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To: Andeveron who wrote (13379)	8/12/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

MUSICVIDEOS.COM Brings Online Music Fans the Best in Music Videos - Anytime PR Newswire - August 12, 1998 15:31 %CPR %ENT %MLM %PDT V%PRN P%PRN New Music Video Site Offers Hundreds of Full-Length, On-Demand Music Videos for Free LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Look out MTV! A newer, faster and customizable way to enjoy your favorite videos has arrived -- on the Internet. Taking advantage of the accessibility and convenience of the Web, MUSICVIDEOS.COM is bringing music fans everywhere on-demand access to the best music videos at no charge. With a continuously updated and expanding library of 750 full-length music videos, viewers can choose what they want to see, when they want to see it. "The Internet opens up a world of options for today's music consumer," said Greg Morrow, President of MUSICVIDEOS.COM. "Given the diversity of popular music, the fact that individuals can customize what they view online makes the Web the ideal forum for music videos. With MUSICVIDEOS.COM, you don't have to wait around, hoping for your favorite video to play -- you just point and click." Featuring video selections ranging from alternative and dance, to country and hip-hop, MUSICVIDEOS.COM offers something for every music lover on the Web. Visitors can choose to watch individual videos, or satisfy their "inner VJ" by building custom playlists that run multiple video selections back-to-back. For those who just want to catch up on the latest videos, MUSICVIDEOS.COM also offers a 24-hour channel that continuously broadcasts different videos from their library. The site also features the Top21 On-Demand -- a weekly listing of the Web's twenty-one most popular music videos. Web surfers can find MUSICVIDEOS.COM at musicvideos.com, or link to it through the pre-populated "Favorites List," hard-coded into both the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Web Browser and Windows Media Player, which are components of Windows98, currently being distributed to millions of PC consumers worldwide. The Windows Media Player is also available to download directly from the MUSICVIDEOS.COM site. Once at the site, new visitors can register for free to become members, giving them access to the entire video library and all the site's features. A weekly newsletter, delivered via email, keeps members informed of the latest additions to MUSICVIDEOS.COM, and a member's newsgroup enables them to give feedback, request new videos and chat with fellow fans. MUSICVIDEOS.COM currently has more than 120,000 registered users, with a membership growth rate of over 45 percent per month. "Our expanding membership base combined with the positive feedback from our members indicates to us that the public is embracing the entertainment potential of the Internet," said Greg Morrow. "As today's broadcast media paradigm shifts from television to Internet-based distribution, the demand for video-based content on the Internet has grown dramatically. And with the advancement of streaming video being facilitated by the rollout of ADSL subscriber lines and cable modems, the future looks bright for MUSICVIDEOS.COM." SOURCE MUSICVIDEOS.COM /CONTACT: Jim Lin or Chris Carrico, both of Urge PR, 213-848-8743, jim@urgepr.com, chris@urgepr.com, for MUSICVIDEOS.COM/ /Web site: musicvideos.com