Bob Frank Entertainment (BFE) in New Partnership with JBTV, the Billboard and Emmy Award Winning Music and Media Company
Bob Frank Entertainment (BFE) in New Partnership with JBTV, the Billboard and Emmy Award Winning Music and Media Company
Multiyear Agreement Includes Distribution Rights
to More than 1500 Hours of Visual and Audio Content
First Release: 25 Track Collection to all digital platforms on August 16, 2019
Release Features Songs From Portugal. The Man, Fall Out Boy, Gary Numan,
grandson, and YUNGBLUD, and Others Recorded at JBTV Studios
July 30, 2019 (New York, NY) -- Bob Frank Entertainment today announced a multiyear agreement with JBTV, a leading source of music programming for the past thirty years.
BFE has acquired exclusive distribution rights to over 1,500 hours of content including live performances, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and fully produced HD shows and podcasts from JBTV, from the biggest names to new artists.
The first digital release is planned for August 16, 2019, and will be a compilation of 25 songs released to all digital platforms, with tracks from Fall Out Boy, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Gary Numan, and others (see the full track listing below).
The joint agreement between BFE and JBTV is a natural outgrowth of development for both companies and will expand BFE’s relationships within the music community including artists, managers, agents, and record labels.
JBTV has enjoyed a stellar reputation by producing award-winning content including HD performances and interviews with artists such as Twenty One Pilots, BTS, Imagine Dragons, Charlie XCX, and fun., among many others. JBTV has won two Billboard Music Video Awards for ‘Best Local/Regional Alternative Modern Rock Show’ and multiple Emmy Awards for production and is recognized for being a go-to source for live performance music videos.
“We are looking forward to working with JBTV in expanding their incredible brand and programming into a global platform for music distribution and television programming,” said Bob Frank, CEO of BFE. He continued, “Their stellar reputation for producing high-end live content is a wonderful lead-in to what our plans will be moving forward.”
“JBTV is thrilled to enter into this partnership. BFE is the perfect company for us. Bob Frank is a visionary leader with an incredible depth of experience in the live music production and distribution industry. He and his team will assist us in growing our distribution globally and maximizing our 35 years’ worth of unique content. We can't wait to get rolling with this great worldwide team,” said Jerry Bryant, owner of JBTV.
About JBTV
JBTV is one of America’s longest running music television programs dedicated to breaking bands for over 30 years. Legendary host Jerry Bryant’s iconic live music showcase has unveiled many seminal musicians. Performers such as Green Day, Bastille, The Flaming Lips, Dave Matthews Band, and the Smashing Pumpkins received some of their earliest TV exposure on JBTV. Additionally, JBTV has been on the forefront of spotting new and upcoming talent that has gone on to global success including recent Grammy Award-nominated and/or winners, Cage The Elephant, Imagine Dragons, and Bastille, among others.
About BFE
BFE was formed in 2012 as a multi-faceted entertainment company with proprietary interests in Damson Lane Productions (Film & TV via Cinedigm & Orchard), Red River Entertainment and BFR (music labels via Orchard & ADA), Admiral Lane Songs (music publishing via Kobalt), Corlew Frank Music (music publishing) and BFD (music distribution via Orchard). Visit www.bobfrankent.com for more information.
TRACK LISTING
EL VY - "Return to the Moon"
A R I Z O N A – “Oceans Away”
Capital Cities - "Safe and Sound"
Portugal. The Man - "Evil Friends"
Taylor Bennett - "New York Nights"
Knox Hamilton – “Work It Out”
Pale Waves - "Television Romance"
Robert DeLong - "Long Way Down"
YUNGBLUD - "I Love You, Will You Marry Me"
Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie) - "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive"
Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Part II"
grandson - "Blood // Water"
Wolfmother - "Woman"
ACTORS - "Like U Want 2"
Atlas Genius - "Trojans"
Fall Out Boy - "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark"
Gary Numan - "Metal"
The Joy Formidable - "Whirring"
A Silent Film - "Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well"
St. Lucia - "Walking Away"
LPX - "Better"
The Alarm - "Sixty Eight Guns"
Local H - "Bound to the Floor"
Failure - "Wet Gravity"
The Wombats - "Lemon to a Knife Fight"
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e2PR, Strategic Communications
201.665.3942