Swivel New Media

Infobox Company
company_name = Swivel New Media
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = flagicon|Canada Vancouver (April, 1997)
location_city = Vancouver, British Columbia
key_people = Mike Chalmers, CEO & Founder

Pat Laurie, Director of Operations

Derek Barber, CIO

Tanya Chalmers, Director

Helena Maizlin, Senior Designer
industry = Web hosting VOIP Website & Web application development Brand management Design services
products = [http://swivel.net/swiveltv/swiveltv.htm Swivel TV] , Live Reception, Various website hosting and design packages
homepage = [http://www.swivel.net/ Swivel.net] Founded in Vancouver, BC in 1997, Swivel New Media is a Canadian company serving a diverse customer base across North America, from small home businesses to multi-billion dollar producers and exporters. [http://www.swivel.net/ Swivel Customer Base] ] The firm's creative services include brand management, website and print design. [http://www.swivel.net/design/design.htm Swivel Design and Identity — Services] ] Technical services including web hosting, VOIP and varied digital data delivery systems are its primary revenue generators.

History

Between the years 1997 and 2000 Swivel developed strategies to combine design services with complete web hosting solutions. Initially the company focused on outsourcing services but gradually began to move to an in-house business model which contributed to gross revenue increases as well as overhead fixed cost increases. Initially the burden to bring services in-house slightly hampered growth, although in future years it has contributed to higher quality assurance and increased earnings.

In 2001 Swivel launched its Swivel TV service, enabling customers to add high quality video to their websites using a proprietary interface. Using the web-based control panel, customers could upload videos over 100 Megabytes in size, without any special setting modifications to their browser. [http://www.swivel.net/swiveltv/swiveltv.htm Swivel TV Services Description] ]

From 2002 to 2006 Swivel diversified further, adding hardware and software sales to its product line-up. In 2004 Swivel TV was seen by IATSE cinematographers and significantly, over a hundred channels were added for the use of Hollywood Directors of Photography for their demo reels. With the success of the service the company released a HD iteration in 2005 enabling a new generation of users to showcase full high-definition video from their websites.

Swivel recently announced new voip and pbx services geared to mid-sized businesses based on the open source "Asterisk" platform. Open source initiatives play a key role in the company's technology choices for business services.

Logos

The Swivel logo in its current form was created in 2002 and is based on classic styling attributes common to long-standing brands in corporate North America.

Headquarters

Swivel headquarters are located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

External links

*Swivel New Media
** [http://www.swivel.net/ Swivel] — Official Website
** [http://www.swivel.net/swiveltv/swiveltv.htm Swivel TV] — Swivel TV
** [http://www.swivel.net/news/news.htm Swivel News Website] — Swivel News Website
** [http://www.swivel.ca/ Swivel Canada Website] — Swivel Canada Website
** [http://www.swivel.co.il/ Swivel Israel Website] — Swivel Israel Website
*General
** [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/search/navigate.do?language=eng&portal=1&subPortal=&estblmntNo=234567065863&profile=completeProfile Strategis Canada Profile] — Strategis Canada Company Profile

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