Shout! Factory, Country Music Museum Team for Series

By Tom Gilbert

Shout! Factory, which specializes in DVDs of classic, contemporary and cult TV series, is joining forces with the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum to produce a multipart original series of specials on the history of country music for television broadcast and DVD distribution.

Under terms of the agreement, the partners will seek worldwide broadcast distribution, and Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall of Fame will retain worldwide home video and digital rights to the shows.

Installments in the series, to be produced under the supervision of country music documentarians Morgan Neville (Tremolo Productions) and David Leaf (David Leaf Productions), will include “The Roots of Country and Bluegrass,” “The Honky Tonk Tradition,” “Outlaw Country,” “The Nashville Sound,” “The Politics of Country,” “Country Songs and Songwriters,” “California Country” and “No Depression,” which is a detailed look at the alternative country music movement.

Last summer, Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum teamed to create DVD collections culled from the museum’s archive of original programs and single artist titles for home entertainment release.