BUFFALO, NY, July 8, 2013 – – Little children love having a magazine of their very own! Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine invites preschoolers and young children to explore a world of fun and learning with fresh new stories and activities every month. To encourage independence and help children begin to read, Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine created a special on-line audio version of the subscription-based magazine. Voice-over talent Peter K. O’Connell was recently selected as the male voice talent for Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine’s audio presentation.

O’Connell provides male character voices like “Dad” and “Grandpa” as well as serving as the narrator for some stories and how-to items in Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine’s monthly audio production.

About Highlights HIGH FIVE Magazine

Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine for kindergarteners and preschoolers is filled with features that help build important skills. Each monthly issue brings 40 pages of read-along stories and poems, simple crafts and recipes, learning games, puzzles for beginners and other activities that can set children on the path to becoming a life-long learner. Each issue reinforces skills that prepare preschoolers for reading, math and other areas of learning. Highlights HIGH FIVE also offers positive role models and constructive activities that help build character and self-confidence.

About Peter K. O’Connell

In addition to this most recent narration production for Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine, Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voice-over credits include regional, national and international voice-over productions for companies such as PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Shell Oil, Pitney Bowes, Bacardi Rum, Deloitte Canada, U.S. Army, Starz Cable Channel, BlueCross BlueShield, SunSetter Awnings, Time Warner Cable, New Jersey Tourism, First Financial Bank, N.A., Harlequin Enterprises, The Buffalo News, Darien Lake Theme Park and Pathmark Supermarkets.

Described as a natural born storyteller, O’Connell’s voice-over productions have been heard around the world in radio and TV commercials, medical narrations, television infomercials, political commercial voice-overs, TV network promos, e-learning narration projects (computer-based training, internet-based training and web-based training), PSA’s, message on-hold as well as other video and media productions.

Known as America’s Friendly, Neighborhood Voice-Over Talent, Peter K. O’Connell owns audio’connell Voice-Over Talent and International Voice Talents, both are divisions of O’Connell Communications, LLC.
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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

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TRIESENBERG, Liechtenstein March 25, 2013 – – Voice Talent Peter K. O’Connell is the narrator for a new international DVD series on the Catholic Catechism, entitled “The 3 Minute Catechism”. With O’Connell narrating the English-language version, the 72-part series is also currently available in German and Spanish. Translations in French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Croatian, Czech, Chinese and Arabic are currently in production.

WATCH AN EPISODE OF THE 3 MINUTE CATECHISM HERE:

In book form, The Catholic Catechism is an organized collection of the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church, which, as the compendium notes, reflects Catholic faith and morals “in the light of the Second Vatican Council and the whole of the church’s tradition.”

“The 3 Minute Catechism” consists of 72 hand-drawn and animated episodes each about 3-4 minutes long. The 2 DVD series follows and explains the Creed, covering all four parts of the Catechism. Easier and more difficult subjects are treated in separate episodes making “The 3 Minute Catechism” a modern introduction to the Catholic faith for ages 12 to 120. The series is available for sale from Kathmedia via the web at http://www.3mc.me/eng/index_eng.html

About Peter K. O’Connell

In addition to this most recent narration production for the “The 3 Minute Catechism” DVD series, Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voice-over credits include regional, national and international voice-over productions for companies such as PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Shell Oil, Pitney Bowes, Bacardi Rum, Deloitte Canada, U.S. Army, Starz Cable Channel, BlueCross BlueShield, SunSetter Awnings, Time Warner Cable, New Jersey Tourism, First Financial Bank, N.A., Harlequin Enterprises, The Buffalo News, Darien Lake Theme Park and Pathmark Supermarkets.

A natural born storyteller, O’Connell’s voice-over productions have been heard around the world in radio and TV commercials, medical narrations, television infomercials, political commercial voice-overs, TV network promos, e-learning narration projects (computer-based training, internet-based training and web-based training), PSA’s, message on-hold as well as other video and media productions.

Known as America’s Friendly, Neighborhood Voice-Over Talent, Peter K. O’Connell owns audio’connell Voice-Over Talent and International Voice Talents, both are divisions of O’Connell Communications, LLC.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

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BUFFALO, New York, February 18, 2013 – – National voice-over talent Peter K. O’Connell was signed as the announcing talent for a new radio advertising campaign produced for The Buffalo News.

The regional radio commercials highlight new editorial features the daily newspaper will begin publishing in the coming weeks.

Listen to the Samples from the Radio Campaign Here

About The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News is the primary newspaper of the Buffalo, New York, metropolitan area and its surrounding suburbs. The News remains Buffalo’s only daily newspaper. The Buffalo News was founded in 1873 by Edward H. Butler as a Sunday paper. Today, it is wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway. The Buffalo News participates in the Buffalo community and sponsors charitable, social, and educational events.

About Peter K. O’Connell

In addition to this most recent radio advertising campaign for The Buffalo News, Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voice-over credits include regional, national and international voice-over productions for companies such as PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Shell Oil, Pitney Bowes, Bacardi Rum, Deloitte Canada, U.S. Army, Starz Cable Channel, BlueCross BlueShield, SunSetter Awnings, Time Warner Cable, New Jersey Tourism, First Financial Bank, N.A., Harlequin Enterprises, Darien Lake Theme Park and Pathmark Supermarkets.

O’Connell’s voice-over productions have been heard around the world in radio and TV commercials, medical narrations, television infomercials, political commercial voice-overs, TV network promos, e-learning narration projects (computer-based training, internet-based training and web-based training), PSA’s, message on-hold as well as other video and media productions.

Known as America’s Friendly, Neighborhood Voice-Over Talent, Peter K. O’Connell owns audio’connell Voice-Over Talent and International Voice Talents, both divisions of O’Connell Communications, LLC.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

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BUFFALO, New York, January 2, 2013 – – Creating awareness for its Medicare Advantage Plan, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York produced a radio campaign that included voice-over talent Peter K. O’Connell. The multi-part, family oriented radio spots, focusing on the security and stability of current health plans, were broadcast across western New York State.

About Peter K. O’Connell

In addition to this most recent radio advertising campaign for BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voice-over credits include regional, national and international voice-over productions for companies such as PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Shell Oil, Pitney Bowes, Bacardi Rum, Deloitte Canada, U.S. Army, Starz Cable Channel, SunSetter Awnings, Time Warner Cable, New Jersey Tourism, First Financial Bank, N.A., J. Walter Thompson Advertising, Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, Harlequin Enterprises, Darien Lake Theme Park and Pathmark Supermarkets.

O’Connell’s voice-over productions have been heard around the world in radio and TV commercials, medical narrations, television infomercials, political commercial voice-overs, TV network promos, e-learning narration projects (computer-based training, internet-based training and web-based training), PSA’s, message on-hold as well as other video and media productions.

Known as America’s Friendly, Neighborhood Voice-Over Talent, Peter K. O’Connell owns audio’connell Voice-Over Talent and International Voice Talents, both divisions of O’Connell Communications, LLC.

About BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York is a division of HealthNow New York Inc., one of New York’s leading health care companies that provides access to quality health care and solutions for members throughout Upstate New York. Since 1936, BlueCross BlueShield has helped millions of people gain access to health care. Today, we offer a full range of insured, self-insured, and government programs and services covering businesses, families, and individuals, as well as life and disability coverage, dental and vision plans and stop-loss coverage. The company contributes significantly to organizations that promote physical health, community health and our region’s health, and BlueCross BlueShield employees also raise and donate several hundred thousand dollars each year. Headquartered in Buffalo, NY, the company is an independent Licensee of the BlueCross BlueShield Association.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

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BUFFALO, New York, October 2, 2012 – – America’s Friendly, Neighborhood Voice-Over Talent, Peter K. O’Connell, was recently featured in a nation-wide television commercial campaign in India, a corporate media narration in Canada as well as an interactive trade show presentation in the United States.

Looking to continue its sales growth across India, the world’s largest privately held spirits company Bacardi created a new nationwide television advertising campaign for the country, selecting American Voice-Over Talent Peter K. O’Connell as the voice for the campaign. The TV commercial spots are titled “Beach” and “Dance”. The spots can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/audioconnell

O’Connell was also selected by Deloitte Canada to serve as narrator of the company’s new media presentations, introducing a document to address the Canadian productivity titled “The Future of Productivity – an eight-step game plan for Canada”. The action plan is part of Deloitte’s “Future of Canada” series.

Pitney Bowes Software Solutions, a subsidiary of Pitney-Bowes, recently created an interactive, educational tradeshow kiosk and secured voice-over talent O’Connell as a narrator. The project centered on a series of innovative direct mail solutions offered by Pitney Bowes Software Solutions that automate mailstream integrity for business communication.

About Peter K. O’Connell

In addition these most recent voice-over projects for Bacardi Rum, Deloitte Canada and Pitney-Bowes, Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voice-over credits include regional, national and international voice-over productions for companies such as PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Shell Oil, U.S. Army, Starz Cable Channel, SunSetter Awnings, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Time Warner Cable, New Jersey Tourism, First Financial Bank, N.A., Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, Harlequin Enterprises, Darien Lake Theme Park, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Pathmark Supermarkets.

O’Connell’s voice-over productions have been heard around the world in radio and TV commercials, medical narrations, television infomercials, political commercial voice-overs, TV network promos, e-learning narration projects (computer-based training, internet-based training and web-based training), PSA’s, message on-hold as well as other video and media productions.

Peter K. O’Connell owns audio’connell Voice-Over Talent and International Voice Talents, both divisions of O’Connell Communications, LLC.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

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YouTube

Linked In

Google+

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TORONTO, Ontario, October 1, 2012 – – Voice-Over Talent Peter K. O’Connell was selected by Deloitte Canada to serve as narrator of the company’s newly produced media presentations in support of a Deloitte authored document addressing Canada’s national productivity problem. The document, titled “The Future of Productivity -an eight-step game plan for Canada”, is part of Deloitte’s “Future of Canada” series.

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For many years, Canada productivity rate has grown less quickly than many other countries. To address this issue directly and help offer insight, Deloitte Canada conducted a study to investigate the major causes of the productivity gap. Deloitte Canada’s “Future of Productivity” plan is a tool for business, academia and government to help boost Canada’s performance.

About Peter K. O’Connell
In addition this most recent narration for the Deloitte Canada, Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voice-over credits include regional, national and international voice-over productions for companies such as PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Shell Oil, Pitney Bowes, Bacardi Rum, U.S. Army, Starz Cable Channel, SunSetter Awnings, Time Warner Cable, New Jersey Tourism, First Financial Bank, N.A., J. Walter Thompson Advertising, Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, Harlequin Enterprises, Darien Lake Theme Park and Pathmark Supermarkets.

O’Connell’s voice-over productions have been heard around the world in radio and TV commercials, medical narrations, television infomercials, political commercial voice-overs, TV network promos, e-learning narration projects (computer-based training, internet-based training and web-based training), PSA’s, message on-hold as well as other video and media productions.

Peter K. O’Connell owns audio’connell Voice-Over Talent and International Voice Talents, both divisions of O’Connell Communications, LLC.

About Deloitte
Deloitte LLP, one of Canada’s leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to a wide range of Canadian and international clients. Deloitte LLP is the Canadian member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, which is a network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

Twitter

YouTube

LinkedIn

Google+

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