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Glendale Arizona Internet Television Broadcasters Honored With
Platinum Hermes Creative Award
CouryGraph Productions, creator of KKAT-IPTV and Glendale Daily
Planet was recently honored by the Association of Marketing and
Communication Professionals (AMCP) with a Platinum Hermes Creative
Award.
Glendale, AZ. September 15, 2011 -- CouryGraph Productions,
creator of KKAT-IPTVand Glendale Daily Planet was recently honored
by the Association of Marketingand Communication Professionals
(AMCP) with a Platinum Hermes Creative Award. Hermes Creative
Awards recognizes outstanding work in the industry while
promotingthe philanthropic nature of marketing and communication
professionals.
"Our team is extremely honored by this recognition," said Ed
Sharpe, Director ofCouryGraph Productions which created KKAT - IPTV
for Glendale Daily Planet. "This award reflects the quality of our
methodology and work of our engineering staff to implement unique
and innovative streaming methods for local programming onthe
Internet. Sharpe continued, "I think our product is a result of the
entirecity's interest, advice and participation.
"In addition, Sharpe wanted to thank Bill Schreiner, who
collaborated on the engineering aspects of the site. Bill Schreiner
comments, "The Glendale Daily Planet, despite its whimsical name,
is a serious social/technical experiment in local journalism..." He
continued "The brainchild of long time Glendale resident, Ed
Sharpe, The Glendale Daily Planet provides professional quality
video journalism atthe local level with global distribution" Bette
Sharpe explains " I am very pleased that our work has been
recognized" "I enjoy photography and it allows me tovisually tell
stories that might otherwise go untold.' Ed Sharpe elaborates "Itis
not just about showing news and events today.
Archived footage of all of our shows will be put on file with
the appropriate historical societies thus forming a 'time capsule'
of video footage representing t
his time in the city's period of dynamic growth." Schreiner
continued: "As a volunteer engineering and I.T. technical
consultant to The Planet, and long time Internet broadcaster, I
consider working with Ed as a privilege and assisting in this
endeavor as a public service: an experiment in true local
democracy. The Glendale Daily Planet should serve as a prototype
for small community Internet TV stations nationwide." On the
certificate for this judging period were: Ed
SharpeEditor/Publisher/Engineer, Bette Sharpe -
Reporter/Photographer, Lesa Holstein -Book Topics Editor, Jamise
Liddell - Entertainment Editor, Chef Eric Reinert -The Budget
Bistro, Mike Manning Reporter/Videogrspher, Bill Schreiner -
Associate Engineer and Kimber Leigh - Reporter Finally Sharpe
wanted to extend his thanks to other people in the newspaper,
radio, television and cable industry that have counseled him and
provided an example of technique and values. "I would be no
thing without them" Sharpe stated.
CouryGraph Productions Won the Platinum Hermes Creative Awards
(http://www.hermesawards.com) for its Internet Television Channel
KKAT-IPTV,which is an online news source for Glendale Arizona. The
Hermes Creative Award is for creative professionals and
organizations involved in the concept, writing and design of
traditional and emerging media. "The judges were impressed with the
effort and use of technology in creating a truly 'local' news
operation yet allowing global accessibility online" said Ed
Dalheim, chairman, advisory board, Association of Marketing and
Communication Professionals.
Hermes Creative Awards recognizes outstanding work in the
industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and
communication professionals. The aw
ards, chosen from 3,000 entries this year, are administered and
judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication
Professionals (http://www.amcpros.com).The international
organization consists of several thousand marketing, communic
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ation, advertising, public relations, media production and
free-lance professionals. As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and
supports the efforts of creative professionals who contribute their
unique talents to public service and charitable organizations.
Hermes entrants are not charged entry fees to enter work they
produced pro bono.In addition, the efforts of generous marketing
and communication professionals
are acknowledged through grants and special recognition.
Glendale Daily Planet,the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was
started in 2004 as the first communityvideo journalism news site in
Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona. ., Serving The Metro West Side
of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has
witnessed,participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of
the downtown core, themeteoric rise of the 'Glendale Sports Empire'
and the restoration of historic sections of the town. One aspect
Sharpe is most proud of is they were one of theearliest to have a
continuous 24/7 stream of archived footage in the player butyet,
when a special event arises, have the ability to go live
interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover the event. With
the advent of higher speed EVDO radio cards and compact portable
satellite terminals the options are limitless. Residents can now
catch stories of interest on their schedule, taking advantage o
f the on-demand character of Internet media. No more waiting for
5 or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important stories remain
available, a mouse click away, for years in the online
archives.
The work of CouryGraph Productions and other participative
community journalistsand engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours
a day, seven days a week at www.glendaledailyplanet.com.
ContactEd SharpeCouryGraph Productions5802 W. Palmaire
AveGlendale AZ 85301 USA
[email protected]://www.glendaledailyplanet.com
