Special Year-End Program Highlights the Ultimate List of Must-Have Collectibles Featuring the Most Innovative, Sought After and Significant Items to Hit the Market in 2006
New York, November 14, 2006, – VOOM’s TREASURE HD, the first network to deliver a 24/7 high-definition experience for collectors, today announced the line-up for a special year-end edition of Collective Intelligence, premiering on December 17 at 1pm ET. Featuring the most talked about items of the year, Collective Intelligence: The Top Picks of ’06 is a countdown of the most significant items and collector-newsmakers from the past 12 months.
TREASURE HD has enlisted various professional experts to weigh in on what collectibles are the most buzzed about and what items are bound to increase in value in the years to come.
The special episode features enlightening interviews with a host of experts on collectibles. They include: Drew Alcazar of Russo and Steele, a leading auctioneer for American muscle cars, Hot Rods and European Sports Cars; Christopher Sanger of Christie’s, the automobile appraisal expert from this internationally-renowned auction house; Jared Weiss of sports memorabilia authority Steiner Sports; Valerie Steele, Chief Curator of The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology); Julie Lasky, Editor-in-Chief, I.D. (International Design) magazine; Richard Brierley of Christie’s, Director of North American Wine Sales; Scott Travers, Author, The Coin Collector’s Survivor’s Manual; Brian Cunningham, Editor, Wizard magazine, one the leading magazines about comic books; Zach Oat, Editor, ToyFare magazine and Barbara Bloemink, Curatorial Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
Before you head out to the local mall this holiday season be sure to investigate these out-of-this-world gift ideas for your special someone:
For the entertainment lover:
Bob Dylan memorabilia
For the fashionista:
A gown from the final collection of Olivier Theyskens for the House of Rochas
For the sports enthusiast:
Sidney Crosby Upper Deck Young Guns Rookie Card
For the car lover:
2007 Ford Shelby GT 500
For the oenophile (wine connoisseur):
2005 Bordeaux Futures
For the toy collector:
Marvel Legends Fantastic Four Series 2 Kang Figure
For the comic book fan:
Marvel Comics’ Civil War #2 (Spider-man Unmasked!)
For the decorative object collector:
Splish and Splash bowls from the Jeff Zimmerman Soft Explosion Collection for Steuben
For the numismatist (coin collector):
A set of the newly minted State Quarters
For the furniture collector:
Polder Sofa by Hella Jongerius for Vitra
ABOUT TREASURE HD
VOOM’s TREASURE HD is the first network to deliver a 24/7 HD experience for collectors. A bright new programming format that showcases people’s endless passion for beautiful and interesting objects: art, collectibles, the rare, the lost and the unusual. Treasure HD also gives viewers an exclusive, adrenaline-packed opportunity to compete and bid at auctions in real-time, as they watch them live. Treasure HD offers viewers the information they want in ways that make it fun to participate.
ABOUT VOOM HD NETWORKS
The VOOM HD Networks are the largest and most diverse suite of high definition channels available anywhere. Produced exclusively in true high definition and 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound for distribution in the U.S. through satellite and cable operators, the 15 VOOM HD Networks carry programming in categories as diverse as sports, movies, fashion, music and art. The VOOM HD Networks are commercial-free and available nationally on Echostar’s DISH Network. Developed by Rainbow Media to meet the growing demand for quality high definition programming, the VOOM HD Networks build on Rainbow Media’s history of original programming innovation.
About Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC). Rainbow Media creates and manages some of the country’s most compelling and dynamic entertainment brands including popular national and regional television channels AMC, fuse, The Independent Film Channel (IFC), WE tv, and three FSN affiliated regional sports networks managed by Rainbow Sports Networks. The company also manages Mag Rack and sportskool, two original on-demand networks; VOOM HD Networks, the largest and most diverse suite of high definition channels available anywhere; IFC Entertainment, its film distribution, production and exhibition division; Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation, its advertising sales division; and Rainbow Network Communications, its full service network programming origination and distribution company.