Porterhouse Media
| Company type | Video game score |
|---|---|
Number of employees | 8 |
| Website | porterhousemedia |
Porterhouse Media is a multimedia company and
DJ
and producer.
History
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Porterhouse Media was founded in 2009 by Steve Porter to create viral video advertisements for other companies. Porter's style of video mashups had been successfully self-published on YouTube, where they gained millions of views.[1][2]
Notable campaigns
In 2010, PorterHouse Media partnered with
Goodby Silverstein & Partners to produce advertisements for the National Basketball Association's "Where Amazing Happens" campaign. They produced four commercial spots, "Where Defense Happens", "Where Clutch Happens", "Where Determination Happens", and "Where Stepping Up Happens", which each remixed footage of basketball players into rap songs.[3] In the same year, PorterHouse Media also produced a series of advertisements for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and CBC Television's Hockey Night in Canada.[4]
Dutch advertising agency Endemol and PorterHouse Media collaborated in 2015 on a campaign to promote the television show Fear Factor.[5]
Awards
Two of PorterHouse Media's video remixes won
Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Promotional Achievement" for PorterHouse Media's collaboration with the ABC network, which included creating "monthly mashups" for the morning news program Good Morning America.[7]
In 2012,
Fast Company named Porter one of the "Most Creative People of 2012" for his work through PorterHouse Media.[8]
References
- ^ Cortez, Samantha (2012-07-11). "After Getting 14 Million YouTube Views, This DJ Started Creating Video Remixes For Big Brands". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ Anderson, Kyle (2009-07-14). "'Rap Chop' And 'Press Hop' DJ Turns Viral Video Into Big Business". Newsroom. MTV. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ Thomas, Vincent (2010-05-03). "Where the Remix Happens". Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ Hicks, Brandon (2010-12-07). "DJ Steve Porter remixes HNIC". CBC News. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ McCord, Luke (2015-04-17). "Endemol Beyond USA Launching 'Fear Factor' YouTube Series". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- The Webby Awards. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Holyoke DJ receives a Webby win and an Emmy nod". Holyoke Redevelopment. 2013. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- Fast Company. Retrieved 2015-10-29.