History of HSX

June 2009:

HSX launches the latest version of it's website featuring a new look and paving the way for exciting, new features.

May 2007:

Hollywood Stock Exchange launches VideoIPO, the virtual stock market of the YouTube® generation.

April 2007:

Hollywood Stock Exchange launches the PopSci Predictions Exchanges, PPX, for its client, 'Popular Science', the world's leading science and technology magazine.

June 2006:

Hollywood Stock Exchange launches the Sports Stock Exchange® with special securities covering the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

April 2006:

HSX Research wins contract for building Storage Markets, an innovative prediction market platform providing insight into the data storage industry.

January 2006:

HSX Research introduces Long Lead Box Office Forecasts, a report series providing projections of box office receipts for individual film titles a full six months prior to release.

October 2005:

Black Entertainment Television (BET) selects Hollywood Stock Exchange for launching the The Ultimate Hustler Xchange, the first online trading game associated with a reality TV show.

June 2005:

Hollywood Stock Exchange wins bid for building Chiron Collective Intelligence, a prediction market for measuring expert opinion about key issues in life sciences.

January 2005:

Hollywood Stock Exchange formally launches Virtual Specialist™, a white label prediction market solution.

October 2004:

The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, features HSX weekly share price charts for new releases and major holdovers.

March 2004:

Hollywood Stock Exchange introduces TVStock® as a recurring trading option on the Exchange.

December 2003:

IMX presented to the AFI Enhanced TV (eTV) Workshop as an AFI awarded leading-edge interactive television concept.

May 2003:

The Hollywood Stock Exchange crosses the one million mark in registered traders.

January 2003:

The IMX television show, based on a new music market, begins airing weekdays live on FUSE Networks bringing virtual trading to a television audience in real time.

December 2002:

Hollywood Stock Exchange launches IMX, the Interactive Music Exchange, a Virtual Specialist™ ASP music market licensed to FUSE Networks.

October 2002:

Alexander Costakis is appointed Managing Director of Hollywood Stock Exchange.

March 2002:

HSX secures sale of its research product to legendary motion picture studio, MGM.

March 2001:

HSX launches HSX Research (www.hsxresearch.com), an innovative entertainment research and technology service.

October 2000:

Launched Virtual Producer (www.virtualproducer.com), an immersive online experience that allows consumers to participate in every aspect of the production of a film.

June 2000:

Deal signed with Pacific Century CyberWorks' (Now.com) to create content based on HSX Movies Market®.

May 2000:

Daily Web show, 'Buy, Sell or Hold'®, launched on HSX.TV.

March 2000:

O2K (Oscar 2000) at House of Blues featuring Moby and Earth, Wind and Fire.

September 1999:

Patent received for Virtual Specialist Technology.

July 1999:

Weekly radio show launched on 97.1 FM in Los Angeles.

June 1999:

Music Market® launched in NYC at Jupiter Plug.In Conference.

March 1999:

Oscar Party at House of Blues featuring Beck and Crystal Method.

April 1996:

The Hollywood Stock Exchange is founded by Max Keiser and Michael Burns.

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