Flow TV was the third network launched by Ripe Digital Entertainment. In April 2007, Flow TV delivered short-form programming to Cable On Demand subscribers through Comcast, Time-Warner, and a host of other nationally available MSOs. Focusing on the urban consumer, Flow TV was an authentic look into the streets, clubs and studios of the hip-hop movement, that attempted to reach a core audience of male and female 18-34 year olds. In 2009, Flow TV ended its programming. Flow TV was available to viewers free-of-cost at their broadband internet site as well as on cable VOD, and over wireless devices like iPods and video-capable cell phones. By offering content on demand over multiple platforms, Flow TV catered to the ADD consumers in the age of digital media and delivered a hip mixture of stylized visuals laid over music and rhymes from a variety of artists on a variety of labels. Programming focused primarily on the musical aspect of the hip-hop scene with programs like Smack (artist interviews), Flow Live (artists perform live), and the VIP Lounge (intimate portrait of a particular musician). Programs included advertisements “baked into” the programs delivering multiple impressions
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William Jacob "Jake" Busey (born June 15, 1971) is an American actor, musician and film producer. He is sometimes credited as "Jacob Busey" or "William Busey". Busey was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Malibu, California, the son of Judy Lynn Helkenberg, a photographer, and actor Gary Busey. Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands in which his father played. He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions: acting and playing the drums. Busey resides in Los Angeles, where he writes and plays drums for a band, "Sons of the Lawless". He also plays guitar and is a baritone singer. Busey's motion picture debut was in the 1978 film Straight Time with his father Gary and Dustin Hoffman. His two most notable appearances are as the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in Contact and as smart-mouthed soldier Ace Levy in Starship Troopers. He appeared in H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, one of three 2005 film adaptations of the novel by H.G. Wells, alongside C. Thomas Howell. Additionally, he has had major roles in Tomcats opposite Jerry O'Connell and Shannon Elizabeth, in
Bill Shannon (born 1970) is an American artist who resides in Brooklyn. Shannon holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born with a degenerative hip condition, he developed a way to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches. Performances and video work include: In 2002, he completed a project with Cirque du Soleil choreographing parts of their production Varekai. His visual and multimedia art have been exhibited in contemporary museums, galleries and fairs include: