Vulture, an exclusive LiveStyle Media Partner for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, will support the entertainment industry with complimentary wireless internet.
WHAT: 2010 Cannes Film Festival
WHEN: May 13-18, 2010
WHERE: La Croisette, Cannes, France
Join Vulture as we digitally connect the 2010 Cannes Film Festival to the entertainment industry, bringing together the world’s leaders in film and media.
Scan for the Vulture Network to gain FREE Internet access at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, one of the world’s traditional and most prestigious international film festivals. Vulture will be the official Media Partner of the LiveStyle Media Center. As part of the partnership, Vulture will be providing a free wifi network with over 200 meters of coverage on La Croisette that will default users to the Vulture home page (http://nymag.com/vulture).
This marks Vulture’s first international partnership and reflects parent company New York Media’s commitment to expanding Vulture’s scope and reach. Also for the first time, Vulture will have a correspondent covering the festival, with longtime New York movie reporter Logan Hill attending screenings and writing dispatches on events, interviews, movie reactions, and the small scenes that typify Cannes, both the glamorous big studio film side and the spirited independent end.
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