... Do You Have a video of a crash, jump, stunt or amazing trick from the action sports industry?  

Send it to: TSC Productions LLC PO Box

225 Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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Official Rules

 I.                     GENERAL DESCRIPTION

TSC Productions LLC, the producer ("Producer") of a DVD series featuring home and professional videos, seeks submission by members of the public of their home or professional videos showing stunts, crashes, tricks and/or unique events for possible inclusion in the DVD TSC series or broadcast on a television network.  Only videos conforming to TSC Productions LLC Standards and Practices will be eligible for inclusion in the DVD TSC series or television programs, based on Producer’s judgment.

 The number of DVD’s and television shows and prize awards is yet to be determined but will be announced prior on the TSC official website. For each DVD, there will be a first, second and third prize awarded for best videos.

II.          PROCEDURES  

1.         Persons wishing to enter should send as many different videos as they wish to TSC Productions, P.O. Box 225, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Tapes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. See section VIII for information on deadlines.

2.         Entrants should include their return address and telephone number and a brief written description of the clips being submitted.

 3.                  All submissions shall become the sole property of Producer.  Producers WILL NOT return any tapes, please make the appropriate copies.

Producer reserves the right to destroy all videos for which return was not requested at the time of submission. Producer is not responsible for lost damaged or misdirected tapes under any circumstances. Please keep a copy of your submission.

4.         Film/ video formats that are acceptable (VHS, digital video, Beta SP). Videos transferred to DVD or CD-ROM will be accepted for initial screening and review, however the original tape must be provided to Producer upon request in order to meet eligibility and TSC requirements. If not so provided, the submitted video will not be eligible for inclusion in the program.

5.         Videos should be in the sports genre of action sports.

6.         Producer reserves the right to edit and/or alter any submission.

7.         Videos need not be exclusive to TSC Productions LLC.

8.         Decisions of the judges as to all contest matters are final and nonappealable. All submissions are subject to the terms of these rules and all entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges. Producer reserves the right to amend these rules at any time.

III.         ELIGIBILITY  

1.         Employees of TSC Productions and their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies and anyone involved in the production; administration or judging of the contest, as well as immediate family/same household members of anyone so employed or engaged are not eligible for prize awards.  

2.         Persons under 18 may enter but written parental consent will be required before their entries will be considered.

3.         Entrants whose clips are chosen for inclusion in a program must sign a Release and Indemnity in the form presented attesting, among other things, to the fact that they are the rightful owners of the submitted clips and that the clip may be submitted and broadcast without obtaining permission from or making any payment to any third party. All persons appearing in the clips must sign consent forms and/or releases before the submission can be eligible for prize awards. Parent or guardian must sign the consent/release form for minors. Failure to provide requested releases and/or consents will result in disqualification of entrant. These release and/or consent forms will be provided by the Producer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the submission of videotape constitutes the submitter's permission to use the videotape in and in connection with the program and all exploitations thereof, including, without limitation, advertising and promotion and, further, constitutes the submitter's representation that all necessary consents and permissions therefor have been obtained.

4.         Each submission must be solely the original work of entrant or licensor of the submission.

5.         Each entrant represents that his/her submission does not infringe on any third party's copyrighted material, trademark or other intellectual property rights.

6.         By submitting your videotape each entrant agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless TSC Productions LLC, the respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, licensees, and assigns, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from any claim or liability arising from or related to submission of the entry, participation in this contest, appearance in the DVD series or on the program, and/or acceptance or use of any prize.

7.         Each entrant agrees that his/her submission shall be governed by and construed under and in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts entered into and wholly performed therein. Each entrant consents and agrees to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of the State of California, located in the County of Los Angeles.

IV.        JUDGING CRITERIA

1.         Videos will be judged for inclusion in the DVD series and television shows and for prizes on the basis of their crashes, stunts tricks and/or uniqueness. Examples of videos that have been considered include those showing successful stunts, unexpected crashes, difficult tricks, crashes during sports or activities, bloopers during tricks, events, competitions or natural phenomena. From time to time, the Producer may request footage on specific topics, such as skiing or skateboarding requests. Such submissions will be included with the general submission pool for contest purposes and will compete with the general submission pool for any prizes. All videos must conform to TSC Productions LLC Standards and Practices policies.

2.         Producer will select clips for inclusion in each contestant show as follows:

A. Each tape will be assigned a number, logged in and entered into a computer.

B. All tapes will then be screened and rated on a scale of 1 to 5. Any tape rated below a 2 will be rejected for use as a contestant tape on any show.

C. The Producer's representatives will view tapes rated 3 and above for possible inclusion in a particular DVD.

V.        CONTESTANT DVD (prizes)

1.         The voting procedure for the contestant DVD’s series will be as follows, unless otherwise specified:

II.                   Of the clips included in each DVD series or show, the Producer will select 3 finalists based on ability, visual effectiveness and/or uniqueness.

Producers reserve the right to use alternate judging and/or voting procedures, as determined by Producers, for any DVD series or television show or segment including, without limitation, for any special DVD’s or shows.

VI.        PRIZE -  DVD’s

1.         The contestant DVD’s will be divided into two or more blocks at Producers' sole discretion. There will be first, second and third place winners from each block. If the DVD is cancelled prior to the completion of the contest in a block, Producers reserve the right not to award a grand prize.

2.         The voting procedure for the prize DVD’s will be as follows, unless otherwise specified:

4.                  The Producer(s) shall view and vote on the finalists.

OR

B. the public will view and vote on the finalists via www.thrillsspillsandchills.com. Videos will be shown without added voice-over or effects. The votes from www.thrillsspillsandchills.com will be combined with the votes from the Producers to determine the winners of the Prizes.

3.         The criteria for selecting the prize winners of each block will be overall visual effectiveness, difficulty and/or uniqueness.  

4.         In the event of a tie, the vote will be taken again, between the tying entries, until the tie is broken.  

5.         Producers reserve the right to change the voting procedures on any of the DVD series. 

VII.       PRIZES

1.         For the DVD’s, the first prize for each entry is a Dimension Snakeboard ($200.00 value). Second prize is K2 Pro Model Inline skates ($200.00 value) Third prize is a five (5) cases of Rockstar Energy Drink.

2.         In the event of a tie for the first prize, the vote will be taken again, between the tying entries, until the tie is broken. In the event of a tie for second place, we will follow the same procedure, event of a tie for third place; both parties will receive Rockstar Energy Drink.

3.         Clips included in a previous DVD and/or broadcast are not eligible for a first, second or third place prize in future DVD entries.

 4.         Prizes will be awarded to the person(s) submitting the videotape, provided they certify and establish to Producer's satisfaction that they are the owner(s) of the videotape and further provided that they have complied with the official rules and sign all necessary forms as determined by Producer.

 5.         Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes.

VIII.      CONTEST DEADLINES

1.         The contest deadline dates for the 2005 - 2006 season is yet to be determined, but will be announced on thrillsspillsandchills.com and in advance of the deadline for submissions. Producer must receive all tapes on or before the deadline dates to be eligible for inclusion.

At Producers' sole option, any video may be retained and considered for use and reuse, and used and reused, in any subsequent edition of the program, or any other program or ancillary use in any media.

IX.        RELEASES

1.         All entrants must sign all consent forms; general releases and other authorizations in the form provided by Producer or are eliminated from consideration. Releases will include, among other things, a statement that the videos are the exclusive property of the entrant(s) and that the events purported to be spontaneous were in fact spontaneous and not staged.

Releases must be obtained from all identifiable persons depicted in videos. Parent or guardian must sign the consent/release form for minors.  

2.         For more information, write us at:
TSC Productions, P.O. Box 225, Santa Monica, CA 90405,
or e-mail us at: info@thrillspillsandchills.com

7.                  For complete contest rules and eligibility requirements, log on to thrillsspillsandchills.com. or write TSC Productions, P.O. Box 225, Santa Monica, CA 90405

  8.         Individuals may enter as much different videotape as they wish. Producer's decisions are final.

 9.         TSC Productions and its staff are NOT responsible for lost or misdirected tapes.

 CONTEST #1 ENTRY PERIOD: Sept. 28 - March, 2005

 CONTEST #2 ENTRY PERIOD: May 1 – Aug. 31, 2005

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