Two New Hip-Hop Channels to Enter the U.S. Market

NEW YORK: Hip Hop Global Media & Entertainment is planning to launch two new networks at NATPE 2013, Hip Hop 1TV and Hip Hop 2Movie.

Hip Hop 1TV will be a 24-hour all hip-hop network. The service will feature daily and weekly shows, themed video segments and annual specials. Topics will range from breaking news and feature stories to interviews, live events, behind-the-scenes segments and more. Hip Hop 2Movie will also be a 24-hour service. The channel will program feature films that focus on the hip-hop lifestyle. Original films, documentaries and biographies will be produced in-house and in collaboration with artists, labels and Hollywood studios. Non-film programming will include interviews, on-the-set segments and more.

Both channels will be supported through a partnership with the Hip Hop Hall of Fame, which has signed up to co-develop and produce co-branded content.

"This deal has been in the making for a few years now, and with the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum becoming a reality, Hip Hop Global Media & Entertainment will serve as a content marketing and production consultant to the facility and its broadcast studio that is in the works," said Julian Ramui, the company’s VP of programming.