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Agreement with Tribune Broadcasting Launches the Tube Music Network into 22 New Markets; Broadcast Media Powerhouse Among First to Deliver Programming On New Digital Multicast Spectrum.


MIAMI Miami, cities, United States
Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə).

1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896.
 -- Les Garland, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , The Tube Music Network, announced a distribution agreement today with Tribune Broadcasting Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois.  Company, a division of Tribune Company The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Hartford Courant , one of the country's leading broadcast television companies, operating 26 television stations in 22 markets, including New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Miami.

This new strategic partnership is the second of its kind for THE TUBE, following a distribution agreement made with Raycom Media Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. History
Although Raycom dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications.
 Inc. announced in April 2005.

"This agreement with Tribune Broadcasting greatly expands our reach. Tribune Broadcasting is well established in the industry with stations in nine of the country's top 10 markets, and 18 of the top 30. This landmark agreement firmly positions us at the forefront of the digital multicast era and enables us to marry innovative content with ground-breaking technology, delivering real benefit to the consumer," said Garland, one of the pioneers of the music television genre who co-founded MTV MTV
 in full Music Television

U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
, VH-1 and The Box.

THE TUBE is the first music network to be distributed using a new broadcast technology known as digital multicasting. Viewers in Tribune, Raycom and other television markets will be able to receive the network free, over-the-air on television sets equipped with digital tuners and on the digital cable tier That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed.
A coil of a cable.

See also: Cable Cable
 where available.

THE TUBE Music Network is a pure, music network that features a bold fusion of the best artists, the best songs and the best images of all time. The playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically.  reflects the music of some of the biggest touring acts in America today, including The Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer

Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists

Brian Jones
, U2, The Dave Matthews Band, Paul McCartney, The Eagles, Elton John, Prince and Rod Stewart; mixed with newer artists such as Norah Jones, Coldplay, Jack Johnson, James Blunt, Alicia Keys and John Mayer. There are no reality shows, award shows or game shows on THE TUBE and the viewer response to this new format has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

Further differentiating THE TUBE Music Network will be the ability for viewers to purchase the music they see and hear on THE TUBE immediately, whether online or on the phone.

"We're excited to be partnering with THE TUBE Music Network in our first multicast initiative," said John Reardon, President, Tribune Broadcasting. "This agreement allows us to capitalize on our stations' digital broadcast capabilities and provide enhanced content to viewers in our markets."

Tribune stations will begin broadcasting THE TUBE Music Network programming in local markets this summer.

Paul McTear, CEO, Raycom Media, said, "This agreement with Tribune underscores our initial belief and support of THE TUBE Music Network. We are committed to our role in propelling THE TUBE into becoming the most watched music network on television and to that end we plan to offer the network on 13 new stations we recently acquired through Liberty Media."

THE TUBE Music Network is a wholly-owned subsidiary of THE TUBE MEDIA CORPORATION (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:TUBM).

ABOUT TRIBUNE BROADCASTING COMPANY

Tribune Broadcasting owns and operates 26 television stations concentrated in major markets and Superstation WGN on national cable. The group's combined reach is more than 80 percent of U.S. television households. Tribune Broadcasting also includes Los Angeles-based Tribune Entertainment, a developer and distributor of first-run television programming for the Tribune station group and for national syndication; Chicago's WGN-AM; and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Investment interests include Comcast SportsNet Chicago (25% owned), The WB Television Network (22%) and TV Food Network (31%).

Attention Media: there will be a conference call at 10:30 a.m., EST EST electroshock therapy.

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 March 9, to discuss this announcement. Please dial in to 866-365-4406 then dial 4228535# (pound). Press are asked to call in at 10:20 a.m. (EST) so we may get a list of reporters and set up a Q&A schedule to accommodate everyone.

Media wishing to view the "look" of The Tube Music Network can access a sampling at http://www.thetubetv.com/reel.html.

News stations wishing to access broadcast-ready hi-resolution footage, as well as a brief interview with the Tube Music Network President and CEO, Les Garland, running a total length of 10:25, can access it at: Galaxy 3C C09, 95 degrees, DL freq. 3880 Horizontal.

Times are: Thursday, March 9th, 16:45-17:00 EST, Friday, March 10th, 10:30-10:45 EST.

This press release may include a number of "forward-looking statement forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
" as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. These statements reflect management's current views with respect to future events and financial performance and include statements regarding management's intent, belief or current expectations, which are based upon assumptions about future conditions that may prove to be inaccurate. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, involve risk and uncertainties, and that as a result, actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, among other things, the volatile and competitive markets in which we operate, our limited operating history, our limited financial resources, our ability to manage our growth and the lack of an established trading market for our securities. When considering forward-looking statements, readers are urged to carefully consider the various disclosures, including risk factors and their cautionary statements.
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