Industry Entertainment, Music Founded 2000 | Headquarters South River | |
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Area served United States and Canada Key people Andy Gesner - owner
Rob Fitzgerald - directing head of operations
Michael Kundrath - promotions manager, client acquisitions and relations Products Music video promotion
Promoter and distributor of music video content Website HIPVideoPromo.com YouTube.com/HipVideo
HipVideoPromo.Blogspot.com Type of business privately owned music video promotions company Profiles | ||
HIP Video Promo is a privately owned music video promotion company based out of South River, New Jersey. The company, founded by its current owner Andy Gesner, was established in 2000 and specializes in distributing music video content to national, multi-market, and regional outlets including television stations, retail pools and internet websites throughout the United States and Canada for broadcast. The HIP Video Promo servicing and promotional network includes close to 100 programmers and programming outlets including MTV, Fuse, VH1, BET, Much Music, and Pitchfork. The company promotes an average of 150 music videos per year.
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Early years
Andy Gesner founded the company in October 2000. The company's first clients included Virgin, Sub Pop, and Doghouse Records, which helped launch HIP Video Promo onto the music video promotion landscape. The name "HIP Video Promo" was generated from Andy's small record company he was running at the time called Hedgehog Records. HIP is an acronym. It stands for Hedgehog Independent Promotions. The company really started to gain ground in 2003, when HIP was hired to promote the Johnny Cash "Hurt" video. HIP then went on to work with Elvis Costello and Morrissey along with hundreds of other acts. Over the past thirteen years HIP Video Promo have promoted over 1600 videos (as of 2011) including Pearl Jam, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem, Bloc Party, The Shins, Maroon 5, Paramore and of Montreal.
Current Business
HIP Video headquarters is located in South River, New Jersey, from which the company runs most of their operations.