Adding value to entertainment

In 2017, digital distribution giants 21st Hapilos partnered up with Jamaica’s popular The Release, Entertainment and Lifestyle TV programme to exclusively broadcast the company’s ‘21st Hapilos Digital Top 10 Chart’, ‘21st Hapilos Digital Top 5 Monthly Album Chart’, and ‘Producer of the Month Features’.

As the largest independent distributor of urban music in the Caribbean plays such a worldwide omnipresence, the latter meshed perfectly with The Release, as the programme airs locally and in the wider Caribbean, Canada and USA, featuring international and local content such as fashion, music, technology and food.

“Working with Hapilos Entertainment has added great value to our show. They pride themselves on providing a credible chart based solely on the streams, sales and downloaded data from over 200 online music retail stores. This further aids in promoting producers who act as the backbone to the music that we hear daily,” stated Talisa Taylor, The Release executive producer.

In its 7th season, The Release has a production team in Jamaica, London and New York and is expanding rapidly. ‘Just as Hapilos motto states “Your Music Everywhere’, we showcase entertainment and lifestyle features so wherever the story takes us we are willing to go,” added Talisa.

A new episode of The Release premieres weekly on CVM TV on Fridays 9:30 p.m. with a repeat on Saturdays at 10 p.m. The Release also airs on Ready TV’s Scoop on Sundays and Mondays at 8:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 12 p.m. and Thursdays at 5 p.m. Internationally, The Release will premiere on HYPE TV in Jamaica, Barbados, St Lucia and St Vincent & Grenadines on Tuesdays 8:30 p.m., with repeats Thursdays and Saturdays 6:30 p.m. and on CEEN TV in the wider Caribbean, Canada and USA on Saturdays 8:30 p.m. and Sundays 5 p.m.