EST. 1994AMERICA'S FIRST MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTOR500+ OUTLETS7,400 RETAIL LOCATIONSON AIRMTV · BET · REVOLT · CMT · MUSIC CHOICE · STINGRAYPROMOTED: CHANCE THE RAPPER · D.R.A.M. · FAT JOE · REMY MADIGITAL DELIVERY: EMPIRE · ATLANTIC · INTERSCOPE · OWSLA · ARMADA · KOBALTWE ANSWER THE PHONEEST. 1994AMERICA'S FIRST MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTOR500+ OUTLETS7,400 RETAIL LOCATIONSON AIRMTV · BET · REVOLT · CMT · MUSIC CHOICE · STINGRAYPROMOTED: CHANCE THE RAPPER · D.R.A.M. · FAT JOE · REMY MADIGITAL DELIVERY: EMPIRE · ATLANTIC · INTERSCOPE · OWSLA · ARMADA · KOBALTWE ANSWER THE PHONE
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Music Video Promotion

Get your video on TV.

Rive Music Video Promotion can get your music video aired on as many as 500-plus national and regional video programs, internet sites, music blogs, music video DJ pools, retail pools, and video-on-demand digital cable programs. Promotion that gets your music video everywhere it needs to be seen.

Packages & Pricing

Pick a lane.

Two flat-priced submission tiers plus full 4-week and 8-week promotional campaigns. Full-campaign pricing is quote-driven — every release has different goals, formats, and outlet priorities, and we build the proposal around them.

TIER 01

MTV / BET Submission Only

$199

Per video · one-time

Includes formatting your video for broadcast specs, closed captioning, and delivery to the Viacom acquisitions meeting.

  • Broadcast-spec formatting
  • Closed captioning
  • Delivery to the Viacom acquisitions meeting
Purchase this package
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National Shows Package

$300

Per video · one-time · MTV / BET / REVOLT TV / Music Choice

Digital delivery of the video to each show's programming and acquisitions. Getting you any notifications they send as to how they are going to use your video.

  • Digital delivery to MTV programming and acquisitions
  • Digital delivery to BET programming and acquisitions
  • Digital delivery to REVOLT TV programming and acquisitions
  • Digital delivery to Music Choice programming and acquisitions
  • Programmer notifications back to you
Contact us for a custom proposal
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4-Week Full Promotional Campaign

Quote-driven

Contact us for custom proposal and pricing

Shorter-cycle full promotion and distribution. For releases where a 4-week window is the right fit. Tracking reports throughout. Pricing built around your release goals and outlet priorities.

  • Distribution to over 500 video platforms
  • Submission to all programming meetings
  • Weekly pitching to programmers
  • Tracking reports through the campaign
  • Broadcast mastering and closed captioning
  • Digital press release
Contact us for a custom proposal
TIER 04

8-Week Full Promotional Campaign

Quote-driven

Contact us for custom proposal and pricing

Full promotion and distribution to over 500 outlets across the full 8 weeks, with 8 weekly tracking reports. Most artists need the full 8 weeks to establish the video and to get on as many playlists as possible, especially as an unknown artist.

  • Full promotion and distribution to over 500 outlets
  • 8 weekly tracking reports
  • Broadcast mastering and reformatting
  • Production and closed captioning
  • Digital press release
  • Links to blog posts, comments from programmers, screenshots of video placement where available
Contact us for a custom proposal

Full-campaign pricing is built around each release. Send us a link to your music video and we'll send back a custom proposal — plus our free list of 500+ broadcast, OTT, retail, and DJ outlets.

What's Included

Full promotional campaign includes.

Below is the complete deliverable list for a full Rive Video promotional campaign. Every campaign covers the same fundamentals; the 4-week and 8-week tiers differ in duration, weekly cadence, and budget.

CH 02 · FULL CAMPAIGN
  • Secure airplay and features on music playlists, websites or blogs
  • Duplication, closed captioning and full production and promotion
  • Promotional campaign for 8 weeks — with weekly tracking reports
  • Distribution to over 500 video platforms
  • Submission to all programming meetings
  • Submission to all NATIONAL OUTLETS: MTV, BET, REVOLT TV, CMT, Music Choice, Stingray
  • Submission to European platforms: MTV UK, MTV BASE, MTV India/Asia, VH1 India, MTV PUSH
  • International airplay — Much Music, MTV LA, Trace TV, MTV Upload, TR3S + many more
  • Distribution to hundreds of national and regional markets
  • Posts and features on internet music websites and music blogs
  • Placement on retail & DJ video pools — exposure in retail stores, malls, clubs, casinos, more
  • Press release blasts to thousands of industry contacts, press, websites and music blogs
  • Social media marketing to engage your social media outlets
  • Correctly set up on your own official YouTube channel
  • Correctly set up your own VEVO channel
  • Weekly reports letting you know who, when and where your video is being aired
  • Reports include programmers' reactions and URL links to blog posts with your video
  • Peace of mind knowing your video is being fully utilized for maximum exposure

8-Week vs 4-Week

Which campaign length is right for you?

Most artists need the full 8 weeks to establish the video and to get on as many playlists as possible, especially as an unknown artist. The 4-week campaign is built for releases with a shorter promotional window or follow-up singles riding existing momentum.

CH 03 · COMPARE

Campaign length

4 weeks

8 weeks

Weekly tracking reports

Throughout the campaign

8 weekly tracking reports

Distribution to 500+ outlets

Included

Included

Submission to programming meetings

Included

Included

Broadcast mastering and closed captioning

Included

Included

Digital press release

Included

Included

Best for

Shorter promotional windows, follow-up singles, established artists with existing audience

Establishing the video, maximum playlist saturation, unknown or breaking artists

Pricing

Quote-driven · contact for proposal

Quote-driven · contact for proposal

International Reach

European and international platforms.

Full Rive campaigns submit to European broadcast platforms and secure international airplay alongside the US national outlets. Below are the international platforms covered in a full promotional campaign.

CH 04 · INTERNATIONAL

European platforms — submission

  • MTV UK
  • MTV BASE
  • MTV India/Asia
  • VH1 India
  • MTV PUSH

International airplay

  • Much Music
  • MTV LA
  • Trace TV
  • MTV Upload
  • TR3S
  • Many more

International reach is included in every full Rive promotional campaign alongside the US national outlets (MTV, BET, REVOLT TV, CMT, Music Choice, Stingray) and the broader 500+ broadcast, OTT, retail, and DJ distribution network.

Your Music Belongs On Playlists

Airplay where new fans will find you.

So your new music video is uploaded on YouTube and Spotify — but do your fans know? Rive Music Video Promotion gets your video on the playlists you need. We get you airplay so that new fans discover your new music video releases. You need exposure and you need to be seen and heard.

You will only grow your fan base when your new music video is put in front of new fans' eyes and ears. You need airplay on playlists — that's what we do for our clients.

CH 05 · PLAYLISTS
  • Gyms
  • Fitness centers
  • Health clubs
  • Malls
  • Cruise ships
  • Retail stores
  • Hotels
  • Resorts
  • Bars & clubs
  • Closed circuit retail pools
  • Hundreds of regional markets
  • Hundreds of blogs & playlists
  • YouTube curated playlists

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Ready to roll

Let's build your campaign.

Send us a link to your music video. We'll send back a custom promotion proposal — plus our free list of 500+ platforms. Or call John directly.