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nugs.net Pioneers Live Concert Pay-Per-Views on AppleTV

Two new tvOS apps for watching live concerts on your AppleTV

The summer concert season is shifting into high gear, and nugs.net is bringing it to your couch via two new apps for your AppleTV. The nugs.tv app for tvOS is the first pure-play app for concert pay-per-views. Buy and watch live FullHD 1080p concert webcasts from some of this summer's biggest tours, including Phish, Dead & Company (featuring Grateful Dead members joined by John Mayer), Widespread Panic, and select concerts from venues like the Brooklyn Bowl and The Capitol Theatre. Fans can buy a pay-per-view and watch it live or On Demand after the event. Prices range from $9.99 to $29.99 depending on the artist and the event.

The LivePhish tvOS app is an adaptation of the popular Phish streaming service that debuted on iOS and Android platforms in the fall of 2014. The tvOS version offers subscription streaming of the entire LivePhish catalog of live concert audio recordings, along with access to the LivePhish webcast series. Phish has been offering pay-per-view webcasts of their concerts since 2010, streaming over 100 of their concerts live. The LivePhish iOS app consistently ranks in the Top 15 Grossing music apps in the iTunes iOS App Store.

nugs.net founder and CEO Brad Serling adds "When Apple unveiled the latest AppleTV we knew we'd found the sweet spot for our thriving concert pay-per-view business. The frictionless purchase process through fans' iTunes accounts is ideal for the impulse buy of a live concert stream."

Since 2010 nugs.net has offered hundreds of webcasts, with artists ranging from Metallica to Phish to Gary Clark, Jr. to the Grateful Dead. Until now, fans have tuned into nugs.net's webcasts via their computer or iOS or Android devices. Now with the nugs.tv app for tvOS, fans can watch directly on their AppleTV in FullHD.

 

ABOUT NUGS.NET

Founded in 1997 as a fan site for downloading live music, nugs.net has evolved into the leading source for official live music from some of the largest touring artists in the world. Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers and many other artists distribute recordings of every concert they play through nugs.net. nugs.net's platform includes downloads, CDs, webcasts, and subscription streaming services, delivering exclusive live content to millions of fans on a daily basis. Additionally, nugs.net founder Brad Serling hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM Jam On featuring the week in live music, cherry picked from the nugs.net catalog.

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