| “Why would I want to do video promotion?” you might ask. It is a great promotional tool to get your name, face, and music out to people all over the country. Not only do we talk to MTV, Fuse, Much Music, and VH1 about your video, but we also reach out to over 150 national, regional and community video shows that love to see and play new videos for their potential audience of thousands to millions of households.
Video promotion does not stop at the television set. We can also get your video out to retail video pools, which add major label and independent videos alike to their reels. These reels go out to hundreds of retail chains in thousands of locations across the country. Some of the chains that received these reels are Sketchers, Vans, Foot Locker, Champs, Macy’s, Sears, Circuit City, Wet Seal, Nordstroms, Gadzooks, Hard Rock Café, Virgin Megastore, Hastings Music, Musicland/Sam Goody, Mars Music and Tower Records, to name a few. The next time you go into a store and see monitors playing music videos, know that you could see your own video playing there too! Beyond borders, we promote to several video-streaming sites such as Blastro, and Yahoo’s Launch. We can have your band’s video featured and available online for streaming and requests on these and other popular sites.
Duplication and video formats:
You have a video produced, and you are ready to get it out to the world. First, you need to make sure you have copies of your video on a variety of formats. Not every video show produces off of the same video format. The most common video formats that you need to send out to shows are Mini-DV, ¾” tape, Beta SP, VHS, DVD, and the more rare Super VHS, Digi-Beta and DV-Cam.
If you need us to, we can help to set you up with duplication companies that have great prices, and they can even do the mail out of your video. The duplication company will create copies of the video off of a master copy that you provide. For quality purposes, it is best to have your Master copy shot on Digi-Beta, Beta, DV-Cam, 1” tape, or D2 (a high quality, uncompressed digital cassette with a long shelf life. D2 is the format that most major label videos are shot on. This format can be very expensive, and it is by no means a requirement for video airplay.)
It is best not to shoot your Master copy on VHS or DVD. Due to the compression of DVDs, a copy duplicated off of a DVD master does not look as good as a Beta Sp, DV Cam, Digi-Beta or D2 master.
Another thing to note about DVD is that they have 4 speeds: XP, SP, LP and EP. If you are going to record or duplicate anything onto a DVD, make sure to use XP mode. XP is the highest quality in that 2 hours of recorded material will become 1 hour on a 4.7-gigabyte disc.
When you are ready for us to promote your video, we will provide you with a list that outlines which video formats are accepted at each network, show, retail video pool, and internet streaming site.
What should I send to Replay Video Promotion?
I prefer to view your video on either a VHS or a DVD copy.
Please send me:
1. A copy of your video on VHS or DVD
2. The lyrics to the song featured on your video
3. A copy of your latest CD
4. Your band’s bio
5. Your contact information
To: Replay Video Promotion
5605 Woodman Ave. Suite 206
Van Nuys, CA. 91401
From there we can discuss the best way that we can promote your video.
Have any questions?
Please call us at 818-901-1122
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