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Fabchannel.com was a Dutch company that aimed to give attention to artists unrecognized by the mass media.The project was founded by Justin Kniest in 2000 in collaboration with internet service provider XS4ALL and broadcast facility company N.O.B.The website streamed free live and on-demand video from the Paradiso Melkweg venues in Amsterdam the Netherlands and The Roxy Theatre venue in Los Angeles.With more than 900 live concerts festivals performances debates and lectures Fabchannel.com built a substantial concert video archive their claim of being ‘the largest concert video archive in the world’ however being an exaggeration given the far larger archives developed by major broadcasters such as BBC.In April 2007 Fabchannel announced that it has launched its own channel on Joost an online TV distribution platform.