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Revision3
Type Subsidiary
Industry Technology
Founded Los Angeles, California, U.S. (2005)
Founder(s) Jay Adelson
David Prager
Kevin Rose
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people Jay Adelson (Chairman)
Jim Louderback (CEO)
Products Video podcasts
Owner(s) Discovery Communications[1][2]
Employees 35
Website http://www.revision3.com

Revision3 is a San Francisco based Multi Channel and Internet television network and that creates, produces and distributes web television shows on niche topics.

The company name refers to the revisioning of video programming, according to founders Jay Adelson and David Prager. The first revision was cable television, adding general interest channels, catering to the “most common denominator”. The third revision or Revision3 is TV and Internet converged. iPods, TiVo, mobile, broadband enable mass, loyal audience to shift to on-demand, niche content.[3]

Contents

Shows [edit]

Production and Distribution [edit]

Some of the shows are produced and owned by Revision3 however most of Rev3's shows are produced independently. Revision3 only handles the distribution and marketing aspects of these shows and does not produce the content. In February 2008 Revision3 completed work on its own studio where their own shows are recorded.

The shows have been distributed through a wide range of platforms and distribution partners, including Virgin America's in-flight entertainment system, CNET TV, iTunes, Discovery.com, BitTorrent, YouTube, PyroTV, Miro, TiVo, Zune, Apple devices, Android and Xbox. The shows have also been distributed in wide variety of formats, including QuickTime, Windows Media Video, Theora, WebM and Xvid. An embeddable Flash/HTML5 player is also available. Revision3 utilizes BitGravity's content delivery network for the distribution of the shows video files.[4] In September 2011, Revision3 programming began to air on cable television on the rebranded YouToo TV, the former American Life Network. In September 2012, Revision3 partnered with YouTube to create TechFeed, an original channel based around technology made by Revision3 and existing hosts.[5] In March 2013, the company launched an official Revision3 Xbox 360 app for Xbox Live Gold members.[6]

Current Programming [edit]

Technology [edit]

  • TechFeed

Revision3's YouTube original channel with different weekly shows from technology hosts.[7]

  • Tekzilla

The latest in technology with Veronica Belmont, Patrick Norton, and Robert Heron.

  • TechFeed's Fact or Fictional

Veronica Belmont looks at technology in movies and TV and checks with professionals to see if it is real.

  • The Ben Heck Show

Ben Heck builds new technology through different projects.

  • TechFeed News

The latest tech news with Scott Bromley and Annie Gaus.

  • TechnoBuffalo

The latest technology advice, rumors and opinion with Jon Rettinger.

  • TechFeed's TechnoBuffalo's Driven

Jon Rettinger looks at the latest cars and in-car technology.

  • Foundation

Interviews of successful technology entrepreneurs with Kevin Rose.

  • Hak5

Hacks and other in-depth technology coverage with Darren Kitchen and Shannon Morse.

  • TechFeed's Threat Wire

Looking into security and rights of the internet with Hak5.

  • TechFeed's downLOADED

Technology discussion show with Jim Louderback.

  • GeekBeat.TV

Technology news updates with Cali Lewis.

  • O.S. ALT

Covering the latest in Linux and tutorials with Nixie Pixel.

  • Soldier Knows Best

The latest in technology with Mark Watson.

  • TechFeed's Soldier's Tech Battlefield

Comparing two tech products to see which is the best with Mark Watson.

  • TechFeed's SuRRvival Gear

Looking into outdoor technology with Richard Ryan.

  • Amplified

Behind the scenes of Soundman Car Audio, a garage that specialises in audio systems.

  • Gizmo Slip

Technology durability tests in the form of 'drop tests'.

  • Ty's iHelp

The latest in Apple technology et al. with Ty Moss.

  • Unbox Therapy

The latest technology unboxed and reviewed.

  • HD Nation

The latest home-theater tech.

  • MobileGeeks

Covering the latest mobile technology.

Gaming [edit]

  • Rev3Games

The network of shows on a central YouTube channel with different feeds on Revision3's website. It includes Revision3's hosts with Adam Sessler serving as executive producer.[8]

  • ScrewAttack

The network of original shows from ScrewAttack, posted after their original launch on ScrewAttack.com.[9]

  • Destructoid

Gaming news updates with Max Scoville and Tara Long in association with the game news site of the same name.

  • Rev3Games Reviews

Reviews on new games from an individual member of the Rev3Games staff.

  • Rev3Games Previews

Previews on upcoming games through a variety of formats, such as vlogs and interviews.

  • Rev3Games' Sessler's Something

Adam Sessler editorializes and talks about 'in the news trends' involving gaming; a continuation of Sessler's G4 web series Sessler's Soapbox with the same basic format.

  • Rev3Games' Spoiled Games

Discussion of a recent game hosted by Adam Sessler, free to discuss any spoilers.

  • Rev3Games' Casual Friday

Gaming discussion with Revision3's hosts involving one topic and alcoholic drinks.

  • Rev3Games' Address the Sess

A live show where anyone can ask Adam Sessler anything through the Google+ Hangouts platform.

  • Rev3Games' Random Encounter

Miscellaneous gaming pieces with Anthony Carboni.

  • Rev3Games Originals

Miscellaneous original content from Rev3Games, including comedy sketches, playthroughs and updates.

  • ScrewAttack's Death Battle!

Pits two characters from gaming to a fight to the death.

  • ScrewAttack's Hard News

Gaming news with ScrewAttack staff.

  • ScrewAttack's SideScrollers

Gaming discussions with ScrewAttack staff.

  • Rich Alvarez

Comedy skits involving video games from YouTube's RMA Productions.

Other [edit]

  • DNews

A scientific take on news and popular culture in association with Discovery News with Anthony Carboni, Laci Green and Trace Dominguez.

  • The Philip DeFranco Show

Philip DeFranco talks about the latest in popular culture.

  • Scam School

Tricks and puzzles with Brian Brushwood.

  • Triune Films' Film Riot

Film-making tutorials mixed with comedy sketches from Ryan Connolly.

  • Triune Films' Film State

Movie news with Ryan Connolly.

  • Movie Night

Movie reviews from Jonathan Paula.

  • Melodysheep

Melancholy auto-tune remixes.

  • Triune Films' Variant

Comic book reviews with Arris Quinones.

  • Breakin' it Down

Movie reviews from Catherine Reitman.

  • Just for Laughs Gags / Hidden Camera Classics

Hidden camera clip show.

  • HowStuffWorks' Stuff of Genius

Short videos about famous inventions.

  • HowStuffWorks' Invisible Man

Tutorials on "absolutely everything".

  • HowStuffWorks' Stuff You Should Know

Interesting obscure facts.

  • HowStuffWorks' Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

History presented in a 'conspiracy' propaganda format.

  • Nixie Pixel's Geekbuzz

Vlogs on technology and life.

  • RatedRR

Richard Ryan presents militaristic takes on technology and movie coverage.

  • Toasted Donut

A discussion show with Glenn McElhose.

  • Annie's Bits

Clip show, mainly focusing on other Revision3 shows, from Annie Gaus.

  • Cute Win Fail

Clip show with Toby Turner.

  • GoRemy

Comedy sketches with Remy.

  • Big Cat Rescue

Videos from Big Cat Rescue, a big cat animal sanctuary.

  • Petsami

Videos of pets.

  • Simply Unlucky

Yu-Gi-Oh unboxings.

History [edit]

In-House [edit]

The company was founded in Los Angeles, California by Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose and David Prager in April 2005.[4] Dan Huard, Keith Harrison, and Ron Gorodetzky were also involved. Most of them were previously employees of the television network TechTV.

Show development began in July 2003 with a podcast series called thebroken, a videozine related to computer hacking featuring Rose and Huard. After TechTV merged with G4 and removed most of its technology related programming, Rose and Huard were inspired to create a new series, Systm, in May 2005, which is geared toward “the common geek”. 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. The popular show Diggnation, also starring Rose, followed in July 2005, forming the first three shows of the new network. Alex Albrecht joined Revision3 on August 5, 2005, to co-host Diggnation with Rose and contribute to other projects while Prager focused on production and business development.

It was announced on July 10, 2007, that Jim Louderback would become the new CEO of the Revision3 Corporation. He previously worked as editor-in-chief for PC Magazine, a publication of Ziff Davis.[10] He was followed by Patrick Norton in August 2007, who worked at Ziff Davis as 'head of podcasts' and host of the IPTV show DL.TV. At Revision3, he is now Managing Editor and the co-host of Systm, Tekzilla, and HD Nation. At DL.TV, he was replaced by Roger Chang who in turn left DL.TV and Ziff Davis in December 2007 to join Revision3. Chang has joined Norton as co-producer of Systm and Tekzilla.[11] All three had previously worked at TechTV.

On April 9, 2008, Revision3 announced that Veronica Belmont would be joining the Revision3 staff as co-host of Tekzilla. On April 21, 2008, on the 47th episode of Systm, it was announced that Chief Engineer and co-host David Randolph had left for another job outside of Revision3. On June 6, 2008, CEO Jim Louderback cancelled the show Social Brew after only four episodes. Previous to the announcement Revision3 employee Neha Tiwari was let go without notice.

On June 16, 2009, Patrick Norton announced that Systm would no longer be a weekly show, instead becoming segments within his other show, Tekzilla. He also announced that he would be launching a new show in July called HD Nation, which will be a show all about HD and Home Theatre. It will be co-hosted by Robert Heron who was a co-host on DL.TV, with Patrick Norton, and then remained host for 23 months after Norton left.

On October 10, 2010, Revision3 launched a show from the popular gaming website Destructoid, which recaps the latest news in video games 3 times a week in studio starring employees Max Scoville and Tara Long. On August 25, 2011, Past host of Bytejacker Anthony Carboni started a video game review show called "New Challenger" where other reviewers are pitted against Anthony's review, whether it be from a live guest or sourced from other popular websites. They have since together started "Rev3Games", a centralised channel for this and short bonus content.

On March 13, 2011, Revision3 announced a partnership with Gawker Media which would bring its most popular websites to video podcasting. This started with Lifehacker, a show showing small tips to improve your life. This was followed up a year later on April 13, 2012 by io9 with a Tekzilla-like show called "We Come from the Future", where the editors of io9 discuss the latest news in science and sci-fi. It ran for 32 episodes and ended November 16, 2012. On 11 August 2011, Jay Adelson (founder of Revision3) started a show responding to questions for entrepreneurial, company and business advice called "Ask Jay". Diggnation announced that it would stop production of episodes from the end of 2011, which caused massive uproar. As consolation for this, production star Glenn McElhose started his own show called "Toasted Donut" on November 15, 2011, where he experiments with different formats. The last episode went ahead live at the Music Box on December 30, 2011, skipping to episode #420 for a 2-parter.

On May 3, 2012, Discovery Communications announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Revision3 for $35 million.[2] The transaction is anticipated to close on June 1, 2012.[2] On October 8, 2012, Revision3 partnered with YouTube for an Original Channel called TechFeed,[5] which gave Revision3 a grant to produce an original news show and independent shows for the channel. On November 12, 2012, Revision3 announced that it had hired Adam Sessler,[12] a previous staff member of TechTV but who had continued through to G4 to host popular TV show X-Play, unlike other Revision3 hosts. He was named Executive Producer and Editor-in-Chief of Rev3Games and other Revision3 gaming content, which includes reviews and previews of upcoming games. On December 5, 2012, Revision3 launched DNews, a show based around the Discovery website Discovery News, which covers current stories based around science and technology.[13]

Independent [edit]

On September 8, 2008, Hak5 started being distributed on Revision3 show, being the first ever program on Revision3 not produced by Revision3 themselves. Since then many independent producers have partnered with Revision3, including Area5 for CO-OP, J.V. for JV's World, Rooftop Comedy for ROFL, Triune Films for Film Riot, Film State and Variant, Bytejacker, Smooth Few Films for Web Zeroes, thestream.tv for The Game Show, Livid Lobster for GeekBeat.TV, Dan Brown for Dan 3.0 and Delicious Steak, Epic Meal Time, Soldier Knows Best, TechnoBuffalo, Ty's iHelp, WilsonTech1, Gizmo Slip, Unbox Therapy, Mobile Geeks, Nixie Pixel for Geekbuzz and O.S. Alt, Candor Entertainment for Breakin' it Down with Catherine Reitman, Jogwheel Productions for Movie Night, Soundman Car Audio for Amplified, The Philip DeFranco Show, HowStuffWorks for Invisible Man, Stuff They Don't Want You to Know, Stuff You Should Know and Stuff of Genius, RatedRR, Melody Sheep, Just for Laughs for Just for Laughs Gags and Hidden Camera Classics, FishBowl Worldwide Media for Cute Win Fail and Petsami, Big Cat Rescue, Simply Unlucky and ScrewAttack for Death Battle!, Hard News and SideScrollers.

Controversy [edit]

In May 2008, Revision3's BitTorrent server was on the receiving end of a MediaDefender Denial of Service attack which brought down all of Revision3's servers and their email system. The FBI launched an investigation, but no charges were brought against MediaDefender.[14]

On June 29, 2009, former studio engineer David Randolph wrote on his personal blog about how he had been mistreated during the construction of the Revision3 studio.[15] The post has since been removed from his website.

Revision3 Beta [edit]

In September 2008, Revision3 started Revision3 Beta,[16] a "talent-farming" sub-network of unofficial shows headed by Martin Sargent.[17] The project has been axed due to lack of funds for the shows with no shows being promoted at this time to the full Revision3 lineup.[18]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Revision3 > About Us
  2. ^ a b c "Discovery Communications to Acquire Top Digital Video Provider Revision3". Discovery Communications (Press release). Silver Spring, Md. May 3, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012. 
  3. ^ Bogatin, Donna (2006-09-25). "Kevin Rose: ‘kill your television’ and join me at Revision3". 
  4. ^ a b "Inside Revision3: About Us". Revision3. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
  5. ^ a b http://revision3.com/blog/2012/10/08/revision3-launches-tech-feed/
  6. ^ http://revision3.com/blog/2013/03/26/revision3-xbox-360-live-app-out-now/
  7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/techfeed
  8. ^ http://www.youtube.com/rev3games
  9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/screwattack
  10. ^ Gannes, Liz (2007-07-11). "Old Media Jumping to New Media". GIGAOM. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
  11. ^ "Episode 126: Roger Explains going to Revision3". TWiT. [dead link]
  12. ^ http://revision3.com/blog/2012/11/12/adam-sessler-teams-up-rev3games/
  13. ^ http://revision3.com/blog/2012/12/05/discovery-communications-revision3-dnews/
  14. ^ Louderback, Jim (29 May 2008). "Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3". Revision3. 
  15. ^ Randolph, David (2009-06-29). "OK I got that off my chest.". Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  16. ^ Revision3Beta [dead link]
  17. ^ Gannes, Liz (27 September 2008). "Martin Sargent on Revision3′s New "Beta" Farm Team". GIGAOM. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
  18. ^ "Revision3 Forums - View Single Post - Anything happening on the backend here?". Revision3. 28 May 2009. 

External links [edit]

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Current Shows
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