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CNSC News Billboard and CenterStaging Enter Strategic Agreement to Produce and Distribute New Artist Performances and Music Industry Events
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CenterStaging Corp. (CNSC.ob) - As announced today at MIDEM in
Cannes, France, CenterStaging Musical Productions, Inc. and Billboard,
the world’s most trusted source of music,
video and digital entertainment news, charts, reviews and analysis, have
entered into a strategic agreement to cooperate in the discovery and
promotion of hot new artist talent, in addition to the production and
distribution of various keynote music industry events. These will
include dynamic in-studio performances by and insightful interviews with
up-and-coming and unsigned recording artists, as well as major in-studio
and on-location roundtable discussions and summits with leading music
industry executives, established talent and other noteworthy
professionals. The events and performances will be made available on rehearsals.com,
CenterStaging’s online digital portal powered
by MLB.com, as well as on Billboard.com,
Billboard.biz and other media outlets.
New bands and artists who are bursting out on the scene will be chosen
by both CenterStaging and Billboard to appear in the lively online
features, recorded in high-definition at CenterStaging’s
state-of-the-art facilities in Burbank, CA, utilizing 12 robotically
controlled cameras and 48 microphones with up to 96 individual channels
of audio. The premier music industry roundtables and summits will occur
at a variety of venues, focusing on major issues facing the
entertainment industry and featuring some of the best and brightest
movers, shakers and decision-makers in the business.
“Our agreement with CenterStaging is the
perfect extension of the Billboard brand,”
says Tamara Conniff, Billboard’s Executive
Editor and Associate Publisher. “We are deeply
committed to the discovery of emerging artists across all genres of
music, and CenterStaging will provide the ultimate facilities to
showcase these talented musicians. We’re also
excited to work with this highly regarded entertainment company to
produce riveting roundtable discussions and other cutting-edge industry
events for music enthusiasts around the world.”
“The Billboard name and brand has been
synonymous with music in the minds of not only the industry but the
public for as long as I can remember,” states
Tommy Nast, Executive Vice President, CenterStaging. “To
be able to work creatively with that brand, Tamara Conniff and their
team is a tremendous opportunity. We will create content together that
will be compelling, entertaining and ahead of the curve!”
Each of these brand new performances, interviews and events produced in
conjunction with Billboard will join the prestigious line-up of talent
currently showcasing live footage on rehearsals.com,including
Tom Petty, Taylor Hicks, Norah Jones, The Panic Channel, Ozomatli and
James Taylor. In addition, the site showcases “e-merging”
artists such as Dark New Day, Sick Puppies, Jack’s
Mannequin and Tremolo. rehearsals.com also features
insightful interviews and private clinics with legendary sidemen and
studio greats who have logged time with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton,
Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre and Fiona Apple.
CenterStaging Corp. (OTCBB:CNSC) is a public company based in
Burbank, CA with an office in Bensalem, PA and is the parent company of
CenterStaging Musical Productions, Inc. and its division rehearsals.com.
The Company provides rehearsal and production services for all facets of
the entertainment industry. The 150,000 square foot facility features 11
rehearsal studios, one sound stage, a high-definition broadcast center,
thousands of musical instruments and backline equipment in Burbank, CA.
The facility houses rehearsals.com which is envisioned as
a gateway into the professional artist’s
workshop, and provides streaming video as well as digital audio
programming, exclusive performances, candid artist interviews and
intimate lessons from the masters. The teaming of CenterStaging and rehearsals.com
mounts a powerful vertically integrated entertainment model that not
only develops and produces content, but will deliver compelling
programming to an online audience.
About Billboard
Now in its 112th year, Billboard is the world's
premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events and
brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most
trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music,
video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and
trends. Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information
Group, which also consists of Billboard.biz, Billboard.com, Billboard
Chart Alert, Billboard Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories,
Billboard Books, Billboard Licensing & Events and Radio & Records.
Billboard’s many strategic partners include
Microsoft, Hands-On Mobile, Reuters, Sirius Satellite Radio, Telemundo,
Univision Radio, ABC Radio Networks, Azteca America, BigChampagne and
Billboard sister companies Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data
Systems. These partnerships leverage Billboard’s
proprietary data, charts and information resources to develop broadcast
entertainment, digital and mobile platforms and contextual commerce
applications that expand Billboard’s
franchise and consumer reach.
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