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KIIS FM Announces Ortsbo as its Real Time Closed Captioning Language Translation Partner Live from the “Wango Tango”
May 10, 2012

102.7 KIIS FM is proud to announce that Ortsbo has been selected as its live event partner who will provide real-time closed captioning language translation services and live interviews direct from “Wango Tango”.




Ortsbo Partners With Cameron Thomson For European Sales & Business Development
May 4, 2012

Ortsbo announces that it has engaged Cameron Thomson, the pre-eminent provider of outsourced business development solutions for the media and entertainment technology sectors, to provide sales and business development of Ortsbo’s commercial and entertainment programs in Europe.




Ortsbo Welcomes Paul Stanley as Spokesperson and Business Partner
May 3, 2012

Legendary rock icon, entrepreneur and co-founder of KISS, Paul Stanley has joined Ortsbo as a spokesperson and business partner.




Honda Indy Toronto welcomes new sponsors, Mr. Lube, Ortsbo and William Ashley
May 2, 2012

The Honda Indy Toronto announces today new sponsorship agreements with Mr. Lube, Canada’s largest quick lube brand, and Ortsbo, an INDYCAR Sponsor and leader in Real-Time Global Communications, as well as a renewed relationship with William Ashley, recognized as North America’s leading retailer of china, crystal, silver and giftware.




Intertainment Media Provides Update on Ortsbo Spin Out and Announces $20,000,000 Lead Order
May 1, 2012

Intertainment Media Inc. is pleased to provide an update on the spin out of Ortsbo Inc. (“Ortsbo”) previously announced on February 28, 2012.




Intertainment Media Inc. completes the purchase of stake in Lexifone
April 27, 2012

Ortsbo’s Interest in a Live Voice-to-Voice Translation Leader Will Further Extend its Ability to Break Down Language Barriers




Ortsbo's “LIVE & GLOBAL” Presents international IZOD Indycar series chat - Live from Sao Paulo, Brazil
April 25, 2012

Streaming Live in 53 Languages, Audiences Worldwide Will Have an Opportunity to Interact with Sunoco Rookie of the Year, James Hinchcliffe and Brazilian Drivers, Helio Castroneves and Ana Beatriz in a Live Web Video Q&A.




Ortsbo Presents a Highly Anticipated “Live & Global” Chat During Rock-n-Roll Allstars Tour, Live from Buenos Aires
April 16, 2012

Streaming Live in 53 Languages, Audiences Worldwide Can Join Gene Simmons, Matt Sorum, Joe Elliott and other Rock Legends, in a Live Web Video Q&A during the Rock-N-Roll Allstars World Tour.




Ortsbo Live Global IZOD IndyCar Series 2012 with Brazilian Racing Stars
April 09, 2012

Intertainment Media Inc.announces that on Saturday, April 14, live from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Ortsbo, the world’s leading real-time language translation platform, and INDYCAR will host the first “Ortsbo Live & Global: IZOD IndyCar Series” of 2012 featuring drivers Rubens Barrichello and Tony Kanaan.




Intertainment’s Ortsbo™ Builds Senior Management Team
March 28, 2012

Leader in Real-Time Online Translation Technologies Gears Up for Pending Corporate Spin Out




Real-time translation for e-reader market
Ubergizmo | March 21, 2012 | by Edwin Kee

Ortsbo.com – ever heard of the domain name before? Well, you might want to start taking note of it…




Ortsbo Adds Language Translation on the Fly
ZDNet | March 21, 2012 | by Heather Clancy

Real-time translation service currently supports Windows Live, Google Talk and Facebook Chat services; a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook is also available.




Intertainment’s Ortsbo™ Initiates U.S. Patent Process for New e-Reader Language Translator App, Now in Beta
March 21, 2012

Leader in Online Real-Time Translation Set to Enter Exploding e-Reader Market with Exclusive Text-to-Text and Text-to-Speech Translation in 53 Languages




Poynt Corporation and Intertainment Media Inc. Initiate a Joint Venture
March 15, 2012

Poynt Platform to Integrate Ortsbo, Share Advertising Resources and Investigate Additional Opportunities for Monetization and Collaboration; Intertainment Media to Provide Poynt with $1.5 million in Debt Financing




Ortsbo to Provide Worldwide Access to Barclays Center
March 15, 2012

Ortsbo Media Room to Engage Media and Fans Worldwide with Unprecedented Access to Pre/Post-Event Coverage




Ortsbo Eclipses 107 Million Unique Users 167% increase since November 2011
February 28, 2012

More than 107 Million Unique users for the 30 day period of January 25, 2012 to February 23, 2012




Ortsbo’s Live Coverage of the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards Unites 161 Countries Instantly in 53 Languages
February 14, 2012

Ortsbo files for US patent on its Real Time Closed Captioning Language Translation system.




Synchronica Signs Letter of Intent with Intertainment Media relating to Co-development agreement and Investment in Synchronica
February 8, 2012

Synchronica and Intertainment Media intend to integrate Synchronica’s flagship messaging platform, Mobile Gateway, with Intertainment Media’s Ortsbo experiential language technology.




Variety and Ortsbo.com to provide global interactive live Red Carpet and Back Stage Coverage at Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2012
February 6, 2012

Unprecedented worldwide event coverage with exclusive live streaming and fan participation with real time international closed captioning in 53 languages




Intertainment’s Ortsbo.com and The VarietyStudio wrap up coverage of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival
January 30, 2012

Microsite offers VarietyStudio video interviews and Live & Global coverage complete with multi-language real time subtitling




Gene Simmons Helps Millions Connect Through Language (VIDEO)
genConnect | January 27, 2012 | by Nancy Spears

KISS front-man and global entertainer Gene Simmons is lending his iconic personality to help spread the word about Ortsbo’s unique translator experience.




Intertainment Media Announces Strategic Relationship with theAudience, Inc.
January 26, 2012

Intertainment to Invest in theAudience and Intertainment Subsidiary Ortsbo to Partner with theAudience on Real Time Experiential Language Services




Gene Simmons Teams up with Stan Lee to Introduce New Venture
ABC 4 News | January 25, 2012 | by ABC 4 News

Comic book legend Stan Lee, and Gene Simmons of KISS, made a stop in Park City Tuesday. The duo is there for a premiere of the documentary “With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story” about the Marvel creator’s life.




Company intends to increase proposed distribution to shareholders to reach up to 30%
January 20, 2012

, Ortsbo Inc. (“Ortsbo”) as the Company continues to move forward with its plans to spin out Ortsbo as a separate public entity, and with the intention to initiate the process to “spin out” Ortsbo as an independent structure for listing on senior Exchanges in Canada and the United States.




Web Video Gets Real-Time Translation in 50+ Languages
Fast Company | January 11, 2012 | by Neal Ungerleider

Canadian startup Ortsbo's new product can instantly translate Internet video into more than 50 languages in real time. And Gene Simmons is on board.




Variety CES Summit to offer free, multilingual stream
Variety | January 4, 2012 | by Variety Staff

Partnership with Ortsbo kicks off with Entertainment event.




Intertainment’s Ortsbo Announces Strategic Relationship with Variety
January 5, 2012

Ortsbo has formed a Strategic Relationship with Variety, the world’s leading publication for business entertainment news.




ZD Net Exclusive: Gene Simmons rocks Social Media with Ortsbo
ZD Net | December 16, 2011 | by Ken Hess

Hear Gene Simmons in this ZDNet exclusive interview discuss Ortsbo, a revolutionary new language translation service.




Ortsbo: Return to Shinar
ZD Net | December 11, 2011 | by Ken Hess

Take a look at Ortsbo’s revolutionary language software. The world may never be the same as long as we keep to the mundane and resist the temptation to build a tower to heaven.




MTV Iggy Announces Line-Up for “Best New Band 2011” Concert Event
December 8, 2011

MTV Iggy’s “Best New Band 2011” concert will also be streamed live on MTVIggy.com and will be enhanced by a global chat with real-time translations in 53 languages powered by Ortsbo.com




Intertainment’s Ortsbo Appoints New President and Senior Advisor
December 8, 2011

Ortsbo announces the appointment of Mr. Patrick Bultema as Interim-President of Ortsbo Inc. and Mr. Jonah Schnel as a Senior Advisor to the firm.




Intertainment’s Ortsbo Releases Patent Pending One2One App for Windows Phone 7.5
December 8, 2011

Ortsbo’s has released its patent pending app O2O for Windows Phone 7.5 mobile devices via the Marketplace at www.windowsphone.com/en-US/marketplace




Intertainment's Ortsbo to Acquire Interest in Israel Based, Voice Translation Technology Platform
November 28, 2011

Voice based translation enhances Ortsbo's world leading technology for telephony services, smartphones, computers, tablets, healthcare, emergency, social services & commercial applications.




Intertainment Media Provides Ortsbo Transaction Update
Source: November 28, 2011

Company intends application for listing on senior Canadian and US Exchanges




Intertainment's Ortsbo Mobile Platforms Ranked # 3 in the US iTunes Store
Source: November 23, 2011

Ortsbo's recently launched mobile platform, O2Go for the iPhone, reached the 3rd position in the free Social Networking category just behind Facebook in the US Apple iTunes store.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Invests in China Green Channel International to Provide Translation, Distribution & Development of International and Original Programming for China Education Television
Source: November 21, 2011

This recognized venture guarantees Ortsbo's rights to provide automated and human based translation services for the conversion of foreign broadcast content as well as participate in the development of original content for the Chinese television market.




A Chat With Gene Simmons, Kiss Rocker And Ortsbo Partner
Source: The Huffington Post by Youyoung Lee

: Ortsbo spokesperson and business partner Gene Simmons is interviewed by The Huffington Post’s Youyoung Lee using Ortsbo’s translation technology.




Ortsbo Globalizes Mobile Social Media with the Introduction of New Product Addition to the "Ortsbo Mobile Suite"
Source: November 17, 2011

Rock star Gene Simmons and Ortsbo President David Lucatch will discuss the release of Kowango during the Mobile Marketing Association Forum keynote speech.




Toronto Star Travel’s App of the Week
The Toronto Star | November 10, 2011 | by Bert Archer

Ortsbo is featured in the Toronto Star’s travel section.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Eclipses 40 Million Unique Monthly Users With 25% Increase For October 2011
Source: November 1, 2011

Ortsbo's social media offering continues to accelerate achieving record results for October 2011 including substantive growth month over month.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Releases Commercial Version Of Ortsbo For Microsoft Outlook(TM) "O4O" – Create and Translate Email in 53 Languages
Source: October 25, 2011

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.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Continues Growth Achieving 15% Increase of Unique Users to Over 20 Million in First Half of October
Source: October 24, 2011

Ortsbo has found that as new users become more adept with the site, the number of page views diminishes per user, as they do not require any of the support pages to use the site.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Launches Multi-Language Plug-In For WordPress, World's Leading Blogging Tool and Publishing Platform
Source: October 17, 2011

More than just a simple plug-in, this solution is part of the same technology suite that powers Ortsbo's solutions for Twitter and Facebook, allowing users to instantly translate and read any Tweet or Facebook comment in almost any language while maintaining the comment's proprietary information.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Launches Ortsbo O2GO App for Android Smartphones
Source: October 11, 2011

The new O2go Android app will initially integrate with Facebook, MSN and GTalk chat services, allowing users to communicate in their native languages in real time at no cost.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Records 21% Growth with over 32 Million Unique Monthly Users in September
Source: October 4, 2011

Ortsbo's social media offering continues to accelerate achieving record results for September 2011 including substantive growth month over month.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Releases Patent Pending One2One App For Apple iPad
Source: October 3, 2011

O2O allows you to have a one device conversation with someone seamlessly in over 50 languages.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Records 29% Growth In Unique Users Over Past 30 Days
Source: September 19, 2011

Ortsbo experienced tremendous spikes in overall usage in August and continues to show record user growth.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Releases Patent Pending One2One App For Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Source: September 7, 2011

O2O is easy to use, powerful tool that any traveler can't be without.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Growth Up 32% Over 244 Million Minutes of User Engagement in August
Source: September 6, 2011

The average increase in performance of the key metrics was over 30% Month over Month from July 2011.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Records 52% Growth In Page View Results Over Past 30 Days
Source: August 22, 2011

With the recent launch of Ortsbo's iPhone application, available at iTunes and the upcoming release of its Android app, users are now spending time both on Ortsbo via mobile smartphones and desktop based computers.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Begins Beta Testing of Google Android Platform For Smartphones and Mobile Devices
Source: August 15, 2011

Ortsbo for Android, as part of the Ortsbo 2Go mobile suite, is expected to launch in the Android Marketplace by mid September.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Launches Ortsbo Apple App for iPhone
Source: August 11, 2011

The new iPhone app will initially integrate with Facebook's chat service, allowing users to communicate in their native languages in real time at no cost.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Continues Accelerated Growth With Over 185 Million Minutes of User Engagement in July
Source: August 8, 2011

As Ortsbo continues the transition to the Cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure, users continue to increase translation and communications activities, providing a significant increase in overall user engagement statistics and increasing brand recognition.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Celebrates First Anniversary with Key Patent Application, Binding Commitment to Acquire 100% of SaaS Technologies and Record Results
Source: July 25, 2011

The comprehensive patent application covers many of the innovative features found.




Ortsbo's Live & Global Platform Launches Commercial Release for Windows Azure Marketplace at Microsoft World Partnership Conference
Source: July 18, 2011

The Live & Global platform can take any local or national event and make it international with participants from all over the world able to actively take part.




Ortsbo Accelerates User Engagement on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform – 68 Million Engagement Minutes Second Half June 2011
Source: July 12, 2011

Over the past 45 days, Ortsbo has been transitioning its systems to the Cloud to provide a more robust user experience and will continue through Summer 2011 to improve the services.




Ortsbo.com Partners with IndyCar as Official Online Translator Service Provider
Source: July 7, 2011

Through Ortsbo, IZOD IndyCar Series enthusiasts around the world will be able to follow every twist and turn of the action-packed racing series and connect with their favorite drivers in their native languages.




Intertainment's Ortsbo to Host Global Chat with Steve Nash
Source: June 14, 2011

Ortsbo, the presenting sponsor for the day's events, will enable Nash and other Showdown athletes to interact seamlessly with fans in more than 50 languages through their social media platforms.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Debuts Patent Pending "Head To Head" Translation Technology for Tablet Devices
Source: June 3, 2011

The application technology, known as "Ortsbo to Ortsbo" or "O2O"allows multiple users to engage translation services on the same tablet computing device.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Launches Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Platform To Support Viral Growth
Source: May 30, 2011

The move to Windows Azure, provides Ortsbo with increased user capacity, speed and performance in an operating expense model versus a traditional capital expense model, providing additional cost savings.




Intertainment's Ortsbo Real Time Translator Establishes Guinness World Record at KISS Live & Global
Source: May 24, 2011

Thousands of questions were in the queue throughout the broadcast, allowing participants from over 92 countries, representing every geographic region globally to ask questions of the legendary rock stars.




Steve Nash Joins Ortsbo Team as Official Athlete Ambassador – 2-Time NBA MVP Assists in Connecting The Global Community
Source: May 18, 2011

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's Ortsbo Real Time Translator To Launch Email Plug-in For Microsoft Outlook ("O4O") at KISS Live & Global
Source: May 16, 2011

Ortsbo will initially make up to 10 Million copies of O4O available on a global basis to consumers and businesses on an introductory basis from mid June through mid September 2011.




"Gene Simmons talks Live & Global"
Source: KTLA 5 News | May 13, 2011

Gene Simmons talks Live & Global chat in 54 languages on genesimmons.com. Register at ORTSBO.com




"Simmons made to be a corporate pitchman"
Source: Toronto Star | Apr. 5, 2011 | by Michael Lewis

Trading in his platform boots and skin-tight spandex for a business suit and loafers, Kiss founder Gene Simmons has signed on as corporate pitchman for Toronto-based Ortsbo Inc.




"Gene Simmons backs Ortsbo, Kiss of approval for Web translator"
Source: Variety | Apr. 5, 2011 | by Andrew Wallenstein

"Ortsbo takes a sledgehammer to the Tower of Babel that is modern communication," Simmons said. "It connects humanity. We are all one people."




"Toronto's Ortsbo offers real-time translation for online chatting"
Source: FP TECH DESK | Mar. 30, 2011 | by Jameson Berkow

Not quite the instant translating, ear canal dwelling Babel Fish of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ortsbo Inc. can perhaps be considered the online version.




"Harnessing real-time translation for multilingual social media campaigns"
Source: The Wall | Mar. 28, 2011 | by Christian Arno

Real-time translation platform Ortsbo (meaning "local" in Swedish) is showing growth that surpasses even Facebook's early months. Clearly, the desire for social networking communication across languages is there. But how can you harness this, as an online marketer?




"Instant Chat Translation"
Source: Jaunt Magazine | Mar. 25, 2011 | by Managing Editor

Yep, "out of this world" language translation technology allowed aliens and Captain Kirk to speak back in forth with ease in English and now you can too. Well, maybe you won't be speaking with aliens (yet), but with new acquaintances met during worldly travels this website just might be the open door to love or friendship.




"Ortsbo to Real Time Translate Your Mobile Chats Too"
Source: Mobile Magazine | Mar. 14, 2011 | by Michael Kwan

In case you haven't figured it out already, we live in an international world and, believe it or not, not everyone speaks English. Ortsbo by Interntainment is meant to break down some of those language barriers.




"Somes Stocks Are Expensive For A Good Reason"
Source: Financial Post | Feb. 19, 2011 | by Peter Hodson

Around this time of year, I always find it instructive to do a screen on which stocks are doing well already in the short time we've had this year.




"App Translates Your E-Mails"
Source: New York Post | Feb. 19, 2011 | by Hilary Lewis

Struggling to communicate with colleagues and clients in countries where you don't speak the language? With Ortsbo, you can chat and compose e-mails in your native tongue and the company will instantly translate your messages for you.




"Google, startup Ortsbo bring 'Star Trek'-like translation to smartphones, chat sites"
Source: MercuryNews | Feb. 19, 2011 | by Mike Swift

On "Star Trek," even the aliens with blue skin and antennas sprouting from their foreheads spoke with Capt. Kirk in perfect English, thanks to the universal translator, long a staple of science fiction.




"Ortsbo getting big traffic in first seven months since launch"
Source: TechVibes | Feb. 14, 2011 | by Liam Britten

Intertainment's online translator Ortsbo released some pretty impressive traffic numbers today, most impressively the 67.2 million minutes of user engagement the website has attracted since the website launched on July 22nd of last year.




"Tech weekend: Service instantly translates as you chat"
Source: USA Today | Feb. 12, 2011 | by Deborah Porterfield

You write in English. Your Web-pal writes in Japanese. You can chat in real time with the help of Ortsbo, a site that provides instant translations in more than 50 languages.




"Say Hello to Ortsbo: Social Networking Goes Multiplatform and Multilingual"
Source: PC Mag Online | Feb. 10, 2011 | by William Fenton

A free instant chat translator, Ortsbo, recently launched, giving jet-setting socialites real-time language translation in online chat. Available now as a beta, the free Web site enables users to converse across continents with support for more than 50 languages—from English to Arabic.




Ortsbo on Web Nation
Source: CP24 (TV) Jan. 19, 2011