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NBC Universal – Universal Channel
Christmas Promotion
Terms and Conditions
1.This competition (the “PROMOTION”) is conducted by NBC Universal Global Networks Australia (Services) Pty Ltd (“NBCU”) ABN: 76 103 226 026 of Foxtel Television Centre, 5 Thomas Holt Drive, North Ryde, NSW, 2113 (the “PROMOTER”).
2.The Promotion is a game of chance, and skill plays no part in determining the winners.
3.Information on how to enter forms part of the terms of entry. Entry into the competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
4.The Promotion is only open to eligible entrants (the “ENTRANTS”), being individuals who are:
a.permanent residents of Australia who are 18 years of age or over; and
b.FOXTEL, Optus TV featuring FOXTEL, FOXTEL from Telstra subscribers, or who live in a household with a FOXTEL, Optus TV featuring FOXTEL, FOXTEL from Telstra, subscription and have the subscriber’s permission;

and are not:
c.employees of the Promoter, FOXTEL, Optus TV featuring FOXTEL, FOXTEL from Telstra, Salmat Digital Pty Ltd or an employee of these companies’ related corporations or agencies or any other company associated with the Promoter and the Promotion; or
d.a spouse, de facto spouse, parent, child or sibling (whether natural or by adoption) of such an employee.
5.Entry to the Promotion commences at 20:30hrs on Wednesday 18 December 2012 (AEDT) and closes at 20:29hrs on Tuesday 25 December 2012 (AEDT) (the “PROMOTION PERIOD”). However there are six (6) Entry Periods (each an “ENTRY PERIOD”), each with a different start time and date and draw date as set out below:

Entry Period

Start Date/Time

Finish Date/Time

Draw Date/Time

1

Tuesday 18 December 2012 @ 20:30 (AEDT)

Wednesday 19 December 2012 @ 20:29 (AEDT)

Friday 28 December 2012 @ 14:00 (AEDT)

2

Wednesday 19 December 2012 @ 20:30 (AEDT)

Thursday 20 December 2012 @ 20:29 (AEDT)

3

Thursday 20 December 2012 @ 20:30 (AEDT)

Saturday 22 December 2012 @ 20:29 (AEDT)

4

Saturday 22 December 2012 @ 20:30 (AEDT)

Sunday 23 December 2012 @ 20:29 (AEDT)

5

Sunday 23 December 2012 @ 20:30 (AEDT)

Monday 24 December 2012 @ 20:29 (AEDT)

6

Monday 24 December 2012 @ 20:30 (AEDT)

Tuesday 25 December 2012 @ 20:29 (AEDT)

6.All times and dates are times and dates in Sydney, which may be AEST or AEDT depending on the date. All times are stated using the 24 hour clock. 00:00hrs is the start of a day and 24:00hrs is the end of a day.
7.The competition will be advertised on Universal Channel, 13th Street, E! and Style, in the FOXTEL magazines and via the website http://www.universalchannel.com.au/.
8.To enter the Competition and be eligible to win, entrants must enter within one of the Entry Periods using these methods:
a.Tune into Universal Channel’s Christmas movies broadcast at 20:30hrs each day (except Friday 21 November 2012) during the Competition Period and take note of the daily code word supplied visually on-screen during the Program’s transmission; and
i.send an SMS message containing their full name and the correct and current daily code word to 1972 3456 (the “SMS NUMBER”). Entrants will receive a reply SMS message confirming their entry has been received.

OR
ii.Go to the Universal Channel website: http://www.universalchannel.com.au/ and click through to the competition link and follow the prompts to “Christmas Promotion”; and complete an online entry form and provide the correct and current daily code word. Details collected include (but are not limited to) full name, address, phone number, age, gender and e-mail address. Mandatory details will be indicated on the entry form.
9.Only code words supplied at the time of the original transmission of the Program will be valid for use to enter into the Competition during the corresponding Entry Periods. The code word will change daily and entries which quote an incorrect or out-dated code word will be ineligible for entry. Entrants acknowledge that code words which appear in subsequent playbacks of the Program, including where the Program is recorded and viewed after the time of original transmission, may be deemed invalid for entry if the corresponding Entry Period for that code word has closed in accordance with clause 5.
10.Entrants can enter the Competition as many times as they like via the SMS Number during the Competition Period. Only 10 entries per person per day will be permitted or accepted via online entry. However, the use of any automated software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the participant automatically to enter repeatedly is strictly prohibited (“Repeat Entry Device”). If the Promoter reasonably believes that an entrant is using a Repeat Entry Device, the Promoter may disqualify that entrant without notice. To ensure fairness, the Promoter may undertake automatic and/or manual audits of entries and may deem entries ineligible if it is reasonably believed that they are frivolous, incomprehensible, incomplete, or otherwise not genuine.
11.The SMS entry mechanic is only open to consumers with a SMS compatible mobile phone connected to a service provider which permits text messaging to the promotional SMS number. It is recommended that entrants check with their individual service provider in this regard. SMS entries via the internet or computer generation and not attributable to a valid mobile phone account is invalid and will not be accepted.
12.SMS entry cost is $0.55c (including GST) which is charged by your mobile phone carrier provider.
13.The cost of accessing the promotional website will be dependent on the entrant’s individual Internet Service Provider.
14.Inaudible, illegible, incomprehensible and incomplete entries will be deemed invalid.
15.INSTANT WINS: 30 x Instant win prizes will be available to random valid entrants. Participants will be notified via reply SMS or return email if they are an instant winner and what prize they have won. Instant winners will be issued a six digit unique Prize Claim Number as determined by the Salmat Digital Pty Ltd Instant Win system. The unique six digit Prize Claim Number will need to be recorded by the participant for prize verification purposes. In the event of any dispute with the Promoter, or at the Prompter’s request, Instant Winners will be required to correctly quote their unique Prize Claim Number to be awarded their prize. The Promoter reserves the right to withhold the awarding of an instant prize to a participant who cannot provide a valid, unique Prize Claim Number. Any unclaimed or un-verified prizes will be awarded during the second chance draw. Entrants who are not instant winners will be notified that they have been automatically entered into the unclaimed prize draw
16.INSTANT WINS: Only one prize per household will be awarded (SA residents are entitled to win more than one prize). In the event that an entrant wins more than one instant prize, the first instant prize won will be awarded and the remaining prizes will be redrawn. An instant winner may also be drawn as the major prize winner.
17.The Promoter reserves the right to request winners to provide proof of identity, proof of residency at the nominated prize delivery address and/or proof of entry validity (including phone bill or store receipt for purchase requirement) in order to claim a prize. Proof of identification, residency and entry considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the Promoter. In the event that a winner cannot provide suitable proof, the winner will forfeit the prize in whole and no substitute will be offered.
18.The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify any entry which, in the opinion of Promoter, includes objectionable content, profanity, potentially insulting, inflammatory or defamatory statements, disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms & Conditions of Entry or who has, in the opinion of Promoter, engaged in conduct in entering the Promotion which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the Promotion and/or Promoter. This includes, but not limited, to entrants and households using multiple email addresses, postal addresses, PO Box addresses or SIM cards to register single or multiple entries. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify a winner if Promoter becomes aware that the winner and/or the winner’s entry is of a type described in this clause.
19.Entries must be received by 20:29hrs (AEDT) on Tuesday 25 December 2012. The time of entry will in each case be the time the SMS message or online entry is received by the Salmat Digital’s database. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any late, lost or misdirected entries including SMS messages not received by the Promoter or delays in the delivery of the SMS message due to technical disruptions, network congestion or for any other reason. SMS entries via the internet or computer generation and not attributable to a valid mobile phone account are invalid and will not be accepted.
20.Major Prize: There will be one (1) Major Prize awarded during the Competition Period. One (1) prize winner will be drawn from all valid entrants over the entire promotional period. The Major Prize shall consist of a $2,500 Universal Channel Gift Card valid for eighteen (18) months from date of issue, and is subject to the Prize suppliers own terms of use which will be delivered with the Prize (“Prizes”).
21.Instant Win: There will be thirty (30) Instant Win Prizes awarded during the Competition Period (5 Instant Win Prizes per Entry Period). Each Instant Win Prize shall consist of a $250 Universal Channel Gift Card valid for eighteen (18) months from date of issue, and is subject to the Prize suppliers own terms of use which will be delivered with the Prize (“Prizes”).

Total instant win prize pool is valued at $7,500.00
22.Total Prize Pool is valued at a maximum of $10,000.00.
23.Prizes cannot be transferred or redeemed for cash.
24.If the prize is unavailable, for whatever reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to State Regulation.
25.The promoter reserves the right to refuse to allow a winner to take part in any or all aspects of the prize, if the promoter determines, in their absolute discretion, that a winner is not in the mental or physical condition necessary to be able to safely participate in the prize. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the promoter in its absolute discretion.
26.Once prizes have left the Promoter’s premises, the Promoter takes no responsibility for prizes damaged, delayed or lost in transit.
27.By accepting the prize, the winner agrees to participate in and co-operate as required with all reasonable media editorial requests relating to the prize, including but not limited to, being interviewed and photographed, filmed and/or chaperoned throughout the duration of the prize, at no cost to the Promoter.
28.In consideration for the Promoter awarding the prize to the winner, the winner hereby assigns to the Promoter all right, title and interest in and to all copyright in any material created pursuant to the winner’s participation in any aspect of the prize (Works). The winner acknowledges that the Promoter is free to use the Works and to exercise its rights in relation thereto and the winner will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
29.In consideration for the Promoter awarding the prize to the winner, the winner hereby permits the winner’s image and/or voice, as recorded, photographed or filmed during the winner’s participation in the prize to appear in connection with any media or the advertising or marketing thereof, in any media whatsoever throughout the world and the winner will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
30.In the event that for any reason whatsoever a winner does not take an element of the prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter then that element of the prize will be forfeited by the winner and cash will not be awarded in lieu of that element of the prize.
31.Independent financial advice should be sought as tax implications may arise as a result of accepting the prize.
32.At the conclusion of the competition all entrants will be entered into the major prize draw. If there are any instant win prizes remaining un-won then a draw will also be conducted with all entrants to award the un-won prizes. The draw will take place at the premises of Salmat Digital Pty Limited, Level 2, 116 Miller Street, North Sydney NSW 2060 at 14:00 (AEDT) on Friday 28 December 2012. All winners will be notified in writing within two days of this draw date. The winners of prizes valued over $250 will be published in the public notices section of The Australian Newspaper on Friday 4 January 2013.
33.Instant win game materials void if stolen, forged, mutilated or tampered with in any way.
34.Programming and other quality control errors will not invalidate an otherwise valid prize claim.
35.Unless otherwise due to fraud or ineligibility under these conditions of entry, all existing claims for prizes and entitlements to claims will be met notwithstanding the advertised prize pool has been exceeded.
36.Printing errors or other quality control matters outside the control of the individual player shall not be used as the sole basis for refusing to award a prize.
37.Prizes will be awarded to person named in the entry. However, in a dispute, will be awarded to the account holder of the entry mechanism used to submit their entry (i.e. mobile phone account holder or land line account holder).
38.Should an entrant’s contact details change during the promotional period, it is the entrant's responsibility to notify the Promoter. A request to access or modify any information provided in an entry should be directed to the Promoter.
39.Subject to any direction given under relevant State legislation, if any of the instant win or major prizes remains unclaimed, an unclaimed prize draw will take place at Salmat Digital Pty Limited, Level 2, 116 Miller Street, North Sydney NSW 2060 at 14:00 (AEDT) on Friday 5 April 2013. The winner/s will be notified within 2 days of the draw in writing and published in the Public Notices section of the Australian on Friday 11 April 2013.
40.The promoter’s decision is final and the promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the Competition result.
41.It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner must comply with all the conditions of use of the prize and the prize supplier’s requirements.
42.It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the promoter in its absolute discretion.
43.In the case of the intervention of any outside act, agent or event which prevents or significantly hinders the Promoter’s ability to proceed with the competition on the dates and in the manner described in these terms and conditions, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest, strike, war, act of terrorism, the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the competition and recommence it from the start on the same conditions, subject to any written directions given under State Regulation.
44.The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with any prize/s except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. The Promoter is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by the phone user or for any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in this competition, or for any technical error, or any combination thereof that may occur in the course of the administration of this competition including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line or telephone, mobile or satellite network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
45.The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these conditions, or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the promotion. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.
46.NBC Universal Global Networks Australia (Services) Pty Ltd, Salmat Digital and their associated agencies and companies assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, or alteration of entries, and reserves the right to take any action that may be available.
47.If for any reason this competition is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any causes beyond the control of the Promoter, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, take any action that may be available, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition, subject to any written direction given under State Regulation.
48.All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter collects personal information about you to enable you to participate in this promotion but no further use of this information will be made without prior consent.
49.All entries become the property of The Promoter. All opt-in entries will be entered into a database and The Promoter may use the entrant’s names, addresses and telephone numbers for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice and without any fee being paid unless otherwise advised by the entrant. By opting-in, entrants confirm that they allow their details to be used for this purpose. If entrants no longer consent to their details being used for future marketing purposes, the entrant should contact The Promoter on their details set out below. Any request to update, modify or delete the entrant’s details should be directed to The Promoter.
50.Salmat Digital Pty Ltd, on behalf of NBC Universal Global Networks Australia (Services) Pty Ltd, is collecting the entrant's personal information for the purpose of conducting and promoting this competition (including but not limited to determining and notifying winner). The entrant's personal information may be disclosed to Salmat Digital for this purpose. If you are not willing for this to occur you cannot participate in the Promotion.
51.Entrants’ personal information may be disclosed to State and Territory lottery departments and winners’ names published as required under the relevant lottery legislation. A request to access, update or correct any information should be directed to the Promoter.

Authorised under permit numbers:
NSW: LTPS/12/10304, ACT: TP 12/04649, SA: T12/2410, VIC: 12/3126

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