The Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) proudly announces Comcast as a media sponsor for its second annual film festival. Last year, Comcast was very supportive of the inaugural festival and was one of the first in line to re-establish the sponsorship agreement for 2010.
"Comcast supports the mission of the Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) to nuture and suport a diverse, artistic and cultural experience in Collier County. This exciting film festival showcases national, international and local Southwest Flordia filmmakers," states Barbara Hagen, Market Vice President/General Manager for Sarasota/Ft. Myers. "Last year, the NIFF inaugural eent showed great depth of talent and entertaiment reaching diverse audiences. Comcast is proud to be a sponsor for the 2010 NIFF."
Executive Director, Rowan Samuel, said, "The festival is excited to sign a sponsorship agreement with Comcast again in 2010. Comcast will be providing spots on cable TV so that NIFF can run its commercials and keep the public informed of NIFF events leading up to and during the Naples International Film Festival."
The mission of NIFF is to nurture and support a diverse, artistic and cultural experience in Collier County through the operation of a creative, fun, and cutting-edge boutique film festival. Established by a group of visionary individuals wishing to invoke excitement and involvement in the arts for those who reside in, and visit, the Naples, Florida area.
NIFF showcases some of the finest and most creative cinematic works in the world, while at the same time supporting, organizing, and providing an outlet for local filmmakers and film lovers in Southwest Florida. NIFF will use this combination of nationally recognized and home-grown talent to present the best in independent films at Naples' finest venues while retaining a friendly, fun, and unique movie-going experience.
During the film festival, scheduled for November 4-7, 2010, the NIFF targets and provides the theater-going public a reasonable ticket price and amazing films to view and review. Come join the NIFF team and be part of the excitement as a member, a donor and party-goer by going to the website at www.naplesfilmfest.com.
About Comcast Cororation:
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK)(www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services.
With 23.5 million cable customers, 16.3 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.9 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast in principally involved in the development, management, and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, 11 regional sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net).
Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, which owns two professional sports teams, the Philadelphia 76'ers NBA basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, and a large, multi-purpose arena in Philadelphia, the Wachovia Center, and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events.
In the Sarasota/Fort Myers market, Comcast employs 1,300 people serving approximately 600 thousand customers with digital video, high-speed Internet and digital telephone services.
