WHAT: Free HD concert broadcast via BillboardLive.com featuring UK-born, two-time Grammy-nominated and innovative artist Imogen Heap live from New York this Thursday, December 3. Fans can easily access the series by simply logging onto: BillboardLive.com where they will be able to safely and securely download the Microsoft Silverlight and OWL HD player onto their computer free of charge with a one-time, simple download. Building her success on the forefront of the online bandwagon, Imogen Heap has been declared "the first download diva" by the UK's The Guardian. Imogen has created an extremely strong relationship with her fans as she posted 40 vBlogs about her fourth album, Ellipse, invited fans to assist her in completing "The Song That Never Was" and welcoming her followers to submit Tweets which shaped her biography. With two albums under her belt Imogen maintains one of the biggest online profiles, with over 350,000 friends and 40 million plays on MySpace and over 7 million views on You Tube for "Hide and Seek" (Speak For Yourself, 2005) alone. Imogen Heap's music has been featured in films and television including: Six Feet Under, CSI, The OC, Garden State and The Chronicles of Narnia. WHEN: Thursday, December 3 at 9:30 pm EST / 6:30 pm PST. Video On Demand (VOD) will be available beginning Friday, December 4. DETAILS: Our World Live (OWL.TV) and Billboard Magazine have entered into a strategic alliance to bring music fans BillboardLive.com, a new Internet concert series that allows unprecedented access to the biggest names in entertainment. Utilizing OWL's state-of-the-art technology, BillboardLive.com provides fans with the ultimate interactive concert viewing experience in HD. Fans have the ability for the first time ever to view the concert from up to five different camera angles of their choosing (depending on viewers' bandwidth). There's a larger full-screen "Director's Cut" view, as well as four other views where one can replace the main image at any time for a unique experience -- all with just the click of their mouse. In addition to the desktop features offered, the concert series is available to all iPhone and iPod Touch users. Through these two systems, the concert is viewable in the main "Director's Cut" format and available on the go. No ticket required. Go to BillboardLive.com to see an in-depth video promo featuring Imogen Heap as well as upcoming and previous artists. Upcoming BillboardLive.com schedule:
-- David Archuleta on December 17, 2009
-- Alicia Keys on January 7, 2010
-- Usher on January 23, 2010
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