Event Marketer

Canon plans to give New Yorkers a first-hand look at the new Face Detection Technology available on its PowerShot digital camera during the U.S. Open tennis tournament this year.

Television has always brought families together but Panasonic has a hunch that its HD products can do more than just draw slack-jawed sofa potatoes into the living room.

According to a Panasonic-sponsored Harris Interactive survey 63 percent of parents would spend more money on technology if it increased family time. To test the theory (and to get its products in the hands of consumers before the TV industry switches from analog to HD in 2009) the electronics brand is launching its Living in High Definition program.

Cintron Beverage Group is putting a fleet of tricked out Chevy HHR Panel vans on the road to raise brand awareness of its year-old line of energy drinks. The black and silver vehicles feature customized visors and running boards as well as the Cintron logo and its slogan—An energy drink that tastes great!—in large graphics. The vehicles were customized by CRC Studios a Detroit auto customizer.

“We’re hopeful that these vehicles will be seen as unique and that a lot of buzz will come with them ” Wes Wyatt ceo of Cintron told Buzz.

As part of its US Open sponsorship Lexus created a three-day virtual tennis tournament at New York City’s Rockefeller Center. Playing tennis on Nintendo’s Wii console participants vie to win the grand prize—a one-year lease on a Lexus IS F and tickets to the US Open finals.

Del Monte’s Meow Mix is giving pet parents a chance to embrace their inner feline with the Meow Mix Acatemy an event program featuring a variety of cat experts—including feline behaviorists therapists veterinarians and pet psychics.