MCY Partners With Hanson and Island Records to Exploit Exclusive Live Performance.Business and Music Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2001 MCY MCY Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia - Maroochydore (Airport Code) MCY Machine Cycle .com, Inc. (OTC-BB: MCYC MCYC Michigan Christian Youth Camp ), the next generation media company, today announced that it has acquired the exclusive digital and international broadcast rights for a full-length concert from pop sensation Hanson, "Hanson Live at the Fillmore". Hanson joins other top pop stars in the MCY family, including The Who, *NSYNC NSYNC Justin Chris Joey Lasten JC (last letters of first names of members of the group NSYNC) NSYNC Negative Synchronization , Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys and Luciano Pavarotti. The announcement was made by Bernhard Fritsch, Chairman 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. of MCY. Mr. Fritsch said, "MCY works with the world's top artists to create exclusive media products for syndication through all channels, including cable, satellite, Internet, and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . We're excited to partner with Hanson to bring this riveting live performance to fans worldwide." The 55-minute, energy-packed production was filmed by MCY at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The show was licensed to DirecTV for broadcast to its more than 10 million satellite customers; negotiations are underway for additional releases over broadcast, Internet, cable and wireless networks. A DVD of the show is scheduled for release later this year by Island Records. Hanson took the music world by storm in 1997 with their first single "MMMBOP" off their debut album, Middle of Nowhere. The song soared to #1 in the U.S. and 26 countries, while the album went on to sell nearly 9 million copies worldwide. The band's latest album, This Time Around, was released in May 2000 and yielded two Billboard hits, including title track "This Time Around" and "If Only." About MCY MCY is a next-generation media company focused on the secure delivery of premium entertainment products across digital channels. The company's music division produces exclusive music media products and distributes them through DVD and broadcast, cable, wireless, and Internet channels. Recent productions include live events from The Who, Pete Townshend, *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Luciano Pavarotti, and many others. The company's flagship portal, MCY.com, distributes MCY's exclusive products and offers one of the world's largest selections of digital music for secure commercial download. Founded in 1995, MCY.com (OTC-BB: MCYC - news) is based in 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 with European headquarters in Munich. For more on MCY, visit the company's website at www.mcy.com. |
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