TurnHere and Beet.TV partner to bring new media news from around the world

TurnHere and Beet.TV have partnered up to bring more new media news from around the world to Beet.TV viewers via spot-news segments shot by the TurnHere filmmaker network.  Beet.TV is a leading new media news blog and will use this new partnership to double the number of video segments produced each month.  TurnHere's global network will allow Beet.TV to shoot in far-flung places such as Toyko, Tel Aviv and London as well as cover more industry events across the country.

Here's TurnHere's CEO Brad Inman talking with Beet.TV founder Andy Plesser about the deal.

TurnHere is excited about this opportunity to work with Beet.TV to extend Beet.TV's innovative coverage of the movers and shakers in the new media space.

Read more from the press release:

Under terms of the agreement, TurnHere will create original video news content for Beet.TV on location in the United States, Europe and Asia. TurnHere will provide on-the-ground video production support to Beet.TV, enabling it to gather interviews and report news stories with digital influencers around the world. TurnHere’s distributed filmmaker network streamlines the production and distribution of news content around the world and decreases the costs typically associated with traditional broadcast film crews by spearheading a new form of online news reporting and content delivery.

The collaboration will double the video content on Beet.TV to approximately 60 segments per month. Beet.TV, a leading video blog and producer of technology and media news video, will tap into TurnHere’s global network of more than 3,500 independent filmmakers to shoot the original video news segments.

“Our relationship with TurnHere adds great value to our operation as it allows us to quickly scale the scope and depth of our online video content,” said Andy Plesser, founder and CEO, Beet Media LLC. “TurnHere’s proven approach to online video production and distribution will provide considerable value to our offering and help us widen the amount of informative video that we can deliver to viewers.”

Growing, Expanding and Looking for You

We keep growing here at TurnHere and we're constantly on the lookout for great people.  Right now we're looking for the following folks:

• Sales and business development
• Marketing coordinator
• Front-end Web programmers
• Technical product/project managers
• Quality assurance associate

If you're interested in one of these positions please visit our jobs page.  If you're passionate about work, thrive in a start-up environment and believe Web-video is a major force in the future of online marketing we want to talk to you.

TurnHere is an equal opportunity employer.

TurnHere Internet Video Snags Three Industry Vets and Opens New York Office

Today we announced the opening of our new New York City offices.  They're located at 215 Park Ave South, Suite 1101, New York, NY 10003.  The new offices will help us better serve our clients in the publishing, media and travel industries that are based in the Big Apple.

Much more exciting than the new office space, however; is the announcement of three people that we've hired to lead the growth of the New York operation.  All three have deep backgrounds in their respective fields and we're ecstatic that they've chosen to join TurnHere.  With backgrounds in publishing, production and video strategy they are talented individuals that will help grow and extend TurnHere's  business.

The  new additions to the TurnHere team are:

• Claire Israel, director of business development – A publishing industry thought leader and speaker, Claire joins TurnHere from Simon & Schuster’s Digital Group to drive TurnHere’s  publishing business;       
• Andrew Bennett, director of corporate development – An Emmy Award-winning producer, most recently from HBO, Andrew will drive the growth of TurnHere’s filmmaker network and guide the development of new product offerings;       
• Meg Crumbine, director of business development – A video communications specialist with over 20 years of experience, Meg will drive business growth in the travel and hospitality vertical.       

From the release:

“Our New York presence will strengthen our existing business relationships, while focusing our efforts strategically in the fast-growing vertical markets that are largely centered on the East Coast,” said Bradley Inman, founder and CEO of TurnHere. “The addition of respected industry veterans to our growing team and the expansion of our operations is indicative of the great demand that both major brands and small businesses have for TurnHere’s studio-quality, low-cost videos produced in our signature authentic and relatable style.”

So join us in welcoming Claire, Andrew and Meg to the team and stop by and see us in the Big Apple sometime soon.  And if you want to learn more about how TurnHere's of online video production and  distribution platform can help your business feel free to contact one of them.