WATCHREELS.COM NEWS
RELEASE
WATCHREELS.COM
and MVPA (MUSIC
VIDEO PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION)
ANNOUNCE
PARTNERSHIP
WatchReels.com
To Be The Exclusive Provider for Online Streaming of Music
Videos
and
Short Films for The 2002 MVPA
Awards
Burbank,
CA, July 10, 2002 --
WatchReels, the Production Industries premier Online showreel database, has
secured an exclusive deal with the MVPA to be the sole online
provider of this years MVPA Awards. All nominated and
winning Music Videos and Director's Cut Short Films will be
accessible in high-resolution, at no cost, through
WatchReels.com.
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MVPA has
been looking for the opportunity to utilize the growing
technology that WatchReels.com provides, to stream their
Awards show. This
partnership allows Industry personnel, for the first time in
the history of the show, the opportunity to watch the MVPA
nominated and winning content in all categories, including,
but not limited to, Music Video of The Year, Director of The
Year, Best Editor, Best Colorist, to name a
few.
Online users can access the media streamed by
WatchReels.com from the MVPA
website.
"We are
honored to be working with MVPA. This partnership
strengthens WatchReel's mission to use the digital age to
allow immediate access to video and credit information and to
facilitate the collaboration between industry personnel,"
states Vincent Reynaud, co-founder,
WatchReels.com.
WatchReels.com
will be providing these services to the MVPA for the upcoming
awards.
About
the MVPA
The Music
Video Production Association (MVPA) is a non-profit trade
organization representing music video production companies,
post-production companies, and freelance individuals. The MVPA
provides its members with cutting edge information in
newsletters, meetings, special forums and the MVPA web site at
www.mvpa.com. This website is an
expanding source of production information and tools that aid
professionals in the Production
Industry.
About
the MVPA Awards
Hosted by
the Music Video Production Association annually in Los
Angeles, The MVPA awards are the only awards forum that
recognizes the technical and creative accomplishments of the
music video industry.
The Director's Cuts Film Festival includes short films
directed by today's most creative young music video
directorial talents.
About
WatchReels
WatchReels.com
streams media in 5
different movie sizes from full screen high-resolution to
smaller and faster download. Users can search
through the database by name, categories, keywords, product
categories, brand, spot name and more
Credit of
personnel involved in the Production and Post Production is
displayed with each movie; each name is a link to this
person's body of work. This feature dramatically increases
member visibility to the thousands of creative decision makers
using the site.
Movies can
be bookmarked, emailed and accessed by a user from any
computer.
WatchReels.com
is a digital media company focused on changing the way
agencies and creative personnel search for and evaluate
creative talent by creating the premier Internet destination
for open access research and delivery of demo reels.
WatchReels.com provides a cost-effective marketing vehicle for
production companies, directors and others to ensure that
their spots, reels or portfolios are exposed to the greatest
number of potential customers.
WatchReels.com
delivers its content on the Internet at www.WatchReels.com.
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