• by Staff Report , September 22, 2006

Thanks to a slew of distribution deals, a digital TV music network named Tube Music is changing the way consumers rock in more than 70 of the top 100 national markets. From New York to St. Louis, Houston to Los Angeles, music fans can soak up Tube's uninterrupted offering of classic and contemporary artists, then use their cellphones or networked PCs to buy the music they like.

Tube Music has teamed up with Raycom Media, Tribune Broadcasting Group, and Sinclair Broadcast Group, eager to recoup their HDTV investments through digital multicasting. But perhaps Tube Music's greatest value is that it's free of the reality programs, game shows, and awards ceremonies that have rendered channels like MTV and VH1 virtually music-free. Tube CEO Les Garland should know: He co-founded those cable "music" channels.