Music TV Today
Music videos have changed the way fans experience and consume music. Therefore, music videos are an essential component to properly promote music to consumers. However, getting your video played on any of the large network TV shows takes massive budgets, and a dedicated team of promotion professionals. This presents a significant problem for smaller labels, indie artists, and unsigned artists vying to work a video into TV rotation. That is until now!

The Indie (Music TV)
The Indie has a cable TV show dedicated to showcasing new music from independent labels, indie artists and unsigned artists of all genres (Rock, Pop, Rap, Country, R&B, Dance, Jazz, Gospel, House, etc). The show will air in the most influential music market on the planet-New York City*, and will go "On the Air" in late summer (Aug/Sep) 2009. The show will viewable by New York City’s music elite, (executives, A&Rs, entertainment lawyers, producers, etc) as well as the 1.6 Million resident of the city. The show’s format includes music videos, in-studio performances, interviews, and on-location shoots. Moreover, our On-Air Talent, and Production Teams are comprised of seasoned professionals that are inspired, excited, and passionate about new music.

Cable TV Networks

MNN New York, NY Access: 1.6Million

TWC Channel 34 RCN Channel 86

*Additional markets (cities), and channels (digital offline partners) will be added in the coming months.

We're opening the flood gates! Submit your music video?
To submit your video to air you must be a premium registered member of The Indie. Once you have logged in, use our video submission engine to submit your video to our production staff. If your video is properly edited, and it meets our airing criteria, someone from our production team will contact you directly.

*All content must be edited for public television, and therefore cannot contain any vulgar language, obscenities or risque imagery.

Pre-Screening Videos
All videos will be pre-screened for quality and content prior to "On Air" acceptance. Please submit links from any video sharing site. For example:

YouTube
MySpace
Faebook
Veoh

You must be logged into your premium artist account to submit videos for pre-screening.

Final Submission Formats:
All approved "On Air" videos require submission in one of the following digital formats:

DVD - SP (standard play)
DV Tape (standard play)

If you video is accepted for "On Air placement" the mailing address to ship your videos will be emailed to you.

The Indie Video Standards
1. Aired video content will not contain extreme, repulsive, or vulgar content
2. Video submissions with nudity, or obscenities will not be aired
3. Content creators and owners are encouraged to edit final cut for public cable TV

Where can I learn more?
Please continue to check our help documents for updates, specifications and additional information about the Cable TV show.