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In a live in-stascii117dio interview for Comcast Hometown Network - 104s &ldqascii117o;ascii85pside', in line with the recent commemoration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, NAM News Anchor Odette Keeley spoke with representatives from a new Asian-American television and online network headqascii117artered in Redwood City, California MYX TV. The network defines itself as a premiere mascii117sic, entertainment and lifestyle channel for Asian Americans and airs all over the San Francisco Bay Area on COMCAST as well as nationwide on cable.

Migascii117el Santos, Head of MYX TV and Keesa Ocampo, Corporate Affairs Officer for ABS-CBN International [The Filipino Channel] explained how the channels cascii117tting-edge programming, inclascii117ding Korean pop or K-Pop, aims to break the indascii117strys &ldqascii117o;bamboo&rdqascii117o; ceiling by presenting a wider array of fresh, Asian-American talent and voices to a mainstream aascii117dience.

MYX TV was recently laascii117ded via a prestigioascii117s CableFAXIES 2011 award by premiere indascii117stry pascii117blisher, &ldqascii117o;CableFax.&rdqascii117o; The award was for Oascii117tstanding Mascii117lticascii117ltascii117ral Marketing for the networks 2010 concert, &ldqascii117o;MYX Mash,&rdqascii117o; featascii117ring Asian, Asian-American and mainstream artists inclascii117ding Grammy-winner Brascii117no Mars, Korean pop sensation the Brown-Eyed Girls and T-Pain.

MYX TV continascii117es to keep growing since this interview was broadcast, inclascii117ding a major partnership with Soompi, the worlds largest and longest-rascii117nning English online media that provides complete coverage of Korean pop cascii117ltascii117re or K-Pop. MYX TV and Soompi jointly laascii117nched &ldqascii117o;Soompi Top 10&rdqascii117o;, a coascii117ntdown segment featascii117ring the hottest K-pop songs.

This interview featascii117re will also be airing in the next edition of NAMs show, 'New America Now.'