Liverpool Music Week in partnership with MTV and edc by Esprit is the UK’s biggest indoor winter music festival, staging events across 20+ venues throughout Liverpool city centre, with a combination of ticketed shows and a massive agenda of free events featuring every musical genre imaginable. Attracting the UK’s biggest musical artistes to the city and offering fresh and emerging new talent a platform to perform, this year LMW has partnered with MTV, to coincide with the MTV Europe Music Awards, which will be staged in Liverpool as part of the city’s European Capital of Culture celebrations
MTV Networks International includes the premier multimedia entertainment brands MTV: Music Television, VH1, Nickelodeon, TMF (The Music Factory), VIVA, Flux, Paramount Comedy, Comedy Central, Game One, and digital properties Gametrailers, Shockwave, XFire, Neopets, AtomFilms and AddictingGames. MTV Networks' brands are seen globally in 560.1 million households in 162 countries and 33 languages via 165 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 300 digital media properties. The company's diverse holdings also include interests in television syndication, digital media, publishing, home video, radio, recorded music, licensing & merchandising and two feature film divisions, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. MTV Networks is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).
edc by Esprit was launched in 1998 as a young label by Esprit and became a stand-alone brand under the Esprit Group in 2007. edc shows its strength in consistently delivering the most up to date trends that appeal to its international market. The brand is perfect for the young, spontaneous individual who is able to express their lifestyle through an unique and diverse look. Separate marketing, worldwide expansion of edc stores and an individual store concept emphasize the independence of the brand. In the 2007/2008 business year, Esprit Holdings Limited generated a worldwide group turnover of around EUR 3.2 billion (as of 30.6.2008). The net profits increased to around EUR 600 million with growth of 24,5 per cent in comparison to the previous year. The share of Esprit Holdings Limited is listed on the Hong Kong stock market and is included in both the Hang Seng Index and in the MCSI Index Hong Kong, as well as in the FTSE All World Index for Hong Kong. The Group operates more than 690 directly managed retail stores worldwide and distributes its products via more than 14,500 wholesale locations around the globe. The company has more than 1,000,000 square metres of sales area in more than 40 countries. For further information, please visit http://www.esprit.com