Bangkok--Aug 16--MTV
21st Annual Awards Show will include a Special Performance from Dave Chappelle
Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Tony Hawk, Ludacris, Ashlee Simpson, LL Cool J,
Jon Stewart, and P. Diddy are Set To Appear at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards
MTV: Music Television today announced that Lil’ Jon, Petey Pablo, Ying Yang Twins & Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe will perform at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. They will join previously announced performers Usher, Kanye West, Yellowcard, Jet, Hoobastank, and Jessica Simpson at the 21st annual awards show.
With Dave Chappelle on hand for a special performance, it was also announced today that Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Tony Hawk, Ludacris, Ashlee Simpson, LL Cool J, Jon Stewart, and P. Diddy are set to appear at the star-studded awards show.
Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly.
For complete information on these performers, along with all the 2004 MTV VMA news, nominees, information and more visit www.MTV.com.
Salli Frattini and Dave Sirulnick are the Executive Producers for the “2004 MTV Video Music Awards.” Alex Coletti is Co-Executive Producer. Michael Dempsey is Producer and Summer Strauch is Co-Producer. Louis J. Horvitz is the Director.
The “2004 MTV Video Music Awards” will be available to a potential viewing audience of over 1 billion people via MTV’s 42 channels reaching 407.5 million households around the world as well as through syndication, and its convergent and original online programming will reach the entire online nation, via MTV’s 34 Web sites around the world.
The official sponsor of the “2004 MTV Video Music Awards” in Asia is Hewlett Packard. The show will be made available on MTV channels across the region in September 2004. Programming details in Asia will be provided at a later time.
About MTV Networks Asia Pacific
MTV is the world’s largest television network and the leading multimedia brand for youth. It is also Asia’s Most Wanted Music Channel in Asia Pacific (PAX 2003), viewed by more young adults than any other music channel. In 2003, MTV was named 'World’s Most Valuable Media Brand’ for the fourth consecutive year, ranking in the top 50 of The World's Most Valuable Brands overall (research by Interbrand in cooperation with BusinessWeek). MTV Networks Asia Pacific operates ten 24-hour programming services - MTV Australia, MTV China, MTV India, MTV Indonesia, MTV Japan, MTV Korea, MTV Mandarin, MTV Philippines, MTV Southeast Asia and MTV Thailand. Including programming blocks in various parts of Asia, MTV has a combined distribution of more than 180 million homes. MTV Networks International reaches more than 400 million households in 166 territories.
About Hewlett Packard
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2004, HP revenue totaled $76.8 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
For further information:
Jessica Kam
Vice President, Network Communications
MTV Asia (Hong Kong/Singapore)
P: 852-2313-8023 / 65-420-7131(direct)
P: 852-2312-0555 / 65-221-8166 (switch)
F: 852-2312-0066 / 65-221-6016
Email: [email protected]
Heng Yee Shan
Director, Network Communications
MTV Networks Asia
P: 65-6420-7280 (direct)
P: 65-6221-8166 (switch)
F: 65-6221-6016
Email: [email protected]
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