Alvin Butler

Washington , DC (USA)
Role(s):
C-Level Executive (CEO, CFO, etc.)

SSM Media Ventures, Inc.

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Location: Washington
Industry: Media
Year Founded: 2008
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Business Stage: Growth (not profitable)
Entity Type: "C" Corporation
Description: SSM Media Ventures, Inc. was founded in 2008 and organized as a holding company for Media assets. Our most valuable property is a cable network geared to the 12 to 34 demographic utilizing hip-hop lifestyle and culture as it premise to educate, uplift, and inspire our new generation. This property is known as the Real Hip-Hop Network. RHN has secured distribution of 45 million households in the US set to begin 1rst quarter of 2012. RHN has already launched overseas to 164 million households by programming 60% of EBS's daily schedule. EBS is Ethiopian based channel that broadcast free to air on Arabsat and covers part of North Africa, Middle East, Europe, and Asia. (If you recall BET sold to Viacom in 2001 for $3.5 Billion and they were only in 50 million households and none internationally) RHN has developed solid advertising relationships that will begin generating revenue immediately upon the US launch. RHN is in search of investments through a combination of cash and letters of credit to pay operational support and launch fees for the network. As an exit strategy for investors RHN has secured a fully reporting public vehicle that will be utilized to secure initial investments as well as fund RHN's aggressive expansion plan. While RHN is in its growth stage positive cash flow is immediately around the corner. With the right investors RHN will become one of the fasted growing companies of 2012. RHN has been featured in major brands such as Billboard Magazine, Washington Times, and Fast Company. RHN has also been featured on CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, and BET News. You can check out these news clips at (URL removed). RHN's website is currently begin revamped to support mobile apps, music store, social networking, and live streaming of the channel and live concerts from around the world. RHN is preparing to be the destination spot and representative of what’s cool with the young people. This is who advertisers are looking to reach and have increasingly used the Hip-Hop culture to sell everything from drinks, to cars, to health insurance. Get in on the ground floor of the next media conglomerate. This is the next big thing.