Outdoor Retailer and A+E Networks® Partner for Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards
A+E Networks’® Christian Murphy to host awards ceremony and unveil winners on November 8 at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market
Entry period for products and services open now through October 10
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—(October 4, 2018)—Outdoor Retailer, the largest U.S. tradeshow and premier business event for the outdoor industry, and A+E Networks® will partner to highlight the inaugural Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards this November. A+E Networks will develop short-form programming around the awards to air as part of the Outdoors programming block on FYI™ and HISTORY® networks, and Christian Murphy, A+E Networks’ Senior Vice President Enthusiast Brands & Programming Partnerships, will serve as host of the awards ceremony on November 8. The awards recognize innovation and achievements in the outdoor industry, and winners will be unveiled on the first night of Outdoor Retailer Winter Market at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
“The partnership with A+E Networks offers an incredible platform to showcase the people, products and brands shaping the future of the outdoor industry,” said Marisa Nicholson, Outdoor Retailer vice president and show director. “We are excited to have Christian Murphy as host of the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards. He and A+E Networks share our commitment to supporting the growth of our industry and to bringing the dynamic stories of the outdoor experience to life.”
Through the broadcast media partnership with Outdoor Retailer, A+E Networks will produce exclusive content from the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards ceremony, featuring interviews with the brands entering the awards and highlighting the technical and innovative features of their products. The content will air as part of the “All You Need To Know” programming strand within the Outdoors block on FYI and HISTORY and during such shows as “Alone,” “Swamp People,” “Curse of Oak Island” and “Mountain Men.”
Outdoor Retailer and A+E Networks will also offer customized branded content advertising packages to key partners. The brand-supported exclusive content created around the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards will air during the outdoor programming blocks on both FYI and HISTORY, as well as online.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Marisa and the Outdoor Retailer team to continue to showcase the innovation throughout this dynamic and growing industry,” said Murphy. “Audiences that tune into our highly curated Outdoors programming blocks on FYI and HISTORY and engage with our outdoors enthusiast content online are passionate about the outdoors and crave information about brands and products that will make their outdoor experiences more rewarding, many of which can be found when walking the aisles of Outdoor Retailer.”
Murphy has been with A+E Networks for more than 10 years. He was in attendance at this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver and serves as host of “All You Need To Know,” which showcases industry events, major tradeshows and markets. The segments from Summer Market began airing in the Outdoors programming block on both FYI and HISTORY in September.
At Winter Market, Murphy will host the live ceremony to announce the first winners of the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. The ceremony will be held in the Mile High Ballroom at the Colorado Convention Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to registered attendees and media.
Brands and organizations interested in entering the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards can submit their product or service now through Oct. 10, 2018. Rules and the entry form can be found online at outdoorretailer.com/innovationawards. Finalists and winners will be selected by a panel of judges, and all finalist entries will be on display on the show floor throughout Winter Market.
Outdoor industry and event veteran Liz Ferrin is working with Outdoor Retailer to produce the awards and facilitate the A+E Networks partnership. Ferrin has also produced Outdoor Retailer’s Inspiration Awards and Sundance Film Festival activations, among other programs.
For information on sponsorship opportunities around the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards or in conjunction with the programming content, contact Krista Dill, director of sales, at [email protected] or an Outdoor Retailer account executive.
Outdoor Retailer Winter Market will launch the winter outdoor season as the tradeshow begins the new cycle in November. The four-day show runs Nov. 8-11, 2018 and will span nearly half a million square feet at the Colorado Convention Center. It will be co-located with the Grassroots Connect show. Registration and housing are open.
Winter Market will be the third of three shows hosted by Outdoor Retailer this year in Denver. In January, the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show was the first event in Denver, and the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market took place in July. The next Snow Show will be held January 30-February 1, 2019, back at the Colorado Convention Center.
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About Outdoor Retailer
Outdoor Retailer brings together retailers, manufacturers, industry advocates and media to conduct the business of outdoor recreation through trade shows, Outdoor Retailer Magazine, product demo events, media events and web-based business solutions. The Outdoor Retailer trade shows are the premier outdoor industry events for North America, providing platforms for critical face-to-face business initiatives, line previews, innovations, launches, networking and retailer education. Visit outdoorretailer.com for more information.
Outdoor Retailer is owned by Emerald Expositions, a leading operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United States. The company currently operates more than 55 trade shows, as well as numerous other face-to-face events. In 2017, Emerald’s events connected over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors and occupied more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space.
About A+E Networks
A+E Networks® is a global content company comprised of some of the most popular and culturally relevant brands in media including A&E®, Lifetime®, HISTORY®, Lifetime Movies, FYI™, VICELAND®, Blaze™ and Crime+Investigation®. A+E Networks’ portfolio extends across platforms and genres, with a long-form production division, A+E Studios™; film division, A&E IndieFilms®; full-service digital storytelling hub, 45th & Dean™; strategic investment division, A+E Ventures™; and A+E Digital®, encompassing watch apps, games and SVOD initiatives including Lifetime Movie Club and HISTORY Vault. A+E Networks’ channels and branded programming reach more than 335 million households in over 200 territories in 42 languages. A+E Networks has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea and Singapore. A+E Networks is a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/aenetworks and Facebook at facebook.com/AENetworks.
Media Contacts
Lisa Ramsperger, Outdoor Retailer
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(949) 225-3329
Vicky Kahn, A+E Networks
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(212) 210-9743
Mead Rust, A+E Networks
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(212) 551-1534