Mingle Media TV Network to Air New Web TV Talk Show Series: In Bed With…Jeff and Melissa

May 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Online media and live web TV network company, Mingle Media.TV today announced they are executive producing and  broadcasting a new Web TV Series with new media correspondents Jeff Rago and Melissa Jun Rowley, which will be aired on their network, as well as on Blip.TV, Boxee, Roku or as an iTunes podcast for on-demand replay.

The “In Bed With…” web series is the brainchild of hosts Jeff Rago (entertainment reporter and producer) and Melissa Jun Rowley (TV and online journalist). Jeff and Melissa are the shows under-the-cover agents getting the latest scoop from some of the most interesting and influential celebrities, entrepreneurs, and activists making headlines today in both traditional and social media. The show is intelligent, fun and disarming, its pillow talk, as you’ve never seen before. The audience will be surprised what they uncover, as you never really know what’s going to come up in bed.

In the debut webisode of “In Bed With…” Jeff and Melissa interview actor, producer, writer, Mark Gantt, winner of the 2010 Best Actor Streamy Award in his starring role in the Sony Pictures Television hit series, The Bannen Way. Gantt has also written, directed, produced and edited over a dozen short films (including the award-winning Martine), as well as acted opposite Brad Pitt in Ocean's Eleven, Burt Reynolds in The Hollywood Sign, as well as in many other films and TV shows.

Mingle Media TV currently produces over 30 hours of live and episodic web TV interactive programming each week. MMTVN's expert content providers creates a social Web TV experience where the show hosts and audience engage in a real-time conversations on topics they are interested in. Advertisers benefit from an integrated ad approach, where the hosts talk about products, which later become meta-tagged content on the internet as part of their sponsorship.

“When we met with Jeff and Melissa to discuss this project we knew it would be a fun and popular series for our viewers as it would bring them a more authentic look at the celebrity,” says Stephanie Piche, founder and CEO of Mingle Media TV. ““In Bed With…” is not be ‘more of the same’ one sees in most interviews, it’s an intimate chat where you see the heart of the person, not their celebrity.”

Watch “In Bed With…” on their Mingle Media TV channel http://www.minglemediatv.com/InBedWith.html. To find out more about “In Bed With…” and follow their updates, please visit their fan page at http://www.facebook.com/InBedWith .

About In Bed With’s Hosts: Jeff Rago and Melissa Jun Rowley
Jeff Rago is a freelance entertainment reporter and producer who has contributed to both national (Extra) and international (CNN International) l news programs as well as entertainment websites (ComingSoon.net). From red carpets to one-on-one rooms to intimate sit-downs, Jeff has gotten up close and personal with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Johnny Depp, Zach Braff, and Beyonce. Prior to his entertainment news life, Jeff spent 13 years working in the meetings and events industry sleeping in some of the most comfortable beds both nationally and internationally. Learn more about Jeff at www.jeffrago.com

Melissa Jun Rowley is a television and online journalist who has covered business news from the New York Stock Exchange for CNN Business News, red carpet glamour from the Oscars for CNN Entertainment and social action movements for Causecast. She has also produced and reported for Associated Press Television News, AMC, TV Guide Channel, E! , Entertainment and TechTV. She blogs about behind-the-scenes happenings at Hollywood events, activism, social entrepreneurship, family, love, and self-evolution. Melissa writes for the social media guide Mashable and for the LA Weekly. Melissa rarely sleeps, and she has moved around the country so much throughout her career that she has yet to invest in the kind of decadent bed she's always dreamed of having. Perhaps, the time has come. Learn more about Melissa at www.melissajunrowley.com.

About Mingle Media
Online media and live web TV network company, Mingle Media TV executive produces and broadcasts LIVE Video Streaming, IPTV, Web TV Talk Shows with subject matter experts, and social media content providers from authors to bloggers. Topics covered include Lifestyle, Education, Travel, Fashion, Celebrities, Causes, Food, Women’s Issues, Parenting, Baby Boomers, Bloggers, Financial, Relationships, Paranormal, and more. MMTVN also covers Hollywood celebrity and charity events from the red carpet and behind the scenes. Mingle Media's interactive programming creates a social Web TV experience where the audience and show hosts to engage in a real-time conversations during the broadcasts. MMTVN is a marketing-driven company offering unique content-driven campaigns for true brand engagements by wrapping brand messages into programming and packaged with pre/post roll ads that are distributed via widgets, iTunes, Facebook, Twitter, Boxee, Roku, blog posts and portals, as well as other social networking sites. Mingle Media’s sphere of influence reaches a large segment of the female and mom target audience off and online through blogs, websites, Twitter, social networks, radio and TV, businesses, mobile, events and is magnified by word-of-mouth and other channels. For more information, please visit http://www.minglemediatv.com.

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