Singapore, 14 November, 2000 - Leading innovative music lifestyle network, Vivamusic.com, announced today that it will provide FantasticOne with entertainment interviews produced exclusively by the Vivamusic.com production team. FantasticOne is an entertainment company that offers high-quality and interactive broadband consumer entertainment for distribution.
Since its inception, Vivamusic.com's team of production experts has been producing entertainment clips like interviews with visiting artistes. Currently, Vivamusic.com's exclusive productions are open to all visitors to the website. Vivamusic.com's archive of interviews and performances include famous international personalities as well as regional and local ones. The list includes popular dance group Aqua, New Age performer Kitaro, pop sensation Bardot and regional artistes like Emil Chau, Kit Chan and Tanya Chua.
“We chose Vivamusic.com because they have produced quality interviews and entertainment clips,” said Paul France, CEO, FantasticOne. “We source for the best entertainment content, assemble and broadcast it to customers through a multitude of distribution channels. We believe that Vivamusic.com will be a great value-add to the entertainment content that we offer our distribution partners.”
FantasticOne plans to initially broadcast to consumers via broadband connections linked to personal computers. This will be followed by connections via IP, or Internet protocol networks, including cable, satellite, telephone lines or even 3G wireless technology. As FantasticOne's focus is on commercially viable broadband entertainment for the mass market, it will target and work with content and distribution partners in the Asia Pacific to assemble, package and broadcast full-frame, television-quality entertainment for the broadband world.
“FantasticOne is a partner that will bring us to the rest of Asia Pacific,” said Mark Lai, CEO, Vivamusic.com. “This partnership is a testament to the high standards kept by our production team. We will continue to produce quality entertainment clips. That is an assurance we offer all our partners.”
Vivamusic.com's production team is made up of highly skilled young professionals, looking for an opportunity to exercise their creativity. In the last ten months, the team has homed in on their core competencies and bought up the standard of its production. The team now proudly compares its production of interviews and performances with that of the more established networks.
Both Vivamusic.com and FantasticOne will be present at the CASBAA (Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia) Exhibition in Singapore from 15-17 November. Vivamusic.com will focus on the production aspect of its network, showcasing the interviews and music entertainment programs which will be web cast on the Vivamusic.com website, while FantasticOne will reveal its user interface that provides instant access to high-quality multimedia content, including full-frame, full-motion video at the exhibition.
About FantasticOne
FantasticOne is a newly formed entertainment company that enables its partners to offer consumers high-quality and interactive broadband entertainment. The company assembles, packages and broadcasts high-quality broadband content from around the world for cable, satellite, and telco distribution to a mass audience. Formed in April 2000, FantasticOne is a joint venture between The Fantastic Corporation, the Swiss-based global leader in broadband software solutions and AsiaOne, the Internet arm of Singapore Press Holdings, Southeast Asia's leading publishing and media group. FantasticOne is headquartered in Singapore.
More information on FantasticOne can be found at www.fantasticone.com.
About Vivamusic.com
Vivamusic.com is the premier online music lifestyle network in Asia. Working with major
recording labels, Vivamusic.com offers access to digital downloadable songs of all genres
and various languages. In addition, users can also watch music videos of international,
regional and local artistes. Vivamusic.com also has its own professional in-house production
team that produces exclusive content for the website.
Vivamusic.com has launched a series of 'firsts' in the music industry. Besides introducing one of the world's first Internet Jockeys, it also established Asia's first music lifestyle store, Vivamusic Hub. The Hub features the latest digital music devices, the “box” - a studio where music is web cast 'live' and interviews are conducted, as well as sales of music compact discs. Vivamusic Hub has also brought in Southeast Asia's first 'CD maker' - a machine for creating custom CDs.
Vivamusic.com is a founding member of the Broadband Media Association, which brings together technology, service, content and media providers to build a business network, and to forge alliances and partnerships in the broadband media industry in Singapore and Asia.
Issued by:
Vivamusic.com Pte Ltd
83A Kampong Bahru Road
Singapore 169379
Contact :
Lester Lim
lesterlim@vivamusic.com
(65) 221-2686
Kenneth Wong or Marie Teo, The PR Company
kenneth.wong@theprcompany
marie.teo@theprcompany.com
(65) 4358820
