MTV Tr3s and CableLatino de Comcast Team Up To Give One Lucky Artist The
Chance To Perform At 'Viva Chicago' On August 24th
CHICAGO, Aug. 22 -- For all the Chicagoans world Health Organization dream of
opening up for their favorite chart-topping heroes and watching themselves
perform on TV, the dream is about to become a reality for one aspirant
artist. MTV Tr3s and CableLatino de Comcast have partnered to give one
local artist a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open for pop-cumbia
aesthesis Cruz Martinez y Los Super Reyes at the Viva Chicago Latin Music
Festival August twenty-fourth, and likewise be featured on MTV Tr3s On Demand on Comcast
Digital Cable this strike. After weeks of prediction, G-Anthony, "The
Champ" came forbidden on top of the inning against some of Chi-Town's finest.
More than great hundred bands entered the Viva Chicago music contest at
chicago.mtvtr3s.com. Local music fans were at the cORE of the competition,
casting 355,613 votes in just tenner days.
"MTV Tr3s is committed to discovering the best new talent the Latino
community has to volunteer and we look forward to share-out a alone Chicago
sound with our interior audience," aforesaid Michael Galbe, Vice President of
Music and Talent for MTV Tr3s. "We await forward to working closely with
G-Anthony and sharing his amazing music with our viewers!"
On August twenty-fourth, G-Anthony will reap his reward when he opens for Cruz
Martinez y Los Super Reyes at the Viva Chicago Latin Music Festival
featuring some of the hottest Latin groups of today including Menudo, The
Dey, Los Lobos, and Alexis y Fido at Grand Park in Chicago. His music will
also be featured on MTV Tr3s On Demand on Comcast Digital Cable in Chicago
this fall.
"MTV Tr3s understands that its young Latino audience is a critical
growth market place for our affiliate clients. To that end, we are thrilled to
partner with Comcast in this innovative campaign that drives value for its
customers, its biotic community, and our audiences," aforesaid Michael Joseloff, Vice
President, Content Distribution & Marketing at MTVN Networks. "Through this
initiative, we are gallant to reinforce Comcast's platforms as Chicago's
premiere destination for and protagonist of local music and Latin artists."
Surrounded by Latin music influences in his hometown of Santurce,
Puerto Rico, G-Anthony's inspiration comes from Reggaeton. Singing since
his family moved to Chicago when he was 12, G-Anthony has open shows in
the Puerto Rican Festival and Aragon Ballroom, was part of the national
tour of Latina Magazine and performed with local Chicago bands. His desire
in expressing truth, dancing, and interacting with people and music is what
drives his career.
G-Anthony is presently recording his first album OPEN, in which he has
co-written and co-produced all the tracks and will lend fans a new trend
of Reggaeton. Armed with a growing fan base and new platforms, G-Anthony is
making waves in the Chicago music scene -- one concert and radio appearance
at a time -- with his infectious, Latin inspired get-up-and-go.
About MTV Tr3s
MTV Tr3s (mtvTr3s.com) is in 6.4 million Hispanic TV households and 34
million sum up TV households, making it the most-widely distributed TV
network dedicated to superserving today's bicultural Latino youth. MTV Tr3s
programming is rooted in the fusion of American and Latino music, cultures,
lifestyles and languages. Music programming is at the core of MTV Tr3s and
the channel features hitmakers, emerging artists and new sounds that
vibrate with young U.S. Latinos. In addition to euphony programming, the MTV
Tr3s programing slate also features life-style series, news, documentaries
and other long-form programs that celebrate US Latino hybrid identity and
culture.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (hTTP://www.comcast.com) is
the nation's leading provider of amusement, information and
communications products and services. With 24.1 1000000 cable customers,
13.2 million high-speed Internet customers, and 4.6 million voice
customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management
and surgical operation of wideband cable systems and in the livery of programing
content.
Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment
Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout,
TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which
develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a
bulk ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the
Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball
team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
Comcast Greater Chicago Region, regionally located in Schaumburg, Ill.,
serves more than 1.9 million customers and employs nearly 5,000 citizenry in
Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan. Comcast Greater Chicago
Region is a lofty sponsor of City Year, United Way and a host of diverse
organizations dedicated to bettering the communities Comcast serves.
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