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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Upstream Marketing and Comms Inc.\n31 January 2008\n\n\nNews Release\n\n\n New wins get Upstream off to a flying start in 2008\n\n\nHONG KONG, 31 January 2008 - Though the New Year is only a few weeks old,\nUpstream Asia, a full service marketing and corporate communications network,\nhas already secured new retainer assignments from clients in Asia's fast-growing\nconsumer, technology, financial and telecom sectors. The Directors expect\ncontinued strong performance across the region after significantly increasing\nrevenues in 2007.\n\nUpstream Hong Kong won the regional mandate from a US-based telecom and domain\nname services leader in January following a competitive pitch. Also in Hong \nKong, Upstream was selected by UK-listed digital services firm EnQii to begin\ncorporate and industry communications in the region, also beginning in January.\nFinancial technology firm Fidessa has signed a retainer with Upstream, following\nan initial project engagement in 2007.\n\nIn Australia, smartphone leader HTC engaged Upstream to handle ongoing media\nrelations work, also following a competitive pitch, adding to a robust consumer\ntechnology practice in Australia that also supports Linksys, Skype and SanDisk.\n\nOther recent new assignments in Australia include new community-generated\nbusiness review site and directory, RAYV, and the launch of the Pocketsurfer2\nfrom Datawind, the world's fastest handheld mobile web access device.\n\nAt the end of 2007 in China, Upstream was selected by the Ministry of Culture of\nGreece to manage communications for the 2008 Cultural Year of Greece in China,\nwhich aims to raise awareness of the home of the Olympic Games during the\nOlympic year in China, where the Games will begin during August.\n\n'Demand has never been stronger for Upstream's brand of strategic marketing and\ncorporate communications in Asia,' said David Ketchum, Upstream Asia CEO.\n'Clearly the technology sector remains a key practice area for Upstream across\nthe region, while our corporate and consumer capabilities and expertise are\nincreasingly becoming drivers of accelerated growth.'\n\n ###\n\n\nAbout EnQii, Fidessa, HTC, Datawind, Rayv, and the Cultural Year of Greece in\nChina\n\nEnQii provides true end-to-end networked digital out-of-home solutions for\nretailers, advertisers and other media estate owners including d...