NEW YORK, NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA and SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA and TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 25, 2011) - Intertainment Media Inc. ("Intertainment" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) announces that its social media, real time, experiential communications platform, Ortsbo.com (www.ortsbo.com) announced today that it has released a commercial version of its multi-language application for the world's most popular email platform, Microsoft Outlook(TM). Ortsbo for Outlook(TM), or "O4O" provides users with the ability to create, send and receive emails in over 50 languages seamlessly.
Over 2 Billion Internet users globally send over 154 Billion emails daily according to worldometers.info, a resource for real time world statistics. Daily email traffic is approximately 100 times greater than all the daily searches on Google, almost 1,000 times larger than daily Tweets via Twitter and almost 100,000 times greater than all the global blog posts written daily.
With O4O users can select a specific language for each contact and instantly create and send individual or group emails in almost any language to their contacts and receive emails from those contacts in multiple languages making it easy to converse with almost anyone or any group around the globe.
Available as a preliminary 30 day trial, or on an extended paid monthly basis, or a full version for only $29.95 with discounts for larger groups and enterprise solutions, O4O is a cost effective solution for people with family, friends and colleagues who speak other languages.
"We were extremely pleased by the feedback we received from the beta trials of O4O earlier this Summer and we have incorporated many of the suggested upgrades in this commercial version," saidDavid Lucatch, President of Ortsbo / CEO Intertainment Media "O4O delivers a valuable proposition to those who have friends, family and colleagues around the world, enabling email communication to have the same inherent language features as Ortsbo's real time social media platform."
In addition to the recent launch of Ortsbo's iPhone app, O2O for the iPad, available at iTunes, and its Windows Phone 7 app, available in the Windows Marketplace, and the release of its Android mobile app, Ortsbo is continuing to develop and deliver innovative solutions that break down the global language barrier.
Outlook is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
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October 30, 2011 - Stocks 2011 Vancouver, BC -David Lucatch, CEO of Intertainment Media Inc. will be a guest speaker at Stocks 2011 (www.stocks2011.ca). Stocks 2011 is an investment conference featuring expert insight into the stock market - from specific sectors and stocks to macroeconomic trends that affect the market. Small cap and emerging growth stock situations will be highlighted, with resource, clean & green tech, technology and industrial issuers offering upside potential to private and professional investors.
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About Ortsbo Inc.www.ortsbo.com
Ortsbo (www.ortsbo.com) enables real-time conversational translation in over 50 languages and seamlessly integrates with today's most popular social media platforms.
Ortsbo Inc. is a subsidiary of Intertainment Media Inc., a Rich Media Applications leader, focused on delivering leading edge technology and marketing solutions enabling clients with power enhanced branding, loyalty initiatives and consumer engagement. Selected as a Microsoft Global Agency Initiative partner, Intertainment has joined an elite group of interactive agencies worldwide that Microsoft recommends to its Partners and Customers.
Ortsbo's flagship product for social media (www.ortsbo.com) supports global communications with instant translation capability, real time multi-lingual social media chat connects to PC and Mac computers, mobile browsers, as well as all major search engine chat platforms including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo!, along with Facebook, iChat, AIM, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, Ovi, Lotus Sametime, LiveJournal and Tencent QQ and QQ International, China's largest chat platforms and Twitter.
Ortsbo allows users to communicate with family friends and colleagues around the world, providing users with the ability to break down language and cultural barriers through its easy to use, language centric interface. User demographics have continued to favor the BRIC countries with China remaining the number one usage country for Ortsbo.
International rock legend, accomplished global entrepreneur and one of the world's most recognized personalities,Gene Simmonshas endorsed Ortsbo.com, having signed on as a business partner and to serve as Ortsbo's official spokesperson.
The personification of today's globally connected, multi-cultural citizen, Simmons is fluent in five languages, including English, Hebrew, Hungarian, and German, as well as some Japanese and he's working to add Mandarin to his repertoire. Simmons will lend his legendary personality to help spread the word about Ortsbo's unique, translator experience platform that integrates seamlessly with the most popular social media platforms to enable users from around the world to instantly send and receive messages in their native language.
Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash to become an official spokesperson for Ortsbo. Leading Ortsbo's global sports fan program, Nash will present and participate in a number of online fan chats with international athletes from a number of sports disciplines.
Intertainment Media owns and operates a number of key properties including Ad Taffy, itiBiti, Ortsbo and Magnum. For more information on the Company and its properties, please visit www.intertainmentmedia.comHeadquartered in the Toronto, Canada region, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and San Mateo, CA, Intertainment Media Inc. is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the symbol "INT" (TSX VENTURE:INT) and in the US on the OTCQX under the symbol "ITMTF". Intertainment is also traded in Europe, on XETRA under the symbol "I4T".
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:For Ortsbo / Intertainment Media Inc.:David Lucatch, CEO800-395-9943 / 905-763-3510info@intertainmentmedia.comwww.intertainmentmedia.comwww.ortsbo.comPublic Relations / Media Inquiries:SS / PRmcampe@sspr.comwww.sspr.comSource: Intertainment Media Inc.