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BEACH HUT MEDIA - NEWS
June 2008 - A1GP 'Powered by Ferrari' Car continues test programme in Imola
London, Great Britain - The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport car for the 2008/09 season continued its intensive testing programme this week with two days at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola.
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Following on from successful tests at Fiorano, the Ferrari test track in Italy, Andrea Bertolini has been back behind the wheel of the Powered by Ferrari car, putting it through its paces at Imola.
This is the first time the car has run outside the confines of Fiorano but feedback continues to be positive with the car running on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Testing will continue next week with five-days running scheduled at Guadix Circuit, a recently constructed facility in Spain. The three-kilometre track near Granada has a good mix of fast and slow corners with varying cambers and a 750-metre main straight set against the stunning back drop of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
A1GP General Manager, Technical and Operations, John Wickham: "We've completed about 900-kilometres of testing so far and everything is going relatively smoothly. The car is performing very well and the driver is happy with it; the balance is good and the tyres are working well. We haven't done as much testing as we hoped but that's partly because we were waiting on the weather at Fiorano. We ended up just running in the rain in the end but the car looked very quick in the wet! In general the car has been very reliable. We look forward to five consecutive days running next week with the tight Guadix Circuit ideal for further testing of the handling of the car. "
The official pre-season testing for all the teams will take place at Silverstone on 18 - 20 August 2008 and Mugello on 17 - 18 September 2008.
May 2008 - A1GP 2007/08 Gala Awards A1GP 2007/08 Gala Awards London, Great Britain - A1GP World
Cup of Motorsport celebrated the end of its 2007/08 season with a glittering Gala Awards dinner at the
Hilton Park Lane in London on Monday 5 May.
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Teams, drivers, sponsors and officials gathered to pay tribute
to the memorable achievements of the season, including Switzerland clinching the championship, Ireland
being the most improved team and Canada's Robert Wickens claiming the Rookie prize. Tony Teixeira,
Chairman of A1GP, presented A1 Team Switzerland with the World Cup trophy and congratulated all 22
nations on an incredible third season of competition.
'I want to say well done to A1 Team Switzerland. Max
Welti and his team have done a great job and I know the fight has been long and hard with the likes of New
Zealand, Great Britain and France never letting up and keeping the most amazing amount of pressure on
them. But I also want to congratulate all the other teams who have made the year so memorable and
contributed to the title fight going down the wire at Brands Hatch.' Pete da Silva, A1GP Chief Executive
Officer, paid tribute to an unforgettable season and looked forward to the start of a new era with Ferrari: 'As
we celebrate the end of season three, I am sure everyone will agree that we should have a great sense of
pride in the huge steps we have taken in establishing A1GP as one of the world's most prestigious motor
racing series.
We have travelled to the four corners of the world where the racing has been entertaining and
unpredictable. This would not have been possible without the providers of our chassis, engines and tyres -
Lola, Zytek and Coopers.
I want to say a special thank you to them and also goodbye as we are moving on
for season four, which promises to be even more dynamic and exciting.'
The evening was hosted by A1GP's
own commentator Ben Edwards and pit lane reporter Lee McKenzie and they welcomed to the stage Sean
Fitzpatrick, former All Blacks rugby player and sports icon, who made a special appearance at the Gala
Awards to present A1 Team New Zealand with its trophy for second place in the championship.
Canadian
Robert Wickens was named Rookie Driver of the Year. The 19-year-old joined the team at round three in
Malaysia and notched up a succession of impressive results for his nation, achieving five podium finishes
including Canada's maiden Sprint race victory in Durban. The Toronto-born racer, who was 18-years-old at
the time of the Durban event, also became the youngest ever pole-sitter in A1GP. On winning the
prestigious driver award, Wickens said: 'Obviously it's been a tremendous honour for me to race in A1GP
with A1 Team Canada. I had a great season and was really happy to get a win in Durban and some other
podium finishes. The team did a phenomenal job and if it hadn't been for all their hard work and dedication
we wouldn't have had the season that we did. It's been a great experience racing in A1GP and I've learned
a lot! I'd like to thank everyone involved in A1 Team Canada for giving me the opportunity to compete in a
great series.'
In addition, the driving skills of the Canadian star were recognised further with the award for
the Most Spectacular Overtaking Manoeuvre of the season. Wickens overtook Germany's Michael
Ammermüller during the Sydney Sprint race, which was held in treacherous conditions, putting in an
incredible performance to make his way through the pack from 15th to third. 'It had been a fairly
challenging weekend before the Sunday at Eastern Creek,' said an overwhelmed Wickens. 'The rain certainly made a difference in the Sprint race but to be honest with you I was able to make up so much ground
because the guys on the team gave me a great car on race day. Everything came together and I found a
line that worked well for me. To reach the podium from 15th on the grid was pretty memorable but as I
said, the team deserves a huge amount of credit for being able to make it happen. It was great to reward
their efforts with a trip to the podium. It's nice that we've been recognised for it again with this award and I
have to thank A1 Team Canada for the opportunities they have given me!'
The award for the Most
Improved A1 Team of 2007/08 went to Ireland. Adam Carroll ended his nation's run of 38 races without a
podium finish when he took third in the Brno Sprint race - remarkably on his A1GP debut. Carroll went on to
score his and the team's first Feature race win in Mexico City in March and has notched up an impressive
four podium finishes during his debut A1GP season. Ireland's success continued as it was also named the
Best Presented A1 Team of the series for the third consecutive year. An emotional Mark Gallagher, Team
Principal of A1 Team Ireland, said: 'This time last year we won the award for being the best presented
team and having the best livery and I said that instead of being all show and no go I'd prefer to be the most
improved team in a year's time and we've now achieved that. This year I don't even have to decide which
I'd prefer us to win as we now have both! That's completely down to Dave O'Neill (team manager) and the
boys in the team, to Adam Carroll, Ralph Firman, Niall Quinn and the fantastic support we've had from all
our sponsors.
The victory in Mexico was a major turning point and the way in which the team has finished
the season has made all the efforts over the last three years worthwhile. It has renewed our belief that the
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport really does offer every country in the world the chance to enjoy success at
the very highest level.'
Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit was named the Best A1GP
event of the season and Malaysia beat the Netherlands to scoop the A1GP.com Fanzone Best A1 Team of
2007/08 award. Having finished second in the Fanzone poll, which received a record 7,000 votes, the
Netherlands collected the award for A1 Team PR Excellence while ESPN STAR Sports was named Best A1GP
Broadcaster of season three.
Full list of winners:
Award: Winner:
2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport - World Champions A1 Team Switzerland
2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport - Second place A1 Team New Zealand
2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport - Third place A1 Team Great Britain
Best A1GP event of 2007/08 A1GP Mexico City, Mexico
Most Improved A1 Team A1 Team Ireland
Rookie Driver of the Year Robert Wickens, A1 Team Canada
Most Spectacular Overtaking Manoeuvre Canada's Robert Wickens overtaking Germany's Michael
Ammermüller during the A1GP Eastern Creek, Sydney Sprint race
A1GP.com Fanzone Best A1 Team A1 Team Malaysia
A1 Team PR Excellence A1 Team Netherlands
Best Presented A1 Team A1 Team Ireland
Best A1GP Broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports
January 2008 - Come rain , hail or shine, the open cinema at coffs harbour was a huge success for our investment in regional Australia.
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(Coffs Harbour, 14th January 2008) Coffs Open Air Cinema is very excited to announce that Smart Ventures has come on board as its major sponsor and also established it as a carbon neutral event.
Smart Ventures provides innovative solutions to accelerate growth in small to medium businesses. CEO, Brett Goldsworthy said, “We have invested in the Coffs Open Air Cinema because we believe it is a valued small business in the region and we wanted to get involved early and help grow this great concept.
“If the open-air cinema experience in Australia’s capital cities is anything to go by, this will become part of the culture in Coffs Harbour and be on everyone’s must-do list.”
Goldsworthy continues, “We trust that local businesses looking to expand will see our sponsorship of this wonderful event as supporting the local community and we hope that the Coffs Open Air Cinema will one day showcase locally produced short films as well as mainstream features.”
Organiser Sinclair Black said, “It’s not just about the films, it’s the whole outdoor experience, being able to kick back on your beanbag or deck chair, relax with family and friends, and soak up the atmosphere in this beautiful harbour city.”
The Coffs Open Air Cinema is screening films every night under the stars from 5th-20th January 2008 at the Coffs Harbour Jetty foreshores. This is a wonderful opportunity for locals and visitors to the Coffs Coast to watch classic and contemporary films in a beautiful setting by the sea.
The program has something for everyone including the sidesplitting comedy Knocked Up, the Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful, and the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray. For a complete list of films visit www.coffsopenaircinema.com.au.
December 2007 - WEB KINZ arrive down under. Just in time for Christmas the new WEB KINZ range has hit Australia. Client, www.onlinecollectables.com.au has now got the full range of these great products in time for Christmas, you can view either via their web site or via http://www.webkinz.com/
Wishing you all a great start toe the festive season.
August 2007 - Beach Hut Media has taken an intitaitve to invest in making its business carbon neutral and offers the challenge to other media companies.
July 2007 - invests in Carbon Neutral Company
Beach Hut Media in association with various other groups has initiated a new Carbon Neutral company called Shift2Neutral.
Shift2Neutral www.shift2neutral.com is looking at working with various groups to establish a standard by which corporations can work to.
May 2007 - Beach Hut Media given the authority to formal assist a stock exchange
In early May, Beach Hut Media was given a letter of authority to work on behalf of a major Asia Pacific Stock Exchange to form close working relationships with other exchanges. The aim of which is to provide access to great markets and to utilize electronic stock exchange software.
CEO of Beach Hut Media – Brett Goldsworthy advised – “It is envisaged that the Asia Pacific Stock Exchange will grow in size rapidly from this introduction and collaboration of market place. Our aim is to have the two stock exchanges form a nonexclusive strategic alliance with each other and to cooperate on joint listings, trading technology and marketing. A deal could also include the possibility of investing in each other in the future.”
April 07 - Diamond International Corporation signs with Beach Hut Media
Diamond International Corporation signs a sales and marketing agreement with Beach Hut Media to sell their new global brand “Diamond Living Matrix Spa”. The agreement will see Beach Hut Media market and sell both Master Franchise and Standard Franchises Globally. By establishing a global advertising campaign Diamond Living Matrix Spa’s (www.diamondfranchises.com) will be marketed to various regions. With strong interest already from regions such as South Africa, Dubai, Japan, South America, North America and Australia the new Diamond brand is sure to be another success.
April 07 - Sakura Pyro Waste Systems LLC chooses Beach Hut Media
Sakura Pyro Waste Systems a global brand focused on renewable green energy technology has chosen Beach Hut Media to design and build its global corporate brand. Neil Smith Creative Director has been commissioned to produce brochures, pamphlets and a web site www.sakurapyro.com.
CEO Brett Goldsworthy advised it is important to have the correct message and brand for such an important company in this ‘hot’ industry, Neil is the perfect person with his design experience and industry knowledge to give the brand the best image.
March 07 - Beach Hut Media assists Coalition for Climate Change
March 2007 was the State Election for NSW, Australia and the Coalition for Climate Change was contesting various political seats in the NSW election. Beach Hut Media Creative Director Neil Smith was engaged to assist in the lead up to the state election ands provide various websites and materials for one of the candidates.
February 2007 - Beach Hut Media to establish Film and Media Unit in Fiji
Beach Hut Media has established a local operation in Suva Fiji. It is the intent of the business to
produce more than 25 feature films over the next 5 years, the investment value to Fiji being $450m.
The business will work closely with the community, businesses and colleges to grow a sustainable Film
and Media business that Fiji can be proud of. The first production begins in April 2007.
January 2007 - YUKI’s Water engages Beach Hut Media to asssit with their global brand
Yuki’s Water a global brand focused on anti aging and healthy life style has chosen Beach Hut Media to design and build its global corporate brand. Neil Smith Creative Director has been commissioned to produce brochures, pamphlets and a web site www.yukiswater.com for Yuki’s Water.
CEO Brett Goldsworthy advised it is important to have the correct message and brand for such an important product, Neil is the perfect person with his design experience and industry knowledge to give the brand the best image.
December 2006 - Beach Hut Media CEO receives Chinese Letter of Appointment
Beach Hut Media CEO – Brett Goldsworthy received formal Letter of Appointment from The Administrative Committee of China Yixing Industrial Park for Environmental Science and Technology.
The appointment certifies that Mr. Brett Goldsworthy has been appointed as Foreign Economic Cooperation Representative by National HI-Tech Industrial Development Zone – China Yixing Industrial Park for Environmental Science and Technology.
Mr. Goldsworthy explains that it is an important appointment that will allow Beach Hut Media to assist in the growth of businesses globally and to utilize the Cooperation of the Yixing city to allow foreign businesses to move their technology and manufacturing to Yixing City and take advantage of the environmentally friendly Zone
October 2006 - Beach Hut Media and A1GP sign advertising agreement.
Beach Hut Media and A1GP have jointly signed an
advertising and marketing of sports rights agreement which will see Beach Hut Media work with clients to generate value and
support with A1GP. Beach Hut Media and it management have had extensive years in motor sport and will bring it’s expertise in assisting both clients and A1GP.
Beach Hut Media - CEO, Brett Goldsworthy sees the value for clients and major global brand in supporting a true World Cup of
Motor Sport as it is truly a World Cup and it is one the best value for money brand awareness opportunities available.. As
stated on A1GP’s web site, A1 Grand Prix is the first opportunity in any area of motor sport for nations to compete on a level
playing field. It is a series where technology and innovation are deliberately equalised and performance is determined by human
bravery, skill and excellence. Team and driver combine to create their advantage and the winning nation raises its flag in
celebration.
A1 Grand Prix - The World Cup of Motorsport is about pitting driver against driver and country against country for the first time in
history, A1 Grand Prix will bring together 25 nations representing 80 per cent of the world's population to actively compete on a
level playing field. As a world cup it allows national and international brands and organisations to promote on a global scale. It
allows the promotion of countries and utilises national patriotism.
October 2006 - Beach Hut Media and Smart Ventures Australia join forces to promote Japanese Technology.
Beach Hut Media and Smart Ventures traveled to Japan in September and October to meet with and arrange to market, promote and add value to
Japanese technology, media and gaming businesses. The technology from Japan is truly unique in it’s field and the agreements
will allow Beach Hut Media to promote globally these businesses.
September 2006 - Management Team Visit Japan
The Beach Hut Media management team visits Japan to meet with various industry executives to arrange two way distribution of products and services between Australian and Japan. Technology distribution to include - RFID, Mobile Technology, Blog software, new gaming hardware and software
September 2006 - Management Team travel to USA to meet Private Equity Groups and sign funding agreements. Beach Hut Media Management visit US Private Equity Firms and finalise funding for future growth and action it needs to take to defend contracts.
August 2006 - Beach Hut Media signs with Phantom Fiber to provide Mobile and
Wireless Communications in Asia Pacific. Phantom Fiber is a leading developer of wireless platform software that enables customers to deliver
high-performance applications across global communications networks to
mobile users. The Phantom Fiber wireless platform extends the rich
multimedia content and user experience of existing Internet web sites
securely and instantly to a wide array of wireless devices including PDAs
and programmable cell / mobile phones.
July 2006 – Beach Hut Media enters into discussions with Global Private Equity Firms. Beach Hut Media in a bid to reach it’s global targets has entered into major capital raising exercise to grow the business into a true global digital media company. It is envisaged the increased capital will allow it to acquire further digital media and related entities to increase revenue and be able consolidate costs.
July 2006 – Beach Hut Media develops new search engine technology. Beach Hut Media creative director Mr. Neil Smith and his team have developed truly unique search engine technology with a wide variety of applications. The technology breaks new ground and offers new techniques to uses that raises the benchmark in search engine technology. Beach Hut Media will now look to patent than license the technology to others such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
June 2006 – Beach Hut Media enters into strategic consultancy agreement with Japanese Investor Relations Business. Beach Hut Media entered an agreement to supply consultancy and strategic marketing services to a variety of Japanese Groups. Drawing on it’s skills in investor relations and media content and understanding the global gaming, media, liquor, technology industries Beach Hut Media looks to provide a long term strategic plans with it’s new partner in Japan.
June 2006 – Beach Hut Media takes on new shareholders. To further exercises it’s interest to increase the size of the business and to grow it’s global ambitions in digital media – Beach Hut Media has taken investment from oversea investors who provide not only capital but industry knowledge and acumen to assist and guide the business.
April 2006 – Beach Hut Media Appoints Mr. Paul Fleming as Director and Shareholder. Mr. Fleming was the former Executive General Manager - Consulting & Application Services - Fujitsu Australia & NZ. He provides key leadership and management skills having worked for Fujitsu Australia, CSC, Oracle, Digital Equipment, and many other major firms.
April 2006 – Beach Hut Media Appoints Mark Johnson as Director, Shareholder and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Johnson is a proven Senior Finance professional with leadership and change management skills. His role will be operationally focused due to a positive track record of consistency delivering against planned outcomes. Mr. Johnson bring experience in working with organizations such as Fujitsu Australia, Chubb, Chubb Fire, CSC, Mobile Oil, Uniplex, and other UK based firms.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media takes on new shareholders. In a bid to increase the size of the business and to grow it’s global ambitions in digital media – Beach Hut Media has taken investment from local investors in Sydney who provide not only capital but industry knowledge and acumen to assist and guide the business.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media acquires Cymbol. Beach Hut Media acquires Cymbol and interactive and communications business with clients such as the AANA, Advertising Standards, CCS and Isobar. Cymbol CEO Mr Neil Smith will now take on the role of Creative Manager for Beach Hut Media.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media Appoints James Millea as Director and Shareholder. Mr. Millea has lengthy experience in commercial law through his own legal practice and brings to Beach Hut Media industry and corporate knowledge that will prove valuable to Beach Hut Media.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media Appoints Allan Mark Lott as Director, Shareholder and Chief Technology Officer. Allan Lott has a wealth of Industry experience in similar roles at Marconi, Lucent Technologies, and the University of NSW.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media receives letter of agreement with TELentice Global Inc. TELentice Global Inc desires to retain Beach Hut Media for representation of the TELentice software in the Asia Pacific region and to participate as a value added partner in selected opportunities worldwide. It is TELentice Global Inc understanding that this relationship will provide resources to coordinate and promote TGI interests in the region with TELentice Global Inc master reseller Fujitsu Australia Limited and other Fujitsu, independent resellers and network operators. TELentice Global Inc will pay a retainer fee of US$135,000 annually, reasonable travel expenses and a 5% override on license sales in the region.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media signs Digital Media Sales and Advertising Agreement with Fujitsu Australia. Beach Hut Media agrees to provide digital media sales and advertising services to Fujitsu Australia in support of Fujitsu Australia’s prime contract with Coles Myer and their 1st Choice Liquor Superstores.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media signs agreement with US based Outdoor Media firm. Beach Hut Media enters into agreement to partner and provide digital media services and strategy in conjunction with US based Outdoor Media Network.
March 2006 – Beach Hut Media signs with MasterCard International as a Payment Services Provider. Beach Hut Media – payments division will now resell the services of the MasterCard International Gateway Services to it’s clients, whilst providing internet and mobile payment technology to it’s clients.
January 2006 – Beach Hut Media provides consultancy services to major Australian retailer. Beach Hut Media has been asked to provide consultancy services in Digital Media to a major Australian retailer. The services include design, development and implementation of systems.
January 2006 – Beach Hut Media receives contract from TELentice Global Inc offering Global Distribution rights of TELentice software into the Global Casino Industry.
December 2005 – Beach Hut Media agrees to partner with Fujitsu Australia for Mobile Payments. Beach Hut Media agrees to supply mobile payments technology to Fujitsu Australia to enable it’s BPAD mobile device for use in QUE busting in one of Australia’s largest retailers. It is envisaged Fujitsu Australia will prime a trial with the major retailer in Q! and Q2 2006 and Beach Hut Media will provide the payments technology software.
December 2005 – Beach Hut Media signs distribution agreement of software with London AIM Listed Group – IQ-LUDORUM SOFTWARE. Agreement means that Beach Hut Media can represent in the Asia Pacific Region IQ Ludorum and it’s kiosk and mobile gaming software.
November 2005 – Beach Hut Media signs agreement to work with Federal Bank of the Middle East Cards Division and provide mobile payments technology and PCI services into the Middle East.
October 2005 – Beach Hut Media acquires Securebook. Beach Hut Media has agreed to acquire the intellectual property and
business assets of Securebook. Securebook is a travel portal which allows consumers to purchase and pay for online their
tailored airline tickets and accommodation in real time. Beach Hut Media – CEO, Brett Goldsworthy advises, “the systems
developed by Securebook are truly unique in the travel industry and we will look to offer a booking portal service to dedicated
tourism operators in the South Pacific in 2005 ad 2006 and than expand towards the end of 2006 globally: The purchase allows
for current trading business and the IP and web sites owned and operated by Securebook.
October 2005 – Beach Hut Media delivers comprehensive software tool to the Automotive Industry Finance Industry. Beach Hut Media software division designs, develops and delivers the most comprehensive online leasing tool to the world leader in Automotive finance.
September 2005 -Beach Hut Media moved into it's new office in the Technology Park at Lane Cove Sydney Australia.
September 2005 - Beach Hut Media signs a supply and media agreement with Adease Pty Ltd.
Beach Hut Media will supply digital media software to Adease for the purposes of digital signage software and hardware to Australian Business.
August 2005 – Beach Hut Media signs agreement with MPTV to provide sales, distribution and technology support on an exclusive basis. MPTV is an innovative digital media network aimed at providing a clear and complete coverage of Parliament and it's Members activities. It provides a comprehensive stream of information on what Australia’s leaders are saying on the issues that matter to all Australians.
August 2005 - Beach Hut Media signs a Multi Media and content agreement with Smart Procurement Limited UK.
July 2005 – Beach Hut Media signs Master Reseller Agreement with ScanAlert Inc. The Master Reseller Agreement is to cover the Asia Pacific region and represent ScanAlert in the region for PCI compliance with Visa Asia. Beach Hut Media will also provide ScanAlert’s leading product HackerSafe.
June 2005 – Beach Hut Media delivers 3D Animation content to the gaming industry the USA. Beach Hut Media provides innovative 3D animation software to the gaming industry through it’s clients in Australia and the US. The 3D Animation is used on Jackpot Machines and linked Jackpot Machines through out the US. The software design allows for not only 3D animation but advertising for the :Landed Based Casino industry.
May 2005 - Beach Hut Media signs a Multi Media agreement with ScanAlert International Pty Ltd
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