The first three NCM Grammys episodes feature artists, including Idina Menzel, the voice behind the character Elsa in the ubiquitous Disney movie “Frozen”; Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy, who reveals the artistic process behind his first album, “Dream Your Life Away”; and U.S. alt-pop band Echosmith, due to appear in a third episode in February.
For the event component, NCM and the Grammys are hosting a sweepstakes where movie and music fans can enter to win a trip for two to the Grammys in Los Angeles in 2015 and 2016. The program is promoting the sweepstakes with box office handouts as well as online, mobile, and social media elements.
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The NCM Grammys program debuted with Glade air freshener as a launch sponsor through March 5 of this year. The package includes advertising for Glade with creative touching on the themes of music and inspiration.
NCM has forged a number of strategic partnerships in recent months. In November, it tapped Shazam to bring mobile interactivity to every NCM-affiliated theater across the U.S., by integrating Shazam audio recognition technology into NCM’s FirstLook package of pre-show entertainment and advertising.
The NCM-Shazam partnership enables moviegoers to engage with pre-show content by using mobile devices equipped with an audio recognition app to detect Shazam-marked content during the FirstLook presentation.
Also last year, NCM announced the acquisition of its main competitor, Screenvision, for $375 million in cash and stock. However, the deal has run into regulatory obstacles, with the Department of Justice suing to stop the merger on anti-competitive grounds.