Access E, Japan's entertainment broadband channel has entered into an international distribution agreement with
MixCast, a global urban lifestyle television outlet. Access E's programming on MixCast focuses on style, celebrity profiles and interviews, and Japanese street culture. Now Access E programming will be available to viewers worldwide through MixCast's phone, web, and television distribution.
"The Japanese market is consistently on the cutting edge and has become a very influential force on global urban trends," said Gary S. Murray II, Founder of MixCast, "We are extremely pleased about the expansion into this market with Access E as it gives us a knowledgeable affiliate in one of the most influential markets on the planet"
The Access E Channel on MixCast features exclusive footage that ranges from one-on-one interviews with many of America's top music and movie stars on their travels to Japan, to the dance floors of some of Tokyo's hottest clubs, to guided tours of the shopping districts of Shibuya, fashion runways, sizzling auto shows and unique techno trends. Viewers can visually attend the Tokyo launch events for such stars as Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Damon Dash, and others, as well as tune into the local street culture.
"We are really ecstatic about this tie-up with MixCast. We have long shared a mutual goal of merging the increasing impact of web, TV and mobile platforms in a way that a ppeals to the expanding worldwide urban entertainment market - and it is a worldwide market. Hip-hop and urban culture is a major player in Japan and its influences can be seen in much of our programming. I think MixCast viewers will be pleasantly surprised," said Dan Smith, Founder and Executive Producer of Access Television.
Viewers worldwide can tune into Access E's channel free of charge online at
www.mixcast.tv.