The Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. World Tour 2010 Concert To Air On Epix May 15
New York, NY – April 15, 2010 – EPIX, the multiplatform premium entertainment service, is proud to announce that The Black Eyed Peas’ highly anticipated sold out concert tour, “The E.N.D. World Tour 2010” will make its world television premiere on May 15 at 10 pm EDT on EPIX. The concert will play in SD and HD on the EPIX television channel, video on demand service, online at www.EpixHD.com and EPIX Event Theatre, a special online interactive community experience where over 1000 fans can share, comment and react to the concert together.
Filmed at two sold-out shows in the band’s hometown at L.A.’s Staples Center on March 29th and 30th, the Peas performed their biggest hits and transformed the arena into a massive club party proving The Energy Never Dies with state of the art lasers, staging, lights, HD visuals, flying stunts and six world class dancers that will be a visual assault on the senses for EPIX viewers. The six time Grammy award winning artists kicked off ”The E.N.D. World Tour 2010 presented by BlackBerry® with Bacardi™ as the Official Spirit” in Japan in September in support of the band’s latest multiplatinum #1 album, The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies). Entertainment Weekly.com raved, “Any act that can fill a stadium with that much glee deserves respect.” “They push the boundaries of what it means to be one of the top-selling acts in music today,” added Spin.com.
“The E.N.D. is not just about a new Black Eyed Peas sound – it’s a celebration that change is happening” explained will.i.am, the group’s leader and creative engine. “It signifies the end of the usual ways of receiving information and also the beginning of a whole new cultural birth.”
“We are proud to present the world class talent of The Black Eyed Peas” said EPIX President & CEO Mark Greenberg, “and we embrace the celebration of change as EPIX is redefining the entertainment experience for our audience, harnessing all emerging platforms to engage the next generation of premium viewers.”
The Black Eyed Peas are the latest in a growing slate of A-list music and comedy artists featured in EPIX original event programming including Madonna, Kings of Leon, Lewis Black, Eddie Izzard, David Cross, among others.
About EPIX:
EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation multiplatform premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of the partner studios, EPIX delivers films from Paramount, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies released theatrically on or after January 1, 2008 and MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate titles released theatrically on or after January 1, 2009, which are available exclusively to its subscribers. In addition, it will carry up to 22 Roadside Attractions films slated for theatrical release in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and up to 20 of Samuel Goldwyn’s films slated for theatrical release in 2010 and 2011.
EPIX has carriage agreements with Verizon FiOS, Cox Communications, Mediacom, Charter Communications and NCTC, making the service available to consumers in over 16 million homes by May 2010. Providing a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service, EPIX airs new Hollywood titles plus classic feature films, original series, and music and comedy specials. It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up on video-on-demand, online and on the linear channel. Further, EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available online to subscribers via its enhanced service EPIX Megaplex.
The joint venture controls all rights to EPIX’s programming and Viacom provides operational support, including marketing and affiliate services through its MTV Networks division.
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