College Students Tap Acts from NC State, Portland State & Georgia Perimeter to Perform alongside Wyclef Jean and Other College Favorites at mtvU Campus Invasion 08 Music Festivals
NEW YORK, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, today announced that Palm(R) Centro(TM) at AT&T has joined on to sponsor the network's Best Music on Campus "battle of the bands" competition, as well as mtvU "Campus Invasion Music Festival '08." mtvU also announced today that college students have selected Inflowential (NC State), The Lives of Famous Men (Portland State University) and We Are Only Fiction (Georgia Perimeter College) as the three finalists in the newly minted "mtvU and Palm(R) Centro(TM) at AT&T Battle of the Bands" competition. Driven by student support on mtvU's BestMusiconCampus.com, these three acts have already won the opportunity to share the stage with Wyclef Jean, The Bravery, Flo Rida, Cobra Starship and the other rapidly rising stars on this year's "Campus Invasion" bill. Inflowential, The Lives of Famous Men and We Are Only Fiction will now compete for the chance to be crowned the grand prize winner, collecting $10,000 in cash, free Palm Centro smartphones, service contracts from AT&T and a chance to host mtvU's "Dean's List," the definitive top ten weekly college music countdown.
Several weeks ago, mtvU extended an invitation to unsigned college bands and artists nationwide, offering the opportunity for the best to be featured at this year's "Campus Invasion" festivals -- full days of live music and free giveaways in top college towns Boston, MA, College Park, MD and Philadelphia, PA. Hundreds registered, 25 were selected to battle it out, and after rounds of student voting, the top three have been chosen. College students nationwide are now encouraged to vote their top choice all the way to the Palm Centro and AT&T-sponsored grand prize.
mtvU's "Campus Invasion '08" music festivals will feature Grammy-winning superstar Wyclef Jean as headliner and take place during the first weekend of May at the University of Maryland, the University of Massachusetts Boston and at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Each event will also showcase show-stopping live performances from emerging acts on the college music scene, including The Bravery, Flo Rida, Cobra Starship, Simple Plan, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Lloyd, The Spill Canvas and All Time Low. For tickets and more info on the specific bill for each date, please visit campusinvasion.mtvU.com. Those who can't make it to one of the all day music festivals can catch exclusive live performances, behind-the-scenes interviews and more on mtvU and http://www.mtvu.com/ beginning May 12th. mtvU's "Campus Invasion Music Festival '08" is also sponsored by Burger King; Live Nation is the promoter.
About the Palm Centro Smartphone
Palm has sold more than one million Centro smartphones since its introduction last fall, demonstrating the product's mass appeal to customers ready to get all the power of a smartphone at the price of a traditional mobile phone -- just $99 (after rebate and service plan). With voice, text, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities, a color touch screen and full keyboard, Centro brings Palm simplicity and organisation to users who want to stay connected with friends, family and co-workers -- all in one small, fun compact phone. More information about the Palm Centro smartphone is available at http://www.palm.com/centro.
About mtvU
Broadcast to more than 750 college campuses and via top cable distributors in 700 college communities nationwide, mtvU reaches upwards of 9 million U.S. college students -- making it the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, mtvU can be seen in the dining areas, fitness centers, student lounges and dorm rooms of campuses throughout the U.S., as well as on cable systems from Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS TV, Suddenlink Communications, AT&T u-Verse and nearly 70 others. mtvU is dedicated to every aspect of college life, reaching students everywhere they are: on-air, online and on campus. mtvU programs music videos from emerging artists that can't be seen anywhere else, news, student life features and initiatives that give college students the tools to advance positive social change. mtvU is always on campus, with more than 500 events per year, including exclusive concerts, giveaways, shooting mtvU series and more. For more information about mtvU, and a complete programming schedule, visit http://www.mtvu.com/.
mtvU also owns and operates the College Media Network, the largest interactive network of online college newspapers in the US, and RateMyProfessors.com, the Internet's largest listing of collegiate professor ratings. The College Media Network comprises 550 campus publications that serve institutions including Brown University, the University of Illinois, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin and Duke University, with a combined enrollment of over 5.5 million students, reaching an average of 5 million unique users each month. RateMyProfessors.com reaches approximately 2.9 million college students each month, via the site's more than 6.6 million student-generated ratings of over 1,000,000 college professors.
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom , is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
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