NEW YORK, May 1, 2000 (PRIMEZONE) -- From jug bands to banjo pickers, from moonshine to mandolins, Blue Grass and Old-Time music have long been an American tradition. Now there is an Internet TV channel that captures not only the music but the entire feeling behind one of the few truly American forms of music. Launched on April 28th, 2000 BlueGrassTV.com (http://www.medium4music.com/bluegrass) is the definitive Internet site for on-demand streaming videos of the music, artists and lifestyle that gave birth to both Country Music and Rock and Roll. The channel features both popular and seldom seen music videos by some of the biggest stars of the genre like Alison Krauss, Doc Watson, David Grisman and the String Cheese Incident.
BlueGrassTV.com(tm) provides an on-demand television viewing and listening experience, with fresh weekly selections of the best mandolin pickin', foot stompin', Blue Grass videos, backstage behind-the-scenes looks at some of today's hottest performances, along with interviews of the artists that are keeping Blue Grass vital, vibrant and fun.
"We're thrilled to launch the Internet's first and best streaming video channel dedicated to Blue Grass and Old-Time music," said Dennis Oppenheimer, Senior Vice President of Entertainment at Medium4.com(tm). "This music represents the past and future of much of the American music scene, and we are proud to provide our viewers with the Internet's ultimate site for Blue Grass music videos."
Internet users can now immerse themselves in Blue Grass music videos at any time on the Medium4.com(tm) (OTC BB: MDMM)channel BlueGrassTV.com(tm) part of the company's Medium4Music.com(tm) (http://www.medium4music.com) network. BlueGrassTV.com brings the total number of on-demand niche music channels on the Medium4Music.com network to 16. The network channels include diverse genre' including: AllLatinMusicTV.com (http://www.alllatinmusictv.com,) RootsReggaeTV.com (http://www.rootsreggaetv.com,) and AllJazzTV.com (http://www.AllJazzTV.com).
Medium4Music.com(tm) (http://www.medium4music.com) is one of five Medium4.com(tm) InternetOnlyTV(tm) networks, also including ForeignTV.com(tm) (http://www.foreignTV.com), StreamingUSA.com(tm) (http://www.streamingusa.com), NicheTV.com(tm) (http://www.nicheTV.com) and the all-Spanish language Medium4Latino.com (http://www.medium4latino.com). Each of these utilizes Medium4's proprietary encoding technology which creates a seamless streaming video experience.
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