Archive for September, 2008

— NEW EPISODES INVITE GEEKS AND HACKERS TO ‘TRUST YOUR TECHNOLUST’ —

San Francisco, CA – September 8, 2008 – Revision3, the TV network for the Internet generation, today announced that it is bringing Hak5, a home-grown hit series fusing underground culture and mainstream IT, to its weekly lineup of pop culture shows. Covering everything from network security, open source software and forensics, to Do It Yourself projects and the homebrew scene, new episodes of Hak5 are live today on Revision3 at www.revision3.com/hak5.

“Back when we launched Tekzilla, a few fans accused us of ripping off Hak5’s brick-encrusted set. The correlation was spurious, but rather than alienate the industry’s top hackers, we decided it would be better to team up with Hak5 instead,” said Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3. “Seriously, it’s great to have such a hardcore hacking show round out our coverage for tech fanatics everywhere. And given the street cred of the Hak5 team, I’d rather have them with us than against us.”

Hak5, known as a hybrid of technology and geek humor, has been put together by a band of IT ninjas, security professionals and gaming enthusiasts since 2005. Within its first few months on-air the show had become a hit among tech enthusiasts as well as mainstream media, and currently attracts fans from around the world.

“With this partnership we intend to focus solely on delivering the kind of unique and high quality content our loyal viewers have come to expect,” said Darren Kitchen, Producer, Hak5. “We’re excited to become a part of Revision3’s great lineup of shows – and to extend our devoted audience in the near future.”

The first episode of Hak5 launches today on Revision3. Episodes will be hosted by Darren Kitchen, Matt Lestock and Shannon Morse and will appear regularly every Wednesday at 12 p.m. EST.

About Revision3
Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet, Revision3 is a TV network for the web, creating and producing shows for a new audience: passionate fans who want to watch shows about technology, modern culture and music that entertain, educate and help to expand their life experiences.

The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager, because they couldn’t find anything they wanted to watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer Jim Louderback. With more than 35 million downloads to date (and 4.2 million per month), Revision3’s programs can be found everywhere from Revision3 to a wide range of platforms, including Apple iTunes, Hulu, DivX, YouTube and PyroTV. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple Nano, on a computer or a TV.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact: Sarah Hawes, 212.255.8455 or shawna@rosengrouppr.com.

San Francisco, CA – September 4, 2008 – The search for the next “Seinfeld” of web video is now complete. In a poll of TVWeek readers, Revision3, the TV network for the Internet generation, is expected to be the web-video studio to launch the next Internet mega-hit. Selected by TVWeek to be one of five top web networks included in the poll, Revision3 received top billing from consumers—capturing 63 percent of the votes. The results of the poll were made public on TVWeek.com at http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/08/searching_for_web_videos_seinf.php.

TVWeek marks Revision3 as one of the “fast-moving web studios that are pumping out programs that are drawing advertisers and eyeballs online today.” TVWeek’s profile of Revision3 notes that its programs are consistently well-written and tightly produced with a strong network that is good at developing its own shows and also partnering with existing web series, such as “Epic Fu” and “Wine Library TV.” TVWeek appreciates that Revision3 “has its pulse on the early-adopter audience in web video” and believes “Martin Sargent is the greatest comedic talent on the web.”

“We are thrilled to be recognized by TVWeek as one of the top five Web video studios out there, and even more excited to be acknowledged by TV Week’s readers as tops out of such a great group of companies,” said Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3. “Revision3 continues to produce high-quality shows and episodes for the Web on a daily basis – this recognition proves that our viewers are more enthusiastic about our shows than ever.”

In addition, TVWeek cites Revision3’s strong advertisers, including Bank of America, GoDaddy, Virgin America, eMusic, Netflix, U.S. Air Force, Dr. Pepper, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Zune, Anheuser-Busch, CNN, Southern Comfort, Dolby and Verizon, and Hollywood connections as other key reasons for being named to the list.

About Revision3
Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet, Revision3 is a TV network for the web, creating and producing shows for a new audience: passionate fans who want to watch shows about technology, modern culture and music that entertain, educate and help to expand their life experiences.

The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager, because they couldn’t find anything they wanted to watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer Jim Louderback. With more than 35 million downloads to date (and 4.2 million per month), Revision3’s programs can be found everywhere from Revision3 to a wide range of platforms, including Apple iTunes, Hulu, DivX, YouTube and PyroTV. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple Nano, on a computer or a TV.

Contact: Sarah Hawes, 212.255.8455 or shawna@rosengrouppr.com.