Gold Buckle Network Announces Partnership with the AristoMedia Group

GBN Online Western Entertainment Network will stream Digital Country Music Videos of Aristo Artists.

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) September 9, 2005 -- Gold Buckle Network (www.goldbucklenetwork.com), The New Way To Access The West, announced today a co-marketing partnership with AristoMedia Group (www.aristomedia.com), the largest distributor of independent music labels in the United States.

Through the partnership, GBN will broadcast various video series highlighting both up-and-coming and established country music artists each month. The high-quality digital videos are broadcast to subscribers over the Internet via the GBN online entertainment network. GBN subscriptions are free and offer convenient, portable access to a wide variety of Western sports, film, television, and music entertainment.

Aristo artists who can be seen and heard in digital music videos on GBN include Dwight Yokum, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, David Ball, Shurman, Billy Gilman, Roger Marshall, Kevin Montgomery, Britanny Wells, Kelsey, The Del McCoury Band, Hilljack, Craig Morgan, Alison Krauss, The Kentucky Headhunters, Kevin Sharp, Deborah Allen, Tammy Cochran, and Anita Cochran, and Forty 5 South. The Aristo music content on GBN is located in the Videos section under the Music Videos category.

"GBN is excited to offer high-quality digital music video content from AristoMedia Group on our online Western entertainment network," notes Russ Aman, GBN Content Director. "We welcome the opportunity to support new and established Country music artists by providing a global venue on which to be seen and heard."

Founded in 1980, AristoMedia celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005. AristoMedia has received praise from many major music industry players, including Universal Media Group, Yahoo! Music, Country Music Television (CMT), Sony Music Nashville, VH-1, BMI, and others. AristoMedia Group provides a wide range of services, from publicity, media relations, event coordination, and special marketing campaigns to video marketing and promotion, secondary radio and dance club promotions, and general consulting.

"AristoMedia sees GBN as the leader in online Western entertainment, and were pleased to be working together to expand the reach of country music and the Western lifestyle," says AristoMedia Senior Vice President Craig Bann. "GBN has developed an innovative online Western programming network that delivers the highest-quality audio and video music content to a global audience of Country music fans."

GBN currently offers free access to its large library of all-digital Western video and audio entertainment, including rodeos, classic Western movies, country music concerts, classic Western television shows, kids shows, travel shows and much more. GBN subscribers can watch digital movies and videos and listen to digital music with full play, pause, rewind, and fast-forward functions. GBN extends the reach of entertainment by delivering video and audio content and unique Western-related products to global viewers over the Internet.

The GBN online network is the place to watch, listen and shop for all things Western. The Web-based GBN video player supports full-screen viewing, enabling viewers to maximize a crisp image beyond the size of typical streaming videos. Western enthusiasts wishing to view GBN Premium content along with hundreds of hours of other Western video and audio entertainment can sign up at www.goldbucklenetwork.com. The process is fast and simple, the GBN service requires no special hardware or software, and nothing is downloaded to the viewers PC. All fans of the West can watch rodeo, movies, and TV shows, listen to country music, and shop for unique Western products at www.goldbucklenetwork.com.

About Gold Buckle Network (GBN)

GBN is an online TV network, music source, and department store for everything Western. At www.goldbucklenetwork.com visitors watch rodeos and other Western sports, classic full-length Western movies, documentaries, lifestyle programs, kids shows and more. In addition, GBN Radio streams digital country music and the GBN General Store offers a great selection of unique Western-influenced products. GBN is The New Way to Access the West - an entertaining and informative online community for millions of Western enthusiasts all over the world. Businesses rely on GBN for one-to-one access to this significant consumer market. For more information about GBN, please visit www.goldbucklenetwork.com.

The Gold Buckle Network name, acronym, logo, and The New Way To Access The West are trademarks of Gold Buckle Network, Inc. All rights reserved.

CONTACT:

Liz Lawless, Gold Buckle Network

Phone 214.929.6884

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