|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
THE CHRIS ISAAK SHOW SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR DIRECTV ACCOUNT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS INTENDED FOR VIEWING AND PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU ARE NOT A LEGAL U.S. RESIDENT LOCATED IN
THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
1. How to Enter: The Chris Isaak Show Sweepstakes (available online) ("Sweepstakes") begins at
12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time ["ET"]) on January 12, 2003 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 9, 2003
("Sweepstakes Period"). To enter, log on to
www.DIRECTV.com/sweepstakes, fill in the online entry form
and submit it in accordance with the on-screen directions during the Sweepstakes Period and you will be
entered. Limit of one entry per person. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 9, 2003.
DIRECTV, Inc. and Showtime Networks Inc. (collectively, the "Sponsor"), and RPMC, Inc. ("Sweepstakes
Administrator") will not verify receipt of entries. All entries submitted become the sole property of
Sponsor and will not be returned. All requested information must be provided or entry will be void.
2. Eligibility: Sweepstakes open only to lawful permanent residents of the United States
(except residents of Colorado and Florida) who are 21 years or older and are physically located in the U.S. at the
time of entry. Sweepstakes is void in Colorado, Florida, Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and
where prohibited by law. Employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents of Sponsor and
Sweepstakes Administrator, and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries,
retailers, sales representatives, distributors, and advertising and promotion agencies, as well as
the immediate families and those living in the same household of each, are ineligible to participate
in this Sweepstakes.
3. Drawing and Notification: Ten (10) First Prize winners will be selected for each Weekly Period
from among all eligible entries received from the beginning of the Sweepstakes Period up and until the
end of each Weekly Period (as defined below) in a series of random drawings conducted by RPMC, Inc., an
independent judging organization whose decisions (along with those of the Sponsor) are final and binding
in all respects relating to this Sweepstakes. A "Weekly Period" is defined as the period from 12:01 am
(ET) Sunday, January 12, 2003 until 11:59 pm (ET) Saturday, January 18, 2003 and from each following
Sunday of each week thereafter to the following Saturday up and until 11:59 pm (ET) Saturday, March 1,
2003. The final Weekly Period will begin at 12:01 am (ET) Sunday, March 2, 2003 and run until 11:59 pm
(ET) Sunday, March 9, 2003. The Grand Prize winner will be selected from all eligible entries received
during the entire Sweepstakes Period in a random drawing held on or about March 17, 2003.
ODDS OF WINNING A PRIZE ARE BASED UPON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED. Potential Grand
Prize winner will be notified by telephone only. If potential Grand Prize winner cannot be reached
within three (3) calendar days from the first notification attempt, then such person shall be
disqualified and there will be a random drawing to select an alternate winner. All other winners
will be notified by telephone, email or mail.
4. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize: A trip for two to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to attend
the April 17, 2003 taping of the Chris Isaak Show. Trip consists of: Round-trip coach air transportation
for two (2) persons from the U.S. international airport gateway nearest to Grand Prize winner's residence
to Vancouver; five (5) days/four (4) nights hotel accommodations (double occupancy); admittance
into the Chris Isaak Show on April 17, 2003 and an opportunity to meet the cast of the Chris Isaak Show;
round trip ground transportation between airport and hotel; round trip ground transportation between show
and hotel; US$150 spending money (for winner only) (Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") $3,250.00); Travel for
Grand Prize Winner and travel companion must be taken on April 17-20, 2003 or such other dates as specified
by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Winner is responsible for transportation to and from U.S. airport
gateway and his/her residence, including but not limited to any costs associated therewith. Prize will
be forfeited if winner is unable to travel on designated dates. All travel arrangements must be made by
Sponsor's agent. Winner must arrange travel with Sponsor's agent at least 20 days in advance of travel.
Exact travel dates and arrangements are subject to availability and blackout periods. Winner and travel
companion are responsible for securing any appropriate travel documents prior to travel, including any
passports that may be required. Meals, taxes, gratuities and all other expenses not specifically
identified in these Official Rules are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize winner. While the
Sponsor will make every effort to provide the opportunity to meet the cast of the Chris Isaak Show,
due to potential changes in schedule, illness and/or other factors not within Sponsor's control, the
cast's availability for such an event is SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. Sponsor and Sweepstakes Administrator
are not responsible for any cancellations, delays, diversions or substitutions, or any act or omission
whatsoever with respect to the Grand Prize, including but not limited to acts or omissions by actors,
spectators, or event producers with respect to the prize. Eighty (80) First Prizes: One (1) Chris
Isaak Music Pack, including a Showtime Unlimited Samsung MP3 Player and a Chris Isaak Show hat
(ARV: $155 each). Prizes are non-transferable and no substitutions or cash redemptions will be
made, except at Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value if a prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Limit one prize
per person/family/household. Prizes will be awarded to verified winners. Total ARV of all the
prizes is $15,400.00.
5. Prize Conditions: Potential Grand Prize winner will be required to execute an Affidavit
of Eligibility, a Liability Release and a Publicity Release (collectively, "Affidavit/Release").
Travel companion of potential winner (if any) must be at least 21 years old and must sign a Liability
and Publicity Release prior to travel. Such documents must be returned by the date and/or time
indicated within such documents. If potential Grand Prize winner fails to return such documents
within that time or if a potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if a potential winner
does not comply with the Official Rules, then the potential winner will be disqualified and an
alternate winner will be selected. If prizes or prize notifications are returned as undeliverable
or are unclaimed, this will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected.
All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this Sweepstakes
will be the sole responsibility of each winner. Except where prohibited by law, each winner's entry
and acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and those acting under its authority
to use winner's and his/her travel companion's (if any) name, photograph, likeness, statements,
biographical information, voice, and city and state address on a worldwide basis, and in all forms
of media, in perpetuity, for advertising and promotion purposes without review or further compensation.
6. Sweepstakes Conditions: This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local
laws. By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the
decisions of the Sponsor and Sweepstakes Administrator (which are final and binding in all matters
relating to this Sweepstakes) and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes or these
Official Rules. Each entrant, by participating in the Sweepstakes, releases, discharges, indemnifies
and holds harmless Sponsor and Sweepstakes Administrator, their parent companies, affiliates,
subsidiaries, retailers, sales representatives, distributors and advertising and promotion agencies,
as well as each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and
against any claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person
(including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly,
from acceptance, receipt, possession and/or misuse or use of any prize, or participation in any
Sweepstakes-related activity or participation in this Sweepstakes, or for any typographical or
other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize. Each winner further
acknowledges that said parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable
for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative
to any prize, including, but not limited to, its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a
particular purpose. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to
be caused, by participating in this Sweepstakes or use or redemption of any prize. DIRECTV may
collect information that you provide to enter the Sweepstakes and DIRECTV will use personal
information you provide to enter the Sweepstakes to actually conduct the Sweepstakes.
It may further use the personal information to send you information about DIRECTV. DIRECTV will provide
you with an opportunity to opt-out of receiving this information at any time after you first receive such
information from DIRECTV. DIRECTV may also provide the personal information you provide to enter this
Sweepstakes to third party fulfillment companies so that such companies may process and deliver prizes
to winners.
7. Limitations of Liability: Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, undeliverable
or incomplete entries due to system errors and failures, or faulty transmissions or other telecommunications
malfunctions and/or entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost
or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions,
typographical or system errors and failures, or faulty transmissions, or for any problems or technical
malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer
equipment, or entries not received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, or any combination thereof,
including other telecommunications malfunctions which may limit an entrant's ability to participate.
Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole
discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the
Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy,
abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. Sponsor assumes no responsibility
for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors, failures,
delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Sponsor is
not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of information caused by any of the equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may
occur in the processing of the entries in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries
and is not responsible for errors in printing or presentation of the Sweepstakes. Entries received from
persons residing in geographic areas in which entry is not permissible will be disqualified. CAUTION: ANY
ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES
AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Any dispute or claim arising out of the play of this Sweepstakes will be resolved
in the U.S, and shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflicts
of laws or principles. Any such claim shall be brought and maintained in the federal or state courts of
the State of California. If any provision of these Official Rules is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision. Entries that have been tampered with are void. Sponsor
reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, has
threatened the operation of this Sweepstakes or violates these Official Rules.
8. Rules/Winners List: To receive a winners list (available after April 1, 2003), send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by June 30, 2003 to: The Chris Isaak Show Sweepstakes,
P.O. Box 8991, Calabasas, CA 91372-8991. Please specify "Winners List". For an additional copy of
these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by March 9, 2003 to the
same address. Please specify "Rules." You may also view the Official Rules by visiting
www.DIRECTV.com/sweepstakes. VT residents may omit return postage.
9. Sponsors: DIRECTV, Inc., 2230 Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA 90245 and Showtime Networks
Inc., 1633 Broadway, New York, New York, 10019.
10. Sweepstakes Administrator: RPMC, Inc., 24013 Ventura Blvd., Calabasas, CA 91302.
|  |
 |
|