ATLANTA, GA – August 15, 2022 – Today, Urban Edge Network and HBCU Pulse announced their new marketing partnership ahead of the start of the 2022-2023 school year. HBCU Pulse will partner with Urban Edge Network to distribute their original content offerings such as interviews, the “Battle Of The DJs” franchise and HBCU Pulse’s signature HBCU Takeovers via HBCU League Pass.
HBCU Pulse will also air the video edition of “HBCU Pulse Radio”, an eponymous podcast and forthcoming national radio show, on the OTT service as well as other forthcoming projects. Urban Edge Networks will facilitate corporate partnerships, ad placement and negotiations for HBCU Pulse’s many muiti-media and digital platforms.
As part of a first-of-its-kind offering, HBCU League Pass Plus features live & on-demand HBCU content available 24/7. The platform’s collaboration with HBCU Pulse will expand the coverage of all 101 HBCUs in the nation as well as the students, alumni, faculty, staff and stakeholders excelling in the culture.
“I’m so excited to begin our partnership with Urban Edge Network & HBCU League Pass+,” said Randall Barnes, Founder and CEO of HBCU Pulse. “Our goal is to always stay at the forefront of the culture as well as different ways we can engage our audience in an ever changing media ecosystem. HBCU League Pass+ is positioned perfectly in the marketplace to give an outlet to platforms like ours to increase revenue and widen distribution of our content.”
About HBCU Pulse
HBCU Pulse was established in January 2017 in collaboration with Urban Intellectuals as an outlet that aimed to show the authentic HBCU Experience. The platform has since grown to 45,000+ followers on Instagram, 9,000+ likes on Facebook, and 8,000+ subscribers on YouTube and reaches millions of consumers daily with its content. HBCU Pulse has been featured on The Shade Room, Buzzfeed, GQ, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Tonight Canada and other platforms for its original and aggregated content.
For more information, visit www.hbcupulse.com
About HBCU League Pass Plus
HBCU League Pass Plus is an ad-supported Black College Sports Network, delivering 24/7 access to live and on-demand content from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. As a Microsoft Startup partner, HBCU League Pass Plus is a must-have free streaming service for all HBCU college sports fans! The HBCU League Pass Plus app is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as AppleTV, Amazon Fire Stick and Roku.
It can also be viewed online at https://watch.hbculeaguepassplus.com
