ITV Ventures News

ITV Ventures and ITV Direct Found Liable for Claims

Npros.com | 10/16/2008

The Federal Trade Commission and US District Court Judge George Otoole found three defendants liable for as much as $55 million in restitution as a result of the roles they played in the informercial production and distribution.

Donald Barrett and Robert Maihos were the defendants named in the Federal Trade Commission complaint and request for permanent injunction, along with Direct Marketing Concepts, ITV Direct, and ITV Global.

ITV Ventures Closes to New Distributors

Npros.com | 10/16/2008

This is in the wake of the recent FTC and US Court found ITV Direct and defendant Donald Barrett liable for up to $55 million dollars for deceptive claims.

In the court decision, Judge O’Toole concluded that the corporate defendants ITV Direct and Direct Marketing Concepts are liable for deceptive practices, in addition to the companies King Media Inc. and Triad ML Marketing Inc.

Triad functioned as a processing intermediary between Direct Marketing and its customers, while King Media provided television airtime for the infomercials. Both companies profited from their relationship with Barrett.

The FTC sought nearly $55 million from the defendants for their alleged violations, a figure that represented the full amount of consumer sales derived from Coral Calcium Daily and Supreme Greens with MSM.

In his opinion O’Toole said it is appropriate to hold Barrett individually liable because he was the “driving force” behind both infomercials.

“The record makes clear that Barrett played an integral role in commissioning, producing and disseminating both the Coral Calcium and Supreme Greens infomercials,” the judge wrote.

The U.S. District Court order didn’t specify how much the individual defendants each owe. O’Toole clarified that the amount of restitution cannot be resolved based on the legal paperwork filed so far.

On a related note, O’Toole dismissed a lawsuit Barrett filed against the FTC claiming the agency unlawfully infringed his company’s right to due process under the Fifth Amendment and right to free speech.

The lawsuit came after the FTC won a preliminary injunction against ITV Direct and Direct Marketing Concepts.

ITV Ventures Press Release

WebWire | 6/12/2007

Date: Sunday, June 20, 2007

Medicine Lodge, ID – America’s Supermompreneur praises ITV Ventures Home Business Opportunity.

ITV Ventures will be the first ever to combine the Home Business Industry with a Multi-Million Dollar Infomercial Company, promoting products, which are Positively Impacting People. Members of ITV Ventures Home Business will be able to take live calls from these Infomercials directly from their homes. The ITV Ventures™ marketing system enables independent agents (referred to as Independent Business Owners or IBOs) to establish home businesses distributing products to people who have responded to ITV infomercials.

ITV Ventures has revolutionized the Home Business Industry. According to Nicolee, “the ITV Ventures™ opportunity is unique in many ways. We don’t have to find customers or find people to recruit. If we participate in the infomercial lead programs the company finds them for us. This eliminates the biggest obstacle to network marketing success and creates an extraordinary opportunity. This is the only Networking Company that has the infrastructure of a highly successful television advertising company.”

ITV Ventures Press Release

PR Web | 1/23/2007

Denver, CO (PRWEB) January 23, 2007 -- Driven by ITV infomercials, consistently rated in the top ten by media ranking services, ITV Ventures™ (www.ITVVentures.com) offers an entirely new business model for those who see the advantage of being in business for themselves while supported by the infrastructure of an already successful multi-million dollar company.

Merging the highly successful direct response business with network marketing, Founder and President, Donald Barrett, states "ITV Ventures™ will be the fastest growing company in the history of network marketing. We are creating the next generation of MLM with the combined business models defined as "direct response network marketing."

ITV Ventures™ is creating the significant internet buzz that pushed them to #1 in the rankings and is attracting experienced network marketers because of the uniqueness of the concept of an infomercial company expanding into network marketing. However, the opportunity is also attracting those who are new to MLM who are looking for a viable home-based business that far outpaces the competitive offerings.

ITV Ventures tops MLM Rankings September Update

MLMRankings.com | 10/19/2006

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