Landmark Facility, Celebrating 30th Anniversary, Offers One-Stop Solution for Broadcast Media

In a boost to its broadcast production team, Broadway Video has brought on award-winning editors Rick Barlis and Anthony Gianni. The move, which comes as Broadway is marking its 30th anniversary as one of New York’s leading post facilities, represents the culmination of a year-long process to build a group capable of providing concept-through-delivery services for the production of promos, show packages and other broadcast media.
Barlis and Gianni, along with editor Dan Fisher, who joined the company last year, will work with Broadway’s Sound and Design departments on broadcast projects. The group is already busy with multiple projects for Syfy (formerly The Sci Fi Channel) and USA Network.

Broadway Video’s resources for broadcast media now allow clients to complete design, sound and editorial work under one roof, while employing some of the industry’s best artists every step along the way. Broadcast companies who’ve used its services have been thrilled with the convenience and the quality.

“I’ve worked with Broadway on launch campaigns for such Syfy Original series as Scare Tactics and Cha$e, countless spots for Syfy’s hit original movies and acquired blockbusters, and several presentation pieces for Comic-Con International, TCA, and the Syfy Upfronts,” said Syfy Marketing copywriter Benjamin Cochran. “They offer a perfect blend of essential experience and groundbreaking innovation. No matter what the project, I know that when I collaborate with the people at Broadway the final product will always be exceptional. From audio to editorial, it couldn’t be nicer to have so much of my favorite talent at one company.”

Barlis and Gianni each bring more than ten years of experience in editing broadcast media. Barlis arrives from City Lights Post, the post production wing of City Lights Media, where he worked on projects for Syfy, USA Network, History Channel, Spike TV and Comedy Central, as well as corporate media, documentaries and commercials. Having joined City Lights in 1997, he helped build its editorial department from a staff of four to a staff of forty.

Gianni has been a freelancer for most of his career and has recently worked on projects for CNBC, USA Network, Bionic, Nitrous, Animal Planet. His background includes long stints at Syfy and USA Network.

Broadway Video began growing its broadcast production resources a year ago as a way to leverage the skills of its highly regarded Broadway Sound with its budding design department, while providing its broadcast clients with the convenience of a one-site solution. Broadway Sound, headed by Mike Ungar and Ralph Kelsey, has been a leader in music production, sound design, sound editing and mixing for broadcast media for many years, and is particularly well known for its longstanding relationship with NBC. The facility’s design department, which reinvented itself a little more than a year ago under creative director Katherine Burke, has had a surprisingly strong start to the year with work for NBC, Showtime and USA Networks, as well as advertising accounts such as American Express and Proctor & Gamble.

The one ingredient that the company needed to complete the loop was a commensurately strong editorial. It began to address that need last October when Fisher signed on, bringing an ongoing relationship with Syfy. The arrival of Barlis and Gianni provides added depth to the team, allowing it to take on multiple projects as well as projects large in scale and scope.

Recent projects for the group include the “Imagine Greater” campaign that rebranded The Sci Fi Channel as Syfy this past summer. “We made the commitment to make broadcast production our focal point and have been building it up slowly, step by step,” said Broadway Sound sound editor Kevin McElligott. “Dan, Rick and Anthony are among the most talented editors I’ve worked with and they each bring strong client relations as well. We now have all the pieces in place to complete the entire project, something very few shops can match.”

Broadway Video was founded in 1979 by producer Lorne Michaels to handle post production for Saturday Night Live. Since then, the facility, which makes its home in the historic Brill Building in Times Square, has provided post services for many other television shows, including 30 Rock, and it has also expanded into short form media (commercials and broadcast promos), as well as DVD mastering and other long form post.

For more information: www.broadwayvideo.com.