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Qwest TV is a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service featuring jazz and other eclectic music, including classical, blues, and soul.

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Qwest TV was created in 2017 by Quincy Jones and Reza Ackbaraly.

History

Key dates

Reza Ackbaraly (member of the Charles Cros Academy, musical programmer of the Jazz à Vienne festival in France, La Petite Halle de la Villette concert hall in Paris, and (previously) Mezzo TV), met Quincy Jones in 2014. It was during this meeting that plans for Qwest TV were laid. [1]

Qwest TV was officially introduced at the 51st Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2017. [2]

In September 2017, a pre-subscription campaign was launched at a tribute concert for Jones at the  Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. [3]

The pre-subscription campaign was conducted via the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. [4] [5]

In December 2017, a beta version of Qwest TV was officially launched. [6]

In 2020, Qwest had three channels: Qwest TV Jazz & Beyond for blues, soul, and funk music, Qwest TV Mix, and Qwest TV Classical. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Origins of the name "Qwest TV"

In the 1980s, Quincy Jones created his own record label, Qwest Records, before co-founding Qwest Broadcasting, a media broadcasting company in the United States.

Video catalog

The Qwest TV catalog features documentaries, concerts, archives, and exclusive content relating to "jazz and beyond", such as:

Each jazz video is accompanied by liner notes written by a journalist specializing in that genre. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ McCarthy, James. "Introducing: Quincy Jones' Qwest TV" . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Quincy Jones launches dedicated Jazz TV Channel". Jazz FM. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Qwest TV: Quincy Jones' new video-streaming service for jazz". Kickstarter. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ Jazz, All About. "Jazz news: Qwest TV by Quincy Jones: Only 1 day left to fund "The Netflix of Jazz" (Kevin Le Gendre - BBC Radio 3) on Kickstarter". All About Jazz News. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Netflix for Jazz? Quincy Jones's Qwest TV Takes Concerts and Films Digital". The New York Times. December 6, 2017. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  7. ↑ https://advanced-television.com/2020/09/23/qwest-tv-now-available-on-samsung-tv/
  8. ↑ https://theiabm.org/news/qwest-tv-partners-with-amagi-to-grow-ctv-business/
  9. ↑ https://qwest.tv/#Linear
  10. ↑ https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2021060260582/qwest-tv-makes-us-push-with-xfinity-partnership.html
  11. ↑ Connellan, Shannon. "Quincy Jones is about to launch the 'Netflix of jazz'". Mashable. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Quincy Jones Preps Jazz Video-On-Demand Platform Qwest TV". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
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