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By majority consent, proposal 4 was approved for the re-election of the existing board of directors of Reliant; Kevin Harrington, Tim Harrington, Mel Arthur and Karl Rodriguez, to serve until the next meeting of shareholders.
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Kevin Harrington, 43, prior to his current tenure as Chairman and CEO of Reliant Interactive Media, Kevin Harrington helped pioneer the growth and acceptance of televised direct-response marketing, or what our culture more commonly calls "infomercials."In fact, Harrington produced his first infomercial in 1985, and then founded Quantum International, one of the most successful companies in direct response history.Limited to a three-person staff (which included his brother, Tim), Harrington turned a $25,000 investment into sales of more $140 million in RELIANT INTERACTIVE MEDIA CORP's first two years of operation.
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While President of Quantum, Harrington launched a string of highly-profitable shows featuring such universally popular products as The Great Wok of China, Wolfman Jack's Solid Gold Rock 'n Roll Hits (the first ever music infomercial), The JetStream Oven, The Daily Mixer, Ginsu/The Blade Knives, Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory and The Flying Lure (the industry's first fishing lure show).In 1989, Harrington started the expansion of direct-response television into more than 30 foreign markets.In 1991, Quantum was sold to industry giant National Media.As a result of this transaction, Harrington became executive vice president of National and remained as president of Quantum, where he presided over the launch of another string of a blockbuster shows, including Bruce Jenner's Stair Climber, Bruce Jenner's Super Step, Bruce Jenner's Powerwalk, Blue Coral's Autofoam and Regal Royal Diamond Cookware.In July 1994, Harrington left National Media to form a joint venture company with The Home Shopping Network.Called HSN Direct International, the aim of the venture was to develop an infomercial company that could take products that had performed successfully on HSN and roll them out into traditional infomercial formats for broadcast around the world.The high-profile domestic and foreign successes of HSN Direct include shows such as Tony Little's Ab Isolator; Sweet Simplicity, a hair removal product; and Kathy Smith's AirTech Glider.HSN Direct also forged a number of ground-breaking alliance with international marketers in countries throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.Eventually, RELIANT INTERACTIVE MEDIA CORP saw its shows broadcast in some 70 countries around the world.In August of 1998, Harrington was appointed Chairman and CEO of Reliant Interactive Media Corp., (OTC BB: RIMC).Kevin Harrington is a founding Board member Electronic Retailing Association, an industry association.
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