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Another Year with TEDxOrlando!

jared — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:25:25 +0000

After a very successful event last year, AKT Enterprises presented TEDxOrlando 2011 on November 5th. TEDxOrlando is committed to sharing, fostering and developing ideas that matter, and to building a local community where people who are passionate about ideas that matter can connect.

Thanks to everyone who made this amazing and very special day possible: our hard-working, excellent speakers; our fabulous and generous volunteers; our visionary sponsors; all the folks who pitched in out of the goodness of their hearts; and most of all, our wonderful attendees.

AKT Returns to Full Sail

jared — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:22:57 +0000

Full Sail’s Entertainment Business Program asked AKT’s Kevin Khandjian and Jared Mendelewicz to speak on artist management and merchandising. The two shared the history of AKT and how they jumped on the opportunity to tap into the Youtube demographic and became a household name to an entirely new marketplace.

Click here to read more about it on Full Sail’s “Minute 2 Minute” Campus blog!

AKT Goes Landscaping with Habitat for Humanity

jared — Wed, 25 May 2011 01:18:31 +0000

Earlier this month, District Lines employees participated in Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. Under the leadership of Hal ‘The Sod Father’ George, the District Lines team cleared land and successfully laid over 2,000 sq ft of sod in under 3 hours. Who knew AKT employees were so eco-friendly?

With the help of financial support and volunteers, Habitat for Humanity has helped build over 400,000 affordable houses and served more than 2 million people around the world. To find a volunteer opportunity near you, visit http://www.habitat.org.

AKT Nominated for an Independent Music Award

jared — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:06:04 +0000

The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists in 70 album, song, music video and design categories. This year, Studio AKT was nominated for an award for best music website for local artist Not Them! Studio AKT works hard on a daily basis to succeed in allowing customers’ ideas turn into reality.

The IMA’s receive submissions from over 70 countries on 6 continents, so to be in the top 5 total nominees is quite an honor in itself. In the past, popular artists such as Mark Hoppus, Zooey Deschanel, Keith Urban, and Ozzy Osbourne have all been judges of this program.

Not only is this nomination an honor, but it also allows for major exposure to artists, fans, and programmers. Winners will be announced in the spring, please vote for StudioAKT’s Not Them web site here.

Big Top by AKT Featured in Impressions Magazine

jared — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:25:20 +0000

Garment industry staple, Impressions Magazine, released a feature about Big Top, AKT’s first retail initiative, in its latest issue. The article breaks down the history of AKT, establishes the concept behind Big Top and discusses the company’s plans for the future.

AKT & Rob Dobi Kick off Mintees.com

jared — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:08:45 +0000

Following the announcement of the eminent demise of the design community’s beloved Emptees.com, Rob Dobi and AKT Enterprises decided to team up to create Mintees.com.

As a courtesy to existing Emptees.com user’s, Mintees.com offers a migration tool to activate any users uploaded designs, comments, articles, feedback and threads on the Mintees.com platform.

Mintees.com is scheduled to officially launch its approximately one week before Emptees.com officially shuts down on March 1, 2011.

RIP Emptees.com

Toys For Tots

jared — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:19:25 +0000

AKT Enterprises recently donated over 100 toys, games and educational books to the Marine Corps ‘Toys for Tots’ Foundation to help spread holiday cheer to the children of Orlando.

AKT has donated to Toys for Toys since 2008. Over the past two years, theyhave contributed over 300 toys to the organization and are contributing their largest donation ever this year, as the company has nearly tripled since its launch in 2005.

For more information on Toys for Tots, please visit www.toysfortots.org.

Smartpunk Live Launches!

jared — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:04:27 +0000

AKT Enterprises is proud to announce the launch of Smartpunk Live, Smartpunk.com’s brand-new web series. The series features exclusive performances, interviews and news from artists and bands, all recorded live from the Smartpunk Live studios in Orlando, FL.

The first Smartpunk Live episodes, which premiered today on smartpunklive.com, feature the bands Hey Monday and Saves the Day. Both bands give acoustic performances of fan-favorites from previous and upcoming releases, as well as in-depth interviews conducted by Anica and Rob, the Smartpunk Live hosts.

The series will continue to air regularly on www.smartpunklive.com.

AKT Presents Smartpunk Live

jared — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:21:05 +0000

As many of you know, the AKT Enterprises company District Lines acquired Smartpunk in April 2010. Since then, the staff has diligently worked to reorganize and restructure the company to fix the issues that plagued Smartpunk in the few years before the acquisition. This is just the first step and we look forward to many more features, programs and improvements to come.

We are particularly proud to announce Smartpunk Live, our new music-based web show. This marks the beginning of an exciting turning point for Smartpunk. Smartpunk Live will feature live acoustic performances and in-depth artist interviews. Our goal is to give up and coming bands the opportunity to share their music and give our all-time favorite bands the opportunity to share their story.

Smartpunk Live will air regularly on www.smartpunklive.com in full HD. The first episode, which airs Wednesday, November 24th at 7 PM EST, will feature an interview and performance by Saves The Day.

To stay up-to-date on all things Smartpunk, follow us at @smartpunk and @smartpunklive.

TEDxOrlando

jared — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:18:38 +0000

This past weekend, AKT Enterprises sponsored the first annual TEDxOrlando conference at the Orlando Science Center in Orlando, FL. TED, a small nonprofit that started out as a 4-day conference, brings together people from three different worlds: technology, entertainment and design. The TED conference has since become a worldwide phenomenon and a platform for new and engaging ideas.

TEDxOrlando is a program of local events that bring people from these three industries together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, both video and live speakers combine to ignite discussion and inspiration in a small group. The first Orlando TEDx conference featured presentations by many of Orlando’s cutting edge thinkers, as well as other intelligent minds from across the nation.

For more information about TEDxOrlando, visit http://www.tedxorlando.org.