 'Test before you Invest' approach to IT procurement and have invested in a multi-million dollar Technology Centre for potential customers to evaluate best of breed IT solutions before making their capital investments. Our technology offerings include Infrastructure, Data Management, Application Management, Security, Business Intelligence, Outsourced Services, Storage and IT Consulting.

Tech Access Media Solutions (TAMS) is a leading media products, services and support company, as well as the leading international content clearing house for digital media license rights of regional and international TV, film, music, radio and games content/ channels. TAMS is able to offer turn-key.

solutions by utilizing the other resources and capabilities within the Tech Access family, including systems integration, software development, content delivery, technical support and hardware. TAMS ensures these content rights are fully exploited by securing alternative modes of distribution, with a focus on live signal streaming or server-based play-out via IPTV, PC Broadband, Internet TV, Video on Demand, Mobile Telephony, and PDAs. We are also able to offer a number of internet and mobile based products & services.

For more information contact:

Tech Access Media Solutions - Public Relations
Tel: +971 (0) 4 391 1820
Fax: +971 (0) 4 391 8875

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