01/08/2003: Gig Television:	Ger IU
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For the last couple of months people have been talking about GigTv. The email that arrived in May; GigTV offering bands €1000 to play live, be recorded and beamed into millions of homes. Irish Unsigned are in discussions with GigTv. As soon as discussion concludes we will deliver exact information on the site and to everyone on the list. We don't believe in jumping to conclusions and then assuming we're right. We are aware there are concerns and we'll form an opinion when we have enough info to go on. What we can tell you so far is that there is a Company registered at Company's House (number 323379) called Gig T.V. Limited. It was registered to an address in Cullenswood Court, Ranelagh, Dublin in March 2000. That's three years ago and more. They did submit an annual return in March of 2002 so it would appear that Gig T.V. limited is still afloat.Whether or not it is the same people, we have to check. Below (un-edited) is the mail and follow-on mail received by many bands in May for your perusal. Initial Email "dear acts we are gigtelevision a new tv station going on air in september 23rd we will be showcaseing bands to major record labels across america and the uk at this point we are looking to get in demos,bios,photos of acts we pay a fee of ?1000.euro to play our show we also ask performers to be members of imro as our show is relased worldwide to over 300 tv stations we will also be bring on our network as a free to air tv channel on satellite,cable if you like to perform please e-mail me and i wil e-mail out all info to you this is not a joke you may also call us on 098 4388 or 353 98 43881 we look forward to hearing form you] "GENERAL INFORMATION COMPANY NAME: TONY MCNAMARA COMPANY ADDRESS : RIVERSIDE COTTAGE CHONGIE ROAD DOOAGH ACHILL CO MAYO TELEFONE NUMBER : 098 43881/ 353 98 43881 MOBILE NUMBER: 086 1997107/ 353 86 1997107 EMAIL ADDRESS: TONY_MACK_GIGTELEVISION@HOTMAIL.COM CONTACT NAME: TONY MCNAMARA MUSIC OPERATIONS MANGER CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE ---------------------- THIS IS A CONFIDENTAL DOCUMENTIS DEEMED SENITIVE ,THIS CONFIDENTAIL INFORMATION IS FOR THE USE OF THE RECIPIENT ONLY AND FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS SUPPLIED WHICH IS SOLELY TO ENABLE ACTS TO SEE IF OUR SERVICE MEETS WHAT THEY NEED TO SHOWCASE TO RECORD LABELS BOTH IN THE UK-AMERICA ------------------------------------------------------------ GIGTELEVISION IS IRELAND FRIST AND ONLY 24 HOUR MUSIC STATION GOING ON AIR IN SEPTEMBER 23RD THIS CHANNEL WILL BROADCAST AS A FREE TO AIR SERVICE SO IT WILL BE EASY TO VIEW ALL YOU NEED IS CABLE OR SATELLITE THE AIM OF THE CHANNEL IS TO TO PROMOTE UNSIGNED TALENT SHOWCASE THEM TO RECORD LABELS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE WILL DO THIS THOURGH OUR OWEN STUDIOS BASED IN CASTLEBAR EACH BAND WILL HAVE A 45 MINS TO PERFORM FROM THAT YOU WILL GET TO PICK TO SONGS,ONE FOR INTERNATIONAL SINGLE RELASE WE WILL BE RELASEING OVER 350 SINGLES THIS YEAR PLUS WE WILL MAKE A LIVE TV SHOW WHICH IS AS WE SPEAK BEEING SOLD TO OVER 300 TV STATIONS WORLDWIDE, AND AS ITS THE FRIST OF ITS KIND IN IRELAND LET ME POINT OUT TO U JUST HOW THIS WORKS 1, WE RECORD YOUR PERFORMANCE IN A STUDIO 2, WE WILL CUT 2 SONGS FORM THAT PERFORMANCE AND PLACE THEM ON THE SHOW 3, YOU THEN GET ALL DEMOS RECORDED FOR FREE WITH SOME OF IRELANDS TOP PRODUCERS AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL 4, WE WILL BROADCAST YOUR SHOW OUT TO OVER 300 TV STATIONS WORLDWIDE 5, WE DO THIS THE RECORD LABELS WATCH TO SEE WHO THEY WANT TO SIGN 6,YOUR SHOW CASE WILL BE TO MANAGERS,AGENTS,TOUR PROMOTERS,COLLAGES ALL OVER THE WORLD 7,GET RECORDED FOR POSSIBLE SINGLE RELASE WORLDWIDE AS PART OF A DEAL WICH WE HAVE TO BRING OUT OVER 350 SINGLES THIS YEAR AS WELL A COMPILATIONS,VIDEOS, 8, CREATE A LINE OF MERCHANDSING FOR YOUR BAND 9, CREATE YOUR OWN WEBSITE [NO MONTHLY,HOSTING FEES JUST COST ?242.00] 10,PLACE YOUR RECORD OUT ON TO RADIO AND TV FOR BROADCAST 11, PAY YOU A FEE OF ?1000 EURO TO PLAY YOU WONT EVEN HAVE TO SELL TICKETS 12, PLACE IN OUR MAYO STUDIOS WE WILL PAY FOR YOU TO STAY IN MAYO FOR THAT NIGHT 13, LET YOU HAVE YOUR EVERY OWEN FREE E-MAIL 14, WE ARE THE ONLY SERVICE WITH THE YOUNG MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT IS IN ALL MUSIC STYLES NO ONE HERE IS OVER 40 15, YOU MUST FRIST OF ALL JION IMRO THIS ISB FREE TO DO SO THEY CAN BE CONTACTED ON DUBLIN 01 6614844 OR E-MAIL INFO@IMRO.IE THEY CAN COLLECT ROYALTIES FORM YOUR SHOW BEING SOLD TO THE 300 TV STATIONS WORLDWIDE OR WHEN WE RELASE SINGLES THAT YOU MAY HAVE WRITTEN YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS SHOW AND YOU WILL NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF IMRO TO DO THIS WE CANT TAKE ANY ACTS IN IRELAND WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF IMRO THEIR IS NO CONTRACT BETWEEN US AND THEM IT JUST LAW 16, WE WILL ALSO BE PLACING YOUR MUSIC ON OUR DIGITAL DOWNLOADING SITE WHICH IS UNDER CONSTURCTION IT WILL BE ON AIR AUGUST 30TH 2003 AS WITH OUR TV STATION A MONTH LATER 17, WE WILL BE MARKETING YOU WITH OUR TV STATION HOW WE WILL DO THIS IS AS FOLLOWS PLACE YOU ON OUR LIVE SHOW, SHOW YOUR WEBSITE, PHOTOS, BIOS, AT THE SAME TIME RECORD LABELS GET TO SEE YOU PLAY LIVE,LOOK AT YOUR WEBISTE AND ALL IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN YOU HAVE TO BOOK VENUES FIND SUPPORT YOU GET ALL THAT HERE AND YOU GET FOR THAT 18, WE NEED YOUR WEBSITE PLACE ON OUR SERVICE TO DO THIS YOU CAN PRBOOK YOU SPACE NOW ON THE ABOVE CONTACT INFORMATION PLEASE REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SEREVICE WE CANT GIVE IT FREE BUT EVERY TIME SOME ONE LOGS ON TO YOUR SITE WHEN ITS ON OUR SEWRVICE WE PAY YOU A FEE OF ?0.20 CENT 19 AS YOU SEE WE EVEN GIVE YOU MONEY FOR PEOPLE LOGING ON TO YOUR SITE JOIN TO DAY FOR US TO MAKE YOU A WEBSITE WILL COST NO MORE THAT €150.OO TO LINK UP TO US IS THE SAME PRICE WE HOPE YOU LIKE WHAT YOU READ REMEMBER LOTS OF WAYS WE CAN HELP YOU SHOWCASE TO RECORD LABELS YOURS TONY MCNAMARA MUSIC OPERATIONS MANAGER GIGTELEVISION NETWORK LTD"

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