Synchronis.tv is creating Compelling, Character Rich, Plot Driven Webisodes, broadcast LIVE via the internet. We believe our years of experience both in front of and behind the camera put us in the perfect position to take advantage of two booming internet trends, online video and live streaming, and to be the first internet producers to turn our webisodes into must a must see viewer event.

Synchronis.tv aims to stand at the forefront of the growing intersection of media and technology by merging two booming internet trends, live broadcasting and internet episodics (webisodes). In the past few months the cost of live streaming has been virtually eliminated via new platforms like justin.tv, mogolus.tv and ustream.tv to name only a few. We intend to capitalize on this new and exciting democratization of live streaming, while adding significant content value to the live streaming platform. Our internet episodic series will be shot live, and will transcend the pure novelty of television on the internet to embrace a character rich, plot-driven, superbly crafted and acted series utilizing seasoned professionals. In broadcasting our episodes live, Synchronis.tv aims to be the first internet producers to successfully turn their web broadcast into a must see viewer event, combining the excitement of live television with the freedom and accessibility of broadcasting on the web. Our live episodes will be available to anyone, worldwide, with access to a broadband connection. Post broadcast, our episodes will be available via our website as well as through an RSS feed.

Producer/Actor- Kathryn Jones Kathryn is the producer, host and editor of www.ifnownow.net’s video podcast, Question of the Week. Entirely new to the world of producing and editing for video, in just six months Kathryn has conceived, produced, shot and edited 30 consecutive weekly episodes of "Question of the Week", which have been seen by well over half a million viewers. Kathryn is also proud to be an organizer for Podcamp NYC 2007, the largest podcamp to date, and Podcamp NYC 2008. Kathryn began her producing career on the stage with Dirigible Production’s, On the Verge, by Eric Overmeyer. With her partners, Kathryn produced and starred in On the Verge both in New York City and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She also conceived, produced, marketed and performed in Talent of Your Time, a first of its kind digitally shot actor showcase. Producer/Actor - Guiesseppe Jones heaters across the country including A.C.T. in San Francisco, Indiana Rep., Syracuse Stage, The Weston Playhouse, The Pioneer Theater Company, Capital Rep, The Clarence Brown Theatre, et.al. Most recently Guiesseppe has played the title roles in North Carolina Shakespeare’s productions of Othello and Julius Caesar as well as the role of “Logger” in the Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bullrusher, by Eisa Davis. Television credits include Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, Love Monkey and One Life to Live. Director- Adam Forgash Adam Forgash wrote and produced the feature film, Everything Put Together directed by Marc Forster, which was selected for the dramatic competition at Sundance and nominated for two Independent Spirit awards. He is also the writer and producer of the forth-coming feature film The Last New Yorker directed by Harvey Wang and currently in post. In 2006, Forgash was a resident at the PAL (Performing Arts Labs Ltd.) program in Kent, England where he was mentored by two-time Academy Award nominee, director Stephen Frears, and Ian Rickson, eight year artistic director of the Royal Court Theater of London. through many of the motion picture craft disciplines including, camera, G&E, art, and editorial. During this time he also directed several short films and found satisfaction in the theater where for ten years he directed his own staged work as well as the work of others. Forgash has adapted screenplays based on fiction by Michael Chabon and Ira Levin and is un-credited on many re-writes. He holds a Masters in Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona. Writer- Sharr White Sharr White’s play Six Years was selected for inclusion in the anthology, “Best American Plays of 2006”. Six Years was also a selection at the 30th Anniversary Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. White’s other plays include The Dream Canvas (downtown New York at Todo Con Nada); The Last Orange Dying (off-Broadway at the Ohio); Safe from the Future (off-Broadway at Raw Space); Heaven and All Things Lovely (far above Broadway in the Marriott Marquis, room 3806); Iris Fields (Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, Key West Theatre Festival); Satellites of the Sun (finalist, Princess Grace Award); The Escape Velocity of Savages (Dr. Henry and Lillian Nesburn Award as part of the Julie Harris Award in Playwriting); and Achilles in Sparta (a play for young performers at Denver Center Academy). Sharr is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Playwrighting Unit in New York, and a company member of Apartment A Productions in Los Angeles, where his most recent play, A Sunrise in Times Square, is currently running. He is a recipient of a 2006 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship.

• Kathryn Jones November 08, 2007

  On September 19th 2007 Synchronis.tv made history by being the first web 2.0 production company to stream a scripted web drama LIVE on the internet. Over 12 consecutive nights, 12 crew members and 8 actors gathered to shoot our first season of 10 episodes, shot with three cameras, mixed in real time and streamed live at 9 pm est via Ustream.tv. Our first season was covered by both the traditional press including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on line, as well as numerous well know blogs, including mashable, truemors, On Line Video Watch, Newteevee, Jeff Pulver, Steve Garfield and more.
• Bambi Francisco Roizen July 22, 2007

  Congratulations to Kathryn Jones. She figured out that by posting a comment on her pitch, her news goes directly to the Vator newsroom so others can discover the information. Essentially, Kathryn posted a comment regarding Synchronis.tv's partnership with NY's Digital Film Academy. I would not have known about this unless Kathryn posted it. Thanks for the update.
• Kathryn Jones July 21, 2007

  Update #2. Our production and creative team continues to grow, including an invaluable partnership with New York's Digital Film Academy, the 21st Century Film School, (www.digitalfilmacademy.com). Our entire team came together on the weekend of July 20th and 21st for two 12 hour promo shoots. The footage is stunning, and we will be releasing our "virals" in the coming weeks, although we will be posting a few samples on vator.tv in the next few days. For both creative and technical reasons, some of which I am not yet at liberty to discuss, we have pushed forward our live shooting date to September 17th, and are eagerly anticipating our first live episode.
• Kathryn Jones June 19, 2007

  Since our pitch first aired last monday we have added the phenomenal director of photography, Derek McKane, to our team. Derek has extensive experience as both a commercial and feature dp, and is an invaluable addition to our production staff.
  
  
• Matthias Schwarz June 15, 2007

  Very interesting pitch by obviously enthusiastic entrepreneurs. I like aspiring business owners who have done their homework and have a concept, a business model, and an understanding of their competitive advantage as well as the challenges. What strikes me as odd, though, is the fact that the pitch video for a live video business idea is of rather low lighting and sound quality, and also that they claim to be in "beta stage public testing" with a web site still reserved by a network registrar. Live worldwide broadcasting requires significant technical design and costly use of streaming reflector services, so the start-up cost to ramp up an actual product before being able to sell advertising and/or content licensing must be considered as both a challenge to Synchronis as well as a barrier to entry that might be better overcome by deep-pocketed established entertainment networks.
• Bambi Francisco Roizen June 15, 2007

  This is a great pitch! The founders - Kathryn and Guiesseppe Jones (cool name) make a compelling, succinct and engaging pitch -- full of statistics to support why Webisodes are going to attract an audience. There's a reason why soap operas were/are so successful. People want consistent programs about others they can identify with, if only to live in another reality. I'll definitely be tuning in to Synchrnonis.tv!