Official Rules - Tribune Broadcasting's Flicks Sweepstakes

TRIBUNE BROADCASTING
“Tribune Broadcasting’s Flicks Sweepstakes”
September 22, 2008 – October 27, 2008

Participating Stations Include:
WPIX-TV and KTLA-TV

1. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE OR TEXT MESSAGE SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY. Enter "Tribune Broadcasting’s Flicks Sweepstakes" (the "Sweepstakes"), via Text Messaging or Online Entry. The Entry Period begins as of 9:00AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on Monday, September 22, 2008 and ends as of 11:59AM on Monday, October 27, 2008 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). The Sponsor (as defined below) may extend the Entry Period. Limit one (1) entry per person, regardless of the entry method used.

(a) For Online Entry, fill out an entry form on your local, participating stations’ website (see Section 2 below). Neither Tribune Broadcasting Company (nor any participating station) (collectively, the "Sponsor") nor Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. will be responsible for Internet connections, unavailability of servers or any other technical malfunctions that may interfere with an entrant’s attempt to enter by Online Entry. If any dispute arises as to the identity of any entrant, an entrant shall be considered the person who owns the Internet account through which entry was sent to Sweepstakes. Any entry sent with an attachment shall be disqualified. Only entries sent to the designated Participating Station websites and who have not used another authorized method of entry shall be eligible.

(b) For Text Messaging Entry, send a text message with the word "FLICKS" from your handset addressed to shortcode 77944 during the Sweepstakes Period. Once you send the text message, you will be automatically entered into the Sweepstakes. You will be charged for all text messages sent and received from your handset according to the terms in your individual calling plan with your cellular telephone provider. The Sponsor will not add any additional charge for entries by Text Messaging. The Sponsor will not be responsible for unavailability of phone lines or connections, cellular phone service, or any other technical malfunctions that may interfere with any entrant’s attempt to enter by Text Messaging Entry. If any dispute arises as to identity of any entrant, an entrant shall be considered the authorized account holder of the cellular provider. "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned a number by the cellular provider or as shown on the cellular provider’s records or the natural person authorized to use the number by an entity that is shown on cellular provider’s records for that number. Only entries to the designated short code and containing the correct word and who have not used another authorized method of entry shall be eligible.

(c) Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service: Those who enter by Text Messaging and who have not used another authorized method of entry will be automatically subscribed to periodical text message updates on upcoming movies from Warner Bros. Pictures (the “Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service”). The Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service is schedule to end on October 27, 2008, but may renew automatically if the Sponsor elects to extend the Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service beyond October 27, 2008. Entrants may cancel their subscription at any time by sending the word STOP to the short code 77944. Cancellation by this method will not eliminate the entrant from an otherwise valid entry into the Sweepstakes.

Online entrants may subscribe to the Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service by entering their cellular telephone numbers online in their Online Entry Form. Subscription to the Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service is not required when entering online. Entrants submitting an e-mail address without submitting a listed cellular phone number in an otherwise valid Online Entry will be entered into the Sweepstakes without a subscription to the Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service.

The Hot Flicks Text Messaging Service is provided free of charge, outside of any charges that may be levied by the recipient’s cellular provider. Neither the Sponsor nor any Participating Station will be responsible for any charges from the cellular phone provider made to the entrant.

2. PARTICIPATING STATIONS/MARKETS AND WEB SITES:

New York - WPIX-TV - CW11.com
Los Angeles - KTLA-TV - KTLA.com
(Collectively, “Participating Markets”)

3. ENTRY DEADLINES: All entries must be received no later than 11:59 AM ET on Monday, October 27, 2008.

4. PRIZES AND SELECTION PROCESS: On or about November 7, 2008, all entries will be pooled together to form one (1) single Final Entrant Database. Seven (7) potential Winners (subject to verification and compliance with these Official Rules) will be selected at random from the Final Entrant Database and assigned to a Participating Station based on the address submitted on the website entry or the area code of the cellular phone/text message entry in the order in which the Winners are selected. No more than two (2) Potential Winners per individual Participating Station’s viewing area will be selected for the Final Entrant Database random drawing to be held on or about November 7, 2008. Once two (2) Potential Winners have been assigned to an individual Participating Station’s viewing area, no additional Potential Winners from that Participating Station’s viewing area will be selected for the Final Entrant Database random drawing to be held on or about November 7, 2008. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

In the event that entry information is incomplete and the appropriate Participating Station cannot be determined, the entry will be randomly assigned to a Participating Station.

Each Prize Winner will receive coupons good for sixty (60) movie tickets (ARV: Five Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars and Twenty Cents ($592.20) (USD) redeemable at www.fandango.com for any theater available for ticketing via Fandango. Coupons expire on October 30, 2009. Total ARV of all prizing combined: Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Five Dollars and Forty Cents ($4,145.40) (USD).

Prizes will be e-mailed to Prize Winners. In addition, after Sponsor’s notification has been received, it is up to each Prize Winner to redeem the Fandango movie passes at www.fandango.com. No substitutions will be made on any prize except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, which may substitute a prize of greater or comparable value. The Sponsor will not provide substitutions for unused coupons or movie tickets. Federal, state and local taxes, and any fees associated with winning are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winners, who each will receive a 1099 tax form reflecting the actual value of any prize valued at Six Hundred Dollars ($600) USD or more.

Each Prize Winner over the age of Seventeen (17) years old will be required to fill out and submit a completed W9 form (available at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf) prior to receiving their Prizes.

Prize Winners between and including the ages of Thirteen (13) to Seventeen (17) years will be eligible to receive their Prizes only after a Parent or Legal Guardian has completed the W9 paperwork on the parent's or legal guardian's own behalf.

5. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winners may be notified by telephone, e-mail or text message with instructions to access a phone number to dial to claim their Prize. The Sponsors may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, disqualify an entrant selected as a potential Winner in the event that such entrant (a) is determined to be ineligible when contacted by Sponsor; (b) cannot be reached by reasonable means within a reasonable amount of time after the Sweepstakes random drawing; (c) otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules; or (d) is determined not to be the account holder of the cellular phone which was used for a Text Messaging Entry or the e-mail address/internet account holder which was used for a website entry. In any such event, Sponsor may select another entrant at random in accordance with the selection criteria described in Section 4 of these Official Rules.

6. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. The Sweepstakes is open to persons who are legal residents thirteen (13) years of age or older as of September 22, 2008 residing in CT, NJ, NY, and CA.

Employees of the Sponsor, Participating Stations, Vibes Media, LLC, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ("Warner Bros."), Prize Sponsor and any entity involved in the creation, promotion or administration of the Sweepstakes, and each of their respective partners, parent companies, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, trustees, franchisees, licensees, advertising, promotion and public relations agencies and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents, independent contractors, representatives and agencies (collectively, the "Released Parties") are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes and/or win any prize. Additionally, relatives of, and those living in the same household (whether legally related or not) as, such Released Parties are not eligible to win. For the purposes of this Sweepstakes, relatives are defined as mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren.

7. PROOF OF AGE, IDENTITY AND ELIGIBILITY. Potential Prize Winners, upon request of the Sponsor, must supply documented proof of age, identity and eligibility within five (5) business days of being notified that s/he has been chosen as a Potential Prize Winner of the Sweepstakes. Failure to do so will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize. In such time, the Sponsor may elect to choose an alternative Prize Winner at random from the remaining eligible entries in the appropriate Market Entry Subdivision.

8. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY / DISCLAIMER / OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Each entrant, by entering the Sweepstakes, agrees that: (a) entrant is bound by, and shall comply with, these Official Rules and all decisions of the Sponsor concerning the administration of the Sweepstakes and the awarding of the prize, which decisions shall be final; (b) except where prohibited by law, entrant (except for minors) consents to the use of his/her name, voice, picture, likeness and biographical data and/or any other information contained in his/her entry in advertising, promotional and marketing materials by the Sponsor and Sponsor's licensees and permittees (including, specifically, the Participating Stations), in all media now known or hereafter devised without additional compensation, notice, review or approval; (c) certain of entrant's personally identifying information may be disclosed to third parties at least as required by law, including, without limitation, on a winner's list; (d) entrant releases and indemnifies the Released Parties from any liability, claims or damages, due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including but not limited to death) or property of any kind, arising directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes, or any Sweepstakes-related activity, or the entrant’s acceptance, use, misuse or possession of any prize; and (e) winners may be required to sign a form of general release and affidavit of eligibility before receiving the prize.

The Sponsor reserves the right, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify this Sweepstakes and Sponsor can conduct an alternate sweepstakes in order to award the prizes, in the Sponsor's sole discretion.

9. INTERNET: If for any reason, the Internet-related portion of this Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, tampering, fraud, technical failure, or any other cause which corrupts or threatens the administration, security or integrity of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, to terminate or suspend the Sweepstakes or any portion of the Sweepstakes. ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE FAIR AND LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES. Information submitted in Internet entries, including entrant's name, address, e-mail address, etc., may be used by the Sponsor for marketing or promotional purposes.

10. WINNERS: The names of the Prize Winners can be obtained by mail by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
WPIX-TV, Attn HOTFLICKS 2008 WINNERS C/O Ed Ziskind, 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017. VT residents may omit return postage.
All requests for the winner's name must be received no later than October 30, 2008.

11. OFFICIAL RULES: For a mailed copy of the official rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
WPIX-TV, Attn HOTFLICKS 2008 RULES C/O Ed Ziskind, 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017.
All requests for the official rules must be received no later than October 30, 2008.

12. SPONSOR: Tribune Broadcasting Company, 435 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

13. PRIZE SPONSOR: Fandango, Inc. 12200 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90604.

14. TEXT MESSAGE SERVICES PROVIDED BY: Vibes Media, LLC, 205 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.