KTLA – TV
PRESENTS
“MOTHER'S DAY SURPRISE 2013”
CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
1. SPONSOR:
KTLA LLC, 5800 Sunset
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028
2. CONTEST DATES:
The contest begins at
12:00:01 a.m. PT on April 18, 2011 and ends at 12:00:01 p.m. PT on April 29,
2011.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
No
Purchase Necessary TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES
OF WINNING.
a. Go to www.ktla.com/treasure and follow the
instructions to complete the entry form. All
entries must be submitted by 12:00:01 p.m. PT on April 29, 2010. You must provide all information requested on the
entry form, including your name, address, contact information, an essay
consisting of no more than 100 words detailing what makes your Mother the best
and why she deserves the prize in this Contest, and the uploading of one
digital photo featuring yourself and your mother. Photo must be in either .jpeg or .gif
format, and its file size cannot exceed 200 kilobytes. You must have a valid
e-mail account in order for your entry to be eligible. Photos that are altered
or electronically enhanced in order to substantially misrepresent the entrant,
the nominee or the subject matter will not be considered and will be
disqualified. Sponsors reserve the right
to disqualify those entries that contain offensive or inappropriate material,
which are deemed by the Sponsors to be unsuitable, or which Sponsors believe
would subject them to a claim or litigation. Entrants agree to indemnify, defend and
hold Sponsor harmless against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims,
debts, investigations, fines, penalties, costs, expenses and settlements
(including attorneys' fees and costs of litigation, settlement, judgment,
interest and penalties) arising out of or related to a breach of the foregoing
representations and warranties. For the purposes of this contest, “Mother”
shall be defined as a female primary caregiver during a meaningful period of
time during the Child’s life. For the purposes of this contest, “Child” shall
be defined as a person who received the majority of his or her primary care
from the person designated as “Mother”. Neither biological maternity status,
nor legal parent or guardian status are a prerequisite for entering this
contest.
b. By submitting
a photo and essay, entrants warrant that their photos and essays are their own
original creations, have not been previously published, do not violate the
rights of any other person or company (including but not limited to privacy and
copyrights), do not defame, libel, or slander anyone or any entity, do not
contain offensive, indecent, vulgar, obscene pornographic, inappropriate or
profane content, and in no other way violate any applicable laws, as determined
by Sponsor.
Entries that do not comply with these Rules shall be disqualified.
c. Incomplete or
late entries will be disqualified and KTLA is not responsible for online
entries that are lost, late, garbled, deleted, or misdirected as a result of
technical, internet, server, or other online difficulties. In the event of a
dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, the holder of the e-mail account
will be deemed the person who submitted the entry. Limit one entry per person
or e-mail address. Subsequent entries from the same email address will be
deleted. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. All entry information becomes the property of Sponsor
and will not be returned or its receipt acknowledged.
4. ELIGIBILITY:
This contest is void where
prohibited by law. This contest is open only to legal residents of California
within the KTLA viewing area, who are 13 years of age or older as of May 4, 2013.
Employees of other media companies (including radio and television) Sponsors
and their parent corporations, subsidiaries, or affiliates, advertising or
promotional agencies, and such employees’ immediate family or household
members are not eligible to enter or win the contest.
5. PRIZE AND WINNER
SELECTION:
On or near May 6, 2013, a
judging panel composed of KTLA Staff and/or persons designated by KTLA will
evaluate all entries. The panel will deem one (1) of the entries “winner”
based on the following criteria:
a.
40% - quality of essay
b.
60% - potential marketing and/or entertainment
value of an entrant
The winner will receive the
following services for the person designated as his or her Mother in the
winning entry:
•
Full service spa treatment at the
home of the winner's Mother, including a massage, facial, manicure, pedicure,
make-up and hairdressing from Serve The Goddess, 10 S. Spaulding Ave., Los
Angeles, CA, 90019
•
Full breakfast for four people
provided and prepared by IHOP, 312 Rosecrans Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266,
and served at the home of the winner's Mother
The Approximate Retail Value
of this entire prize package is $800. Only Mothers whose homes are in California within the KTLA Viewing Area are eligible.
All federal, state, and local
taxes associated with the prize, as well as all other costs or expenses
associated with the prize, including, but not limited to travel and incidental
expenses, are solely the responsibility of the winner.
Prizes are not transferable
or redeemable for cash, and prize
substitution will not be allowed, except at the sole discretion of Sponsors.
Sponsors reserve the right, but are not required, to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value for the prize in the event the prize listed herein is
canceled, postponed or unavailable for any reason. Prizes are awarded “as is”
with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, by Sponsors. Any difference between actual value and stated ARV
will not be awarded.
6. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
a. By entering, entrants grant to KTLA an unlimited, non-exclusive, royalty-free
right and license to publish entry submissions (including photos of members of
each Team ) in any medium now known or hereafter invented, in perpetuity.
Entrants and Winners otherwise will retain all rights ownership to their
photographs and essays, and the publication of their photographs and essays as
part of this Contest will not limit their use and ability to further market the
images. KTLA reserves the right (but is not obligated) to post entry
submissions and photos online at www.ktla.com
or broadcast the photo on KTLA Channel 5.
b. If for any reason, this Contest
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 contest, Sponsor reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify, or suspend the contest
or any portion of the contest. ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE FAIR AND
LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE
CONTEST. Information submitted in Internet entries, including entrant's name,
address, e-mail address, etc., may be used by KTLA TV for marketing or
promotional purposes. Sponsors
reserve the right to prohibit any entrant from participating in the Contest or
any voter from voting in the Contest if, at their sole discretion, Sponsors
find such entrant or voter to be tampering with the entry or voting process or
if such individual repeatedly shows a disregard for, or attempts to circumvent,
these Official Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner the Sponsors determine to be not
fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other
entrant, voters or Sponsors; or (c) in any other disruptive manner.
c. Sponsors reserve the right to delay
contest announcements, postpone or reschedule all or some of the contest
events, and/or modify Contest deadlines at its sole discretion. Any such
changes will be announced and posted on the Sponsor’s website in a reasonable
period of time.
d,
By participating in this contest, Team members agree to have their names,
photographs, voices, biographical information, likenesses, and entry
submissions (including photographs) used in any and all media for promotional
purposes relating to this contest or future similar contests without further
compensation or notice, except as prohibited by law. By participating in this
Contest, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of
Sponsors, and hereby forever
and irrevocably release, indemnify and holds harmless the Sponsor
and its officers, directors,
employees, representatives, agents, shareholders, successors and assigns, from
any liability, claims, demands, judgments, proceedings, causes of action,
lawsuits, injuries, death, costs, expenses or damages, due to any injuries,
damages or losses to any person (including but not limited to death) or
property of any kind, arising from, resulting from, or in connection with,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Contest and any element
or activity thereof, the entrant’s participation in, entry in, or in ability to
enter the Contest, or any Contest-related activity, or the entrant’s
acceptance, use, misuse, inability to use, possession, travel related to, or
defect of any prize, or any violation of entrants privacy, publicity, personal
and proprietary rights, or the collection, use and/or sharing of entrant’s personally
identifiable information by Sponsor or its designees; any change in the prizing
(or any components thereof) due to unavailability, business or creative
considerations, or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, any late, lost,
stolen, mutilated, misdirected, illegible, delayed, garbled, corrupted,
destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged entries, any wrongful,
negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Sponsor,
or any of their agents or employees, lost, stolen, damaged, delayed or
destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), and any typographical errors in
these Official Rules or any Contest promotional materials. Neither the failure of Sponsor to insist upon or
enforce strict performance of any provision of these Official Rules or the
failure, delay or omission by Sponsor in exercising any right with respect to
any term of these Official Rules, will be construed as a waiver or
relinquishment to any extent of each Sponsor’s right to assert or rely upon any
such provision or right in that or any other instance.
All winning entrants and
nominees shall be required to sign and return a Photo and/or Essay Release, and
an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release.. Entrants represent that
they agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges and
Sponsor.
7. OFFICIAL RULES AND
WINNERS LIST: For a copy of the
Official Rules or the name of the winners, send a self-addressed envelope to “Mother's
Day Surprise 2013”, Attn: Creative Services, KTLA-TV, 5800 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, California 90028, by July 1, 2013. A list of the winners’ names
will be available after the winner has been verified and the prize has been
awarded.