Record Label
Company that grew from [[artist:Steve Gottlieb]]'s Tee Vee Toons record label and its surprise success with the original *Television's Greatest Hits* album. TVT would release six more volumes in the popular TV theme song compilation series in addition to 30+ movie and TV soundtrack albums. TVT also expanded into signing artists as diverse as [[artist:Shona Laing]], [[artist:Nine Inch Nails]], [[artist:Jimmy Page]], [[artist:Ying Yang Twins]], [[artist:Lil Jon]], [[artist:Aphex Twin]], [[artist:KMFDM]] and [[artist:Snoop Dogg]]. TVT acquired [[label:Wax Trax! Records]] in 1992, putting it at the forefront of the industrial music scene. It also created music publishing and distribution units. After costly legal disputes involving [[artist:Ja Rule]] (over contractual obligations) and [[label:Slip-N-Slide Records]] over the rights to early material by [[artist:Pitbull]], the label filed for bankruptcy in 2008. TVT's assets, excluding the music publishing unit (which Gottlieb still owns), were awarded to UK-based digital music distributor [[label:The Orchard]] by a New York bankruptcy judge in June 2008.