Special Pick

Discovery Channel Mythbusters Contest

Watch the Top 10 myths on MSN Video and vote for your favourite to stand a chance to win a trip for two to Mythbusters Lab in San Fransisco.

PRIZE:
Grand Prize: 1 x Trip for 2 to Mythbusters Lab in San Francisco
Weekly Prizes: 10 x Mythbusters Goody Bag (worth approximately US$100 each) every week

DEADLINE:
3 August 2008

DESCRIPTION:
Vote for your favourite myth and win (the “Promotion”)

Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”)
1. This Promotion is organised and promoted by Discovery Asia, Inc (referred to as the “Promoter”). All participants to this Promotion shall be subject to these Terms or such other terms and conditions that the Promoter may impose. The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Terms without any prior notice to all participants. By participating in this Promotion, Participants shall be deemed to have agreed to and accepted these Terms.

2. This Promotion starts from Monday 7 July 2008 (0000 hrs Singapore time) to Sunday 3 August 2008 (2359 hrs Singapore time), and is open to individuals aged eighteen (18) years and above who are resident in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, Brunei, Cambodia, Macau and Vietnam only.

3. Employees of Promoter, its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, authorized dealers/distributors, agents and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the Promotion. Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any such person from receipt of any prize and/or require the return of any such prizes awarded. In such an event, Promoter reserves the right to select a new winner for the prize and/or dispose of the prize in any manner it deems fit, at its sole discretion.

4. To enter the Promotion, participants have to register at the Promotion website at URL: http://www.discoverychannelasia.com/mythbusters, completing all required fields properly and providing valid details, vote for their favourite myth out of the Top 10 Myths on MSN Video which can be viewed at http://video.msn.com and tell us why they love the Mythbusters series of programmes (in 50 words or less). Entries submitted by any other means will not be accepted. Acceptance of each entry is at the sole discretion of the Promoter and Promoter reserves the right to reject any entry without disclosing or providing any reason whatsoever. Incomplete or late entries will be disqualified. No purchase is required. Each participant may only submit one entry per every email address.

5. All entries must be original to and created by the participant. All entries must be received by Promoter no later than Sunday, 3 August 2008 (2359 hrs Singapore time).

6. The winners who submit the best entry(ies), from all completed and valid entries submitted, as selected by the Promoter at its sole discretion stand to win. Judging for the selection of winners from all entries submitted will take place on about the date as specified above at 3 Changi Business Park Vista, #03-00, Singapore 486051. The judges will determine the best entry(ies) based on the following selection criteria: originality, creativity and relevance to the question. The ten (10) weekly winners shortlisted from each weekly round will enter the final selection for the Grand Prize, and the judges will determine the best entry from the forty (40) shortlisted weekly winners as the winner of the Grand Prize. The judges’ decision will be final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about the Promotion (or any part of it) or the judges’ decision.

7. Winners will be notified by email and/or phone within four (4) days after the judging selection using the details provided by the winner. Each winner must claim their prize by no later than Friday, 22 August 2008 (1700 hrs Singapore time). In the event that for any reason whatsoever any winner does not or is not able to claim his/her prize(s) by the stipulated time, whether due to a failure to comply with these Terms, or if the winner cannot be contacted from the details supplied, then the prize will be deemed forfeited, and Promoter may select another winner from all of the remaining entries at its discretion.Non-compliance with these Terms and any other requirements communicated by Promoter to participants may result in disqualification of the participant and the selection of alternate winners at the Promoter’s sole discretion.

8. The Grand Prize winner and his/her companion shall be personally responsible for ensuring that they each have all necessary documentation to enable them to travel to the relevant country during the relevant period, including but not limited to any passports, visas and/or other certificates or documentation. Should the Grand Prize winner not be able to travel to the relevant country(ies)/territory(ies) for any reason whatsoever, and/or is unable to secure his or her necessary travel documents by the date to be stipulated by Promoter, the winner’s position and prize(s) will be forfeited, and another winner may be selected at Promoter’s sole discretion.

9. Each winner will be solely responsible and will bear all costs for any meals, transport, insurance, duties, taxes, licenses, permits, approvals and/or other additional or incidental costs or expenses which may be incurred as a result of and/or related to the winner’s acceptance of the said prize(s), including but not limited to any registration fees incurred for the use of any of the prizes.

10. Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in the prize value. Prizes awarded in this Promotion may not be exchanged for cash or any other items, provided that Promoter reserves the right to substitute any prize for another prize of similar value. All prizes are non transferable. Substitution of prizes by the winners is prohibited. In the event any winner chooses not to accept his/her prize, the relevant prize will be deemed forfeited, and Promoter may select another winner from all of the remaining entries at its discretion. Promoter’s decision regarding the award of all prizes, and/or in every situation including any not covered in these Terms, shall be final and binding on all participants, and no queries, challenges or appeals may be made or entertained. Where required by Promoter, winners and any person sharing the prize with the winner shall be required to complete official release forms prior to the receipt of the relevant prize(s), failing which Promoter reserves the right to forfeit the prize and dispose of the same as it deems fit.

11. To the extent permitted by law, no representations or warranties are made as to the quality, suitability or merchantability of the prize (or any part of it). Acceptance of any prize shall, to the extent permitted by law, constitute a release and discharge of Promoter by each winner from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, and/or damages which the winner may have, whether known or unknown at the present time, of any nature whatsoever, arising out of or relating to: (i) the Promotion, (ii) personal injury and/or property damage, theft or loss suffered by the winner as a result of the use and/or enjoyment of the prize, and/or (iii) any tax liabilities in relation to the Promotion, prize and/or use or enjoyment of the same.

12. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute consent on the winner’s part to allow the use of the winner’s name, image, voice and/or likeness by Promoter for editorial, advertising, promotional, marketing and/or other purposes without further compensation except where prohibited by law.

13. All Promotion entries and all copyright and other rights in such entries and/or other materials become the property of the Promoter and shall not be returned. The participant agrees to provide a written assignment of all rights to the Promoter if requested. By submitting the Promotion entries and any other materials (save for any personal information) to Promoter in connection with the Promotion, each participant thereby (a) specifically authorizes Promoter to use and/or license third parties to use such entry in whole or in part, throughout the universe, in perpetuity in or on any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, and alone or together or as part of other information, content and/or material of any kind or nature; (c) represents and warrants that all elements contained in the Promotion entry or other material (i) is original to the participant and fully cleared for use as contemplated herein, (ii) does and will not, in any way, violate or breach any of the terms of any other agreement the participant may be a party to, (iii) does not contain libelous, slanderous, defamatory, tortious, or otherwise unlawful, untrue or inaccurate information, infringe or violate any copyright or other right, or contain any matter the publication or sale of which will violate any federal or state statute or regulation, (iv) is not obscene or in any other manner unlawful or likely to cause offense, (v) is not in any way cruel, abusive, nor involved any injury or hurt being caused to animal(s), (vi) is not contrary to or in breach of any internationally or generally accepted principles of human rights, and (vii) shall not require Promoters to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as a result of Promoters’ use or exploitation of the same.

14. The participants’ personal information (”PI”) will be collected to enable the Promoter to administer and promote this Promotion and its winners. The PI of winners may be provided to others assisting the Promoter in this regard, including the prize suppliers and deliverers, to authorities that regulate this Promotion and to the additional persons or entities referred to below. By entering the Promotion, each participant consents to their PI being entered into a database, being transferred to Promoter and to the use of that information by the Promoter, or advertisers or companies affiliated with the Promoter, in any media for future promotional, marketing, publicity and/or research purposes and/or for any purposes set out on or referred to in the web site http://www.discoverychannelasia.com/mythbusters, without any further reference or payment or other compensation to the participant. All personal details of the participants will be stored principally at the office of the Promoter as set out above. A request to access, update or correct any information should be directed to the Promoter at such office. The database information or any part of it may be provided to the Promoter’s entities’ affiliates in the United Kingdom and United States of America for the stated purposes. If a participant does not truthfully provide all requested PI, the Promoter may determine that they are not eligible to win the prize in this Promotion.

15. If for any reason this Promotion is not capable of being carried on as planned, due to without limitation infection by any computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failure, act of God, war (whether or not declared), political coup or insurrection, rebellion, labour dispute, fire, epidemic, storm, flood, typhoon, explosion, legal enactment, government directive, order or regulation, any law or regulation having force of law or any other reason or cause beyond the control of the Promoters, which corrupts or affects the administration security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, the Promoters reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the process for this Promotion and to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. The Promoters are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer software and/or equipment, failure of any e-mail account or any combination thereof.

16. The Promoters will be entitled at their sole discretion, to terminate or modify the Promotion or to modify these Terms at any time prior to the closing date, by posting the revised Terms on the website.

17. The Promoters shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to direct or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with the use of any prizes except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

18. The Promotion is a game of skill and therefore does not require any permits from any authority in the territories listed above.

19. The Terms for this Promotion will be governed and construed according to the laws of Singapore.

WEBSITE/URL: http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/sea/votemythbusters/