We Launch JLTV Film Academy

Sign up now!

A few years ago we launched The Travel Channel Academy in partnership with The Travel Channel.

It was a resounding success.

We trained several thousand people and in the end fielded a trained army of content providers for The Travel Channel all over the world.

We learned two things from our experience with Current TV.

First, that there are thousands of people, perhaps millions, with great stories to tell who want to tell them.

Second, that if left untrained and unfocused, much of what they make, no matter how well-intentioned, is junk.

So we set out to train those who wanted to participate in the digital revolution and put them in touch with the people who wanted their content most.

Now, we’re launching The Jewish Life TV Film Academy.

Jewish Life TV is a relatively new cable channel.  Based in Los Angeles, it is the world’s only 24-hour Jewish-themed TV Channel. Launched in 2007, JLTV is now in more than 25 million homes and growing fast.  Its spotlight on Israel and Jewish life is facilitated by broadcast studios in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto as well as bureaus in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Washington DC, Miami, London and Moscow.

But now, we are going to be able to vastly expand the reach and content of JLTV by bringing in their viewers as producers of content.

But we’re not talking about Youtube.

We have been in the business of training people worldwide to make great video on their own, and our emphasis is and always has been on quality.

It’s a perfect match – cable channels that want and need new and creative content and viewers who want to contribute to the channel.

You can find out more about the introductory course we’re offering and see how you can become a possible contributor to JLTV (once you take the course and get certified!) by linking here.

Meanwhile, what can we say but Mazel Tov!

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 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.

1 Comment
  • Martha Davey January 26, 2012

    I am trying to find the name of a film, either in Hebrew or Yiddish. It concerned a symphony orchestra musician, perhaps a conductor, with a white beard and long hair and his encounter with the ghost of his father. His father had died when he was much younger than he was. At some point they start fighting and he says, Please, father, I’m not as young as you are!”

    It was a wonderful movie from around 1960 but I won’t swear to the date. I think it was in black and white.

    I would really appreciate anything anyone remembers.
    TIA.
    Martha