A Bit Further Down The Road

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A few years ago, Betsy Brumley-Bernier and her husband Kevin took one of our 4-day intensive video training seminars.

Yesterday, we took a look at Lashan and Chris Kohatsu’s first pass at a pitch for a food and travel show.

As soon as I posted, Betsy emailed me and said:

I just read your blog about former students pitching a show. Pretty good stuff they did. Well, I wanted to toot my own horn. The show Kevin and I shot 2 years ago has been re-edited and made into a full 24 episodes. This time 30 minutes. And you should see the commercials. Wow! It’s like a whole new show. We just started pitching it to networks in July and have been picked up by a few small networks in the US, we are on Dish and Direct on those small stations and a Canadian one that covers all of Canada except Vancouver. We most likely will be picked up by the largest Christian network in Canada and they are talking about putting our show on their international stations.
Betsy and Kevin are a major television success story.
And they did it all on their own.
We always tell people to head for a niche, and they’ve got one. You can also check out their website: www.ifaproductions.com They’ve also got their own Youtube Channel. Congrats guys. Another success story!
Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.