TORONTO, June 22 /CNW/ – On today’s edition of Canada’s Business Report, host Robert Graham takes a look at a new entry in the world of online dating. Graham speaks with Mark Pavan, President and CEO of Toronto-headquartered Lemontonic Incorporated. …Lemontonic has technology that allows members to enjoy services they can’t find elsewhere. Pavan says they have "real time, live video conferences between members and nobody else (in the online dating business) can do that."
Month: June 2004
First-Ever Dating Service Matching Cable and the Internet
PHILADELPHIA, June 17 /PRNewswire/ — Dating ON DEMAND, the first-ever service combining video on demand and on-line dating, will launch in Philadelphia this summer with a series of events that will allow singles to film personalized "video profiles." Profiles will be available for free viewing through ON DEMAND from Comcast Digital Cable, in conjunction with HurryDate, a leading on-line and "rapid dating" events company. …"This service is as close as you can get to meeting someone over a cup of coffee," said Adele Testani, co-founder of HurryDate.
Match Invites Singles to ‘Come and Get Your Love’ in TV/Radio Ads
DALLAS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Returning to the airwaves with a new national advertising campaign, Match.com …invites singles to come and get their love with help from Match.com’s new Total Attraction Matching(TM) system. This proprietary system incorporates powerful, scientifically-based personality profiling tools and the first and only physical attraction matching platform….the new creative will air on targeted outlets such as E!, VH1, Bravo and ABC Radio Network…Joe Schmo 2 on Spike TV, Sex and the City on TBS and Nip/Tuck on FX.
True Responds to Subpoena From Rival Match
DALLAS, June 15 /PRNewswire/ — …True (formerly TrueBegininngs) responded to subpoenas served to six of its employees by former employer Match by taking out full-page ads in the WSJ and Dallas Morning News. The ads feature a letter written by Herb Vest, founder and CEO of the company, to Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO of IAC, parent company of Match. …Vest vows to defend his employees. …"True reviewed the employees' agreements, and we firmly believe that we have we have not broken any rules by hiring them." …claims by Match involve possible "breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of loyalty, unfair competition, misappropriation, disclosure of trade secrets, and torturous interference with contact or prospective business relations."
eHarmony’s Compatibility Matching Results in Happier Marriages
PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 15, 2004–…4,786 couples matched by the service have married to date. Last month, the company announced that it had received the first of its kind patent around its ability to predict long-term relationship satisfaction. Based on thirty years of research… At last month’s American Psychological Society’s annual convention in Chicago, eHarmony’s scientific team presented their findings that couples who were matched by eHarmony and have married are significantly happier than couples married for a similar length of time who met by other means.
TRUEBeginnings Changes Name to True; Adds 4 Experts to Team
DALLAS, June 14 /PRNewswire/ — As part of a full-scale re-branding, TRUEBeginnings(TM) today announced it has changed its name to True (www.true.com), reflecting the company's broadening mission to help people enrich their lives in love, work and play by helping them find more meaningful relationships in the safest, most secure environment possible. True also has added four new experts to its growing counseling staff and advisory board. From an on-staff life coach, to a cyberflirting expert, to an "offline flirting" expert, to an esteemed personality psychologist.
FunHi.com Social Network Launches Out of Beta
NEW YORK–June 14, 2004–FunHi, online’s most elite social network, announced that in its first five months of operation it has a combined value of over one million dollars in virtual gifts received by members, account credit and gift shop inventory…Version 1.0 is implementing a velvet-rope door policy. There is now a virtual outside waiting area for people seeking to join the FunHi community. The invite-only site now closely models the exclusivity of a real urban after hours club. BUSINESS WIRE
Speed Dating Services Becoming Big Business
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 11 /PRNewswire/ — …Dating services are all the rage. Most professionals who are single say they don’t want to meet their soul mates in venues where there is more beer on the floor than love in the air. …Around the country many companies have attempted to address these complaints by playing Cupid and are making some big bucks from lonely singles. …Marketdata states that "Introduction services" are riding a wave of popularity, fueled by the proliferation of dating-related reality TV shows and estimates the dating services market to be a $1.08 billion business in the U.S.
MatchNet Announces Plans for Public Offering
BEVERLY HILLS, Ca., June 10 PRNewswire-FirstCall — MatchNet plc (MHJG: Frankfurt SE), whose global depository shares are currently traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, today announced that it intends to effect a reincorporation in the United States…It is expected that the public offering will take place in September, subject to market conditions, and that the common stock will be quoted on the Nasdaq National Market. The proceeds of the offering are expected to be primarily used for working capital purposes.
The Funny Odds of Online Dating
NEW YORK (Reuters) Thu Jun 10 – Rick, a Web site developer from Columbus, Ohio, remembers his divorce nearly four years ago with an extra tinge of bitterness: His ex-wife remarried the same day, to a man she met via the Internet. Rick later tried his own luck at a Web dating forum. Review sites listed.