Bands.com, Inc. Announces Retail Deal with Best Buy.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 Bands.com and Best Buy to Introduce "City Rocks," A Hit -Packed Series of City-Inspired CD Compilations CD Compilation is an independently released CD. It is the 10th issue of A Day In The Air zine. The CD includes a zine companion and a patch. The packaging was completely DIY and there were five hundred CDs released. This was the first A Day In The Air zine to contain a CD. Marketvision Direct, Inc. (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). : MKT MKT Marketing MKT Mortal Kombat Trilogy MKT Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad MKT Mobile Kitchen Trailer MKT Mu Kappa Tau (marketing honor society) MKT M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar , MKT.V), a multimedia entertainment company providing television, music, sports, and lifestyle programming, products, information and community to a worldwide audience, today announced a deal between wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. bands.com, Inc., an online and offline multi-media music company, and consumer electronics retail giant Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ). Best Buy will market and sell the first three music compilations released by bands.com and has the exclusive offline retail agreement to sell the CD from September 26 - October 25, 2000. "Our agreement with Best Buy offers an ongoing potential for bands.com to build brand recognition in designated markets," said Scott Savitt, president of bands.com, Inc. The first three music compilations, entitled "City Rocks: Boston," "City Rocks: 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 " and "City Rocks: Canada", bring together high-profile rock bands that are native to, or got their big break in the featured cities. The products will be located in bands.com point-of-sale displays in music sections of selected Best Buy stores. A major media and promotion campaign will kick off in late September as part of a strategy to drive traffic into participating New York and New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Best Buy retail locations and to the bands.com website. Dusty Bowling, Director of Regional Marketing for Best Buy, commented, "We are looking forward to building a strong relationship with bands.com, and I am confident that the relationship will be beneficial for both companies." Bands.com is set to launch in September 2000 and anticipates becoming a premier vehicle for music fans, artists/musicians and the music industry to meet for the most extensive list of artist properties, websites, products and music services on the web. Bands.com is forming strategic alliances with an amalgam of local television, radio and Internet companies to develop online and offline programming as well as a series of exciting contests and promotions. Bands.com will also launch a major sweepstakes for all those who visit and register on the site. "Just by being bands.com, we have taken the lead in the online music business. The name alone presumes automatic category leadership. The "City Rocks" music series will be the first of many bands.com products. By providing a comprehensive encyclopedia of bands and special music products, we expect to quickly become the first choice of music fans worldwide," says Savitt. About bands.com, Inc. Bands.com intends to leverage its internationally and instantly recognizable domain name to build a comprehensive online community and information source for music fans and to become a leading content provider and e-tailer of music and digital entertainment. Consumers worldwide will hear the bands.com name once and remember it forever. Bands.com will be the vehicle for music fans, artists/musicians and the music industry to meet for the most extensive list of artist properties, websites, products and music services on the web. Bands.com will utilize advanced e-commerce, digital distribution of music, traditional music news and information and a communal, interactive atmosphere to establish its brand and presence. Content will include in-depth industry and artist information, consumer incentive programs, digital entertainment including Internet radio Listening to audio broadcasts via the Internet. There are more than 4,000 broadcasts available on the Internet that can be streamed and played by a software media player in the computer or in a stand-alone Internet radio with the software built in. broadcasts, web simulcasts and downloadable music. Bands.com was conceived by Marketvision's 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. , Andrew Miller Andrew Miller is the name of:
LLC - Logical Link Control , of which he is still a shareholder, and serves on the Board of Directors for Telephone.com, Inc, and the Board of Advisors for Shop.com, LLC. Under Miller's guidance, Marketvision created direct response television programs for musicboulevard.com (now CDNOW.com) and entertainment acts The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers band, Diana Ross, and Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue. He is one of the most distinguished violinists of the late 20th century. Biography . Scott Savitt previously served as a Vice-President-Marketing and Sponsorships of Marketvision and has an extensive background in building media and distribution avenues for entertainment, sports and music-related products. About Marketvision Direct, Inc. Marketvision Direct, Inc. (CDNX: MKT.V) is a multimedia entertainment company providing television, music, sports, and lifestyle programming, products, information and community to a worldwide audience. Marketvision's websites include: Internet partner www.television.com, a content-rich Internet and network television programmer; www.bands.com, a music community and record label with planned online, live entertainment, and www.sportsfan.com, a grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. community for sports fans. For high-speed delivery of Internet-based content, Marketvision has invested in and is working to develop applications with Weema Technologies, (www.weema.com). Weema is creating and deploying video streaming See streaming video and video stream. technologies, which speed the delivery of television-like interactive content over the Internet. Marketvision is also a co-founder and investor in Telephone.com, Inc., www.telephone.com, an Atlanta based telecommunications exchange and portal. Marketvision Direct, Inc. was formed in early 1996 as a direct response television-programming group servicing fortune 500 companies, major international music acts, and early website entrants. Marketvision developed its' own proprietary television programming format called "Revenue Enhanced Programming" or "REP", a hybrid of the direct response and magazine show formats, which garnered business and interest from clients, major networks and sponsors. About Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company reaches consumers nationwide through its more than 350 retail stores located in 40 states and online at www.BestBuy.com. THE CANADIAN VENTURE EXCHANGE The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE. |
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