VSPOT at VH1.com Presents 'Boxset: Beck' the Ultimate Online Video Retrospective With Exclusive Interview Footage, Performances, and Videos

VSPOT at VH1.com Presents 'Boxset: Beck' the Ultimate Online Video Retrospective With Exclusive Interview Footage, Performances, and Videos

'Boxset: Beck' Launches Today and Is Available at http://www.vh1.com/music/boxset/ With Over 30 Minutes of Exclusive Interview Footage Shot at the VH1 Studios

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all Beck fans! Today VH1 announced the launch of "Boxset: Beck" an in-depth video compilation on VSPOT, VH1's broadband channel, which includes more than 30 minutes of exclusive commentary from Beck on his music and videos from the last 12 years. During the made-for-VSPOT original, Beck discusses topics ranging from the "anti- production, anti-video aesthetic" of the videos that accompany his 10th and most recent album The Information (Interscope), to his experiences working with acclaimed directors Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze.

The VSPOT "Boxset," which is available on demand, includes over 50 segments running from one to five minutes each, creating the ultimate retrospective of videos, performances, and interview clips. Included in the online program are Beck's acoustic Live @VH1.com performances of "Girl," "Black Tambourine," "Jack-ass," "Guess I'm Doing Fine," "The Golden Age," "Tropicalia," and "Lost Cause."

VSPOT's "Boxset" and "Live @VH1.com" music series have propelled VSPOT growth throughout 2006. Streams for the "Boxset" and "Live @VH1.com" franchises have grown 114 percent and 63 percent, respectively.

About "Live @VH1.com" and VSPOT's "Boxset"

Recent "Live @VH1.com" in-studio performances include: John Legend, Snow Patrol, John Mayer, Evanescence, Stephen and Damien Marley, Talib Kweli, Blue October, and Hinder. VH1's online performance series began in 2003 and has welcomed close to 150 artists to the VH1 studios for stripped-down and acoustic versions of their most popular songs. To view the archived Live@ VH1.com events on demand including performances by The White Stripes, Corrine Bailey Rae, Beck, Kelly Clarkson, The Roots, Dave Matthews, Common, KT Tunstall, and Nickelback visit: http://vspot.vh1.com/ and click on the Live @vh1.com channel in the "browse music" section.

VSPOT's "Boxset" compilations include a selection of videos, combined with exclusive interview footage and live performances from today's hottest artists. Recent "Boxsets" include: Beyonce, Beastie Boys, Dixie Chicks, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Weird Al Yankovic and Pearl Jam. More than 40 "Boxset" compilations have launched this year and are archived in VSPOT at http://www.vh1.com/music/boxset/.

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in nearly 84 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital services including VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, VH Uno and VH1 Country. Connect with VH1 at http://www.vh1.com/.

VSPOT at VH1.com (http://vspot.vh1.com/) -- VH1's broadband channel -- brings viewers the richest music and pop-culture video content while it's happening: live events, series sneak peeks, exclusive celeb Q&A's, movie trailers, in-studio performances and original series, not to mention thousands of music videos, customizable play lists and artist interviews.

http://vspot.vh1.com

Source: VH1

CONTACT: Erica Cantwell, +1-212-846-3683; or Luis Defrank,
+1-212-846-7012

Web site: http://www.vh1.com/
http://www.vh1.com/music/boxset

-------
Profile: intent