Revision3 Corporation
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Revision3 Corporation is an United States company that produces technology-related videos. The videos are distributed directly through Revision3's website, iTunes subscription, and BitTorrent in a large variety of formats.
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[edit] Company
The company is made up of the following:
- Jay Adelson (CEO, chairman)
- Kevin Rose (executive producer, host, founder)
- David Prager (COO, VP)
- Dan Huard (producer, host)
- Alex Albrecht (host)
- Heather Stewart (host)
- Martin Sargent (host)
- Ron Gorodetzky (director of technology)
- Wil Wheaton (host)
- Joey Rabier (producer, host)
- Jay Speiden (host)
- Hahn Choi (producer, host)
- Jessica Corbin (host)
- Stewart Engesser (producer, writer, host)
- Bert Monroy (host)
- Tom Rowles (producer, host)
- Jonathan London (producer, host)
- Dan Trachtenberg (producer, host)
[edit] History
The company was formed in Los Angeles, California by Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Dan Huard, Keith Harrison and Ron Gorodetzky in April, 2005. Kevin, Dan and Keith were previously employees of the television network TechTV, where they first released thebroken, a videozine related to computer hacking. After TechTV merged with G4 (with subsequent layoffs, including Huard, name change to G4techTV and later reverting back to G4, along with programming changes) and lost most of its technology related programming, Rose and Huard were inspired to create a new series, Systm, which is geared toward “the common geek”.
The name Revision3 refers to the progression television has, and will make over the years. As described by Jay Adelson and David Prager, "Revision 1: Cable, adding general interest channels, catering to most common denominator. Revision 2: PC-based Internet video, indy films, no business model, no loyalty, no audience. Revision3: TV and Internet converge. iPods, Tivo, mobile, broadband enable mass, loyal audience to shift to on-demand, niche content." (Revision 0 is, of course, standard broadcast television of yesterday).
On August 5th, 2005, David Prager and Alex Albrecht joined Revision3. Albrecht co-hosts Diggnation with Rose and contributes to other projects, while Prager contributes to production and business development.
Rose left his job as a host of the G4 series Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) on May 27, 2005 to work full time for Revision3 Corporation.
Rose announced on the September 16th episode of Diggnation that Keith Harrison had left Revision3 to "do his own stuff"[1]
On September 27th, 2006, Revision3 launched their new site, as well as new shows. The new shows are Mysteries of Science, NotMTV, PixelPerfect, and Web Drifter.
In November 2006, the Diggnation podcast accepted sponsorship from the Microsoft Zune and HD-DVD, and the March 8, 2007 episode was sponsored by IBM. This was considered a major development for Revision3.
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Revision3 Corporation official website
- thebroken official website
- Systm official website
- Diggnation official website
- Infected official website
- InDigital official website
- Geekdrome official website
- Geekscape official website
- Ctrl+Alt+Chicken official website
- The Totally Rad Show official website
| Revision3 Network |
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| Revision3 Corporation |
| Revision3 podcasts |
| the broken | Ctrl+Alt+Chicken | Diggnation | Geekdrome | iFanboy | InDigital | Infected | Mysteries of Science | notmtv | PixelPerfect | Systm | The Totally Rad Show | Web Drifter |
| Revision3 show hosts |
| Alex Albrecht | Jeff Cannata | Hahn Choi | Jessica Corbin | Dan Huard | Bert Monroy | Kevin Rose | Martin Sargent | Heather Stewart | Dan Trachtenberg | Wil Wheaton |
| Former Revision3 hosts |
| Andrew Hawn | Jonathan London | Diane Mizota |
