Two VJ Success Stories
Here’s a look at two VJ success stories from two different VJs at different places in their careers. The first is from Jules Broste, who took the TCA in Colorado on our Ski/Shoot seminars with Vail Resorts. Â Jules has...
Read moreClose Down The Newsroom
Lisa reviews Nathasha’s piece without leaving home, and talks to her face-to-face. Among other things, we run three hyperlocal TV operations: one in DC, one on Long Island and one in New Jersey. Â Each one puts out original...
Read morePUSH/PAUSE OPENS SECOND MARKET ON L
Are you watching us in DC or on Long Island? Two years ago we entered into a partnership with Verizon and their FiOS network in the DC area to produce hyperlocal content for FiOS users. In 1992, when we...
Read moreThe Local Wars
All news is local….. In 2004, on the heels of 5 years with the BBC, we started on a second project. Hyperlocal news. The test base was Birmingham, England, and we built 5 ‘hyperlocal news pods” in 5 Birmingham...
Read moreVerizon is 1 Year Old
Our partnership with Verizon to build and run a VJ-driven hyperlocal tv station is now one year old, and The Wall Street Journal has written a very nice piece about us: Kids, Thugs, Dogs, Cats Drafted Into TV Battle...
Read moreMore from Verizon – Colby Hartburg
Colby Hartburg – Verizon Hyperlocal VJ All pieces shot, written, produced, edited, voiced, researched and reported by Colby in one day. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=QyKSfhQRrPM] – behind the scenes as Mount Vernon restores a historic building [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhODYa5cGAY] – a look at an...
Read moreMore From Verizon Hyperlocal
All of these shot, written, edited, tracked and produced in 1-day turns by VJ Aaron Rocket. More to come from the team… [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=6GAdl1K6Kcs] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VC91DdC_vvc] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hawksb807io] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=liaFk5cdvSI]
Read moreVerizon Hyperlocal – 1 year later
We are coming up on the One Year Anniversary of our experimental hyper-local news project with Verizon’s FIOS network. By any measure, the project has been a massive success and we expect it to continue and expand. Here’s a...
Read moreStuck In Vermont
The Revolution pops up in lots of unexpected places. Network newsrooms and local TV stations are really the last places where this will happen. Particularly networks. But as with the web, small start ups, out in the sticks are...
Read moreMeet Andre Zalbertus
He was also the Moscow correspondent for German television…. Andre Zalbertus is someone you should get to know.
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