National Research Firm Launches Music Video Contest for Election ´08

FLEMINGTON, N.J., May. 16 /PRNewswire/ --

FLEMINGTON, N.J., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- HCD Research announced today that it will use its mediacurves.com web site to conduct a national contest in which Americans will be invited to submit music videos in support of the two presidential candidates or parties.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071204/NYTU133LOGO) The contest which entitled Ballads for Ballots '08, will work like this: -- Mediacurves will invite the public to submit original music videos or song parodies to mediacurves.com. The music videos will support the Democratic or Republican parties or their presidential candidates. -- The music videos will be reviewed by mediacurves panelists (a large national panel of opt in consumers) to select two winners -- one for each party. Each winner will receive $5,000 cash award.

The results will be posted on mediacurves.com and other national media outlets.

Submissions of songs will begin June 15, 2008. To register to receive submission information, go to: http://www.mediacurves.com

The Media Curves web site provides the media and general public with a venue to view Americans' perceptions of popular and controversial media events and advertisements.

HCD Research is a communications research company headquartered in Flemington, NJ. The company's services include traditional and web-based marketing and communications research. For additional information on HCD Research, access the company's web site at www.hcdi.net or call HCD Research at 908-788-9393.