OFFICIAL RULES
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY
1. NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING.
OFFERED ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY. ALL FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the TV ONE “I Want TV One” Sweepstakes
(the “Sweepstakes”), visit
www.tvoneonline.com
(the “Website”), click on the TV One “I Want TV One” Sweepstakes image on the
Website and complete all of the required information.
Submit your entry by completing the registration form and clicking
submit. The Sweepstakes will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on August 9,
2010 and end at 5 p.m. ET on December 31, 2010 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).
During the promotion period, there will
be a total of five drawings pulled from all valid entries received by 5 p.m. ET
the final business day of each month. Entries
for each month’s drawing must be received by the stated date and time to be
eligible for the Sweepstakes drawing. The Sponsor’s time clock is the official
clock for this Sweepstakes. Only one
(1) entry per email address will be accepted during each month of the
Sweepstakes Period - allowing for a total of five (5) entries.
Mechanically
reproduced multiple entries or multiple entries submitted by means of
software-generated or other automated processes are not valid for entry and will
be disregarded.
The identity of an online entry will be deemed
submitted by the holder of the email account. For these purposes, an email
account holder shall mean the natural person assigned to such email account by
the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization
responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with such
email account. Any questions regarding the number of entries submitted or the
owner of an email account shall be determined by Sponsor
(as defined in Section 3 below)
in its sole discretion.
Entries become the exclusive property of the Sponsor and will not be
acknowledged or returned.
3. SWEEPSTAKES GENERAL RULES: TV One, LLC (“Sponsor”) will not be
responsible for incomplete, illegible, lost, late, or misdirected entries or for
failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or technical failures of
any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware
or software, whether originating with sender or Sponsor. By entering, all
entrants and participants further agree to be bound by Sponsor’s Terms of Use
relating to the use of the Website, including Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
In the event the Sweepstakes is compromised by a virus,
non-authorized human intervention, tampering or other cause beyond the
reasonable control of Sponsor that corrupts or impairs the administration,
security, fairness or proper operation of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the
right in its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes.
Should the Sweepstakes be terminated prior to the stated expiration date,
Sponsor reserves the right to award Prizes based on the entries received before
the termination date. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries by
persons determined to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the
Sweepstakes.
4. ELIGIBILITY:
Sweepstakes is open only to persons who, at the time of entry, are 18 years of
age or older and are legal residents of the United States and the District of
Columbia. Sweepstakes is not open to employees of the Sponsor and each of its
respective parents, affiliates and subsidiary companies, and their advertising
or promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of and any persons
domiciled with, such employees.
5. PRIZES: Twenty-seven
(27) prize winners will be selected (“Prize Winners”) each month during the
promotion period - One (1) first
prize winner, one (1) second prize winner and twenty-five (25) third prize
winners.
Each First Prize winner will receive a prize with the approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and the prize by
months are: August – one (1) ipod® and a TV One T-shirt;
September - one (1) ipod®
and a TV One T-shirt; October - one
(1) digital camera and a TV One T-shirt;
November - one (1) digital camera and a TV One T-shirt; and
December – one (1) BluRay DVD Player and a TV One T-shirt.
The second and third prizes awarded each month are: one (1) Second
Prize Winner will receive a $50 Amex Gift Card and a TV One T-shirt (“Second
Prize”) with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00);
and twenty-five (25) Third Prize Winners will receive a TV One T-shirt (“Third
Prize”) with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of Five Dollars each ($5 each).
No
transfer, or cash or other substitution of any prize allowed except if any
element of the Prize or Grand Prize is postponed or cancelled.
Additional restrictions may apply.
The Prize Winners may, individually or collectively, be referred to
as “Winner(s)”. Only one (1) prize will be awarded per person. Winners will be
selected through random drawings from the eligible entries received during each
month of the promotion period.
Prizes are non-transferable, assignable, or redeemable for cash. No substitution
is permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value. If a Winner cannot or
will not accept a prize as stated, in Sponsor’s discretion, the prize may be
awarded to an alternate winner.
6. ODDS: The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible
entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
7. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE: Winners may be notified by
phone, email or delivery carrier. First
Prize Winners
will be required to execute an affidavit of
eligibility, liability release and publicity release (unless prohibited by law),
which must be returned by the date appearing on prize notification. Return of
prize or prize notification as undeliverable, failure to execute and return
requested documentation within the allotted timeframe, Sponsor’s inability to
contact potential winner within a reasonable time period
or
noncompliance with these Official Rules by potential winner
will result in disqualification and, at Sponsor’s discretion, the prize may be
awarded to the runner-up.
All Prizes will be
awarded, but unclaimed Prizes may be forfeited. Sponsor will ship Prize and/or
Prize information to mailing address provided by Winner when registering for
Sweepstakes. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all
taxes on Prizes. Except where prohibited by law, participation in the
Sweepstakes constitutes entrant’s consent to the publication of his or her name
and image in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without
limitation or further compensation. For Prize Winners list (available after
January 10, 2011 send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: TV One ‘I Want TV
One” Sweepstakes – Winners’ List, 1010 Wayne Avenue, 10th Floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910. Requests
must be received on or before January 31, 2011 and Sponsor has sixty (60) days
to process your request after receipt.
8. GENERAL RELEASE/CONDITIONAL LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Participation and entry in the Sweepstakes constitutes an agreement by each
entrant to comply with these Official Rules. By entering and participating in
the Sweepstakes, entrants release Sponsor, any other promotional sponsors, and
each of their respective parents, affiliates and subsidiary companies, and their
advertising or promotional agencies, directors, officers, employees,
representatives, partners, managers and agents from any and all liability
whatsoever for any claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind
arising out of or in connection with the Sweepstakes or with the acceptance,
possession or use of any Prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs,
injuries, losses or damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss
or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or
portrayal in a false light). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that
the preceding release is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid or void for any reason, Sweepstakes entrant agrees that, by entering the
Sweepstakes, (i) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out
of or in connection with the Sweepstakes, or any Prizes awarded, shall be
resolved individually without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any
claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with entering the Sweepstakes, but in no
event attorney’s fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will any entrant be
permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to
claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to
have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than
damages for actual out-of-pocket expenses.
9. REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST: Participation in the Sweepstakes
constitutes entrant’s consent to receive future promotional materials. To
prevent receiving future materials from Sponsor, send a written removal request,
specifying the name and address you are requesting to have removed from the
mailing list, to: TV One, LLC, 1010 Wayne Avenue, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Sponsor has sixty (60) days to process your request after receipt.
10. CONSTRUCTION: All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant and Sponsor, shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland,
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or
provisions (whether of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Maryland. The invalidity
or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such
provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules
shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or
unenforceable provision was not contained therein.
11. SPONSOR: The Sweepstakes is sponsored by TV One, LLC, whose
decisions regarding the selection of Winners and all other aspects of the
Sweepstakes shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsor will not be
responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these
Official Rules or in other materials relating to the Sweepstakes. If you have
any questions regarding this Sweepstakes, please contact: TV One “I Want TV One”
Sweepstakes – Questions, 1010 Wayne Avenue, 10th Floor, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
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