Bravo’s RHOA Star Sheree Whitfield Spills the Tea with Fans & Revisits “Who gon' check me, boo?” in Daily Video Call-In...
December 05 2016 - 9:32AM
Business Wire
Technology innovator The Video Call Center
partners with leading social publisher to create a daily live show
connecting fans and celebs via ground-breaking live video call-in
technology
The Video Call Center announces the launch of a new, online,
daily, live show that tears down barriers between celebrities,
audiences, and hosts. The VCC, developer of patented video call-in
technology and provider of live production services, is licensing
the technology and partnering with Wetpaint, one of the leading
social publishers focused on celebrity and entertainment news, to
create the new live program called The Tea.
The VCC platform enables partners like Wetpaint, to create
unique and highly engaging live programs featuring video callers
from around the world. Producers are able to connect viewers via
computer or smartphone with on-air talent, celebrities and audience
members in broadcast-quality video. Production is accomplished
without the need for an expensive TV control room. Callers join
live using any device and a choice from more than a dozen different
IP video calling services, including Facebook Messenger, SkypeTM,
FaceTime® and Gruveo (WebRTC). The VCC platform includes caller
filtering and editorial moderation features to ensure that only the
most compelling and appropriate callers make it to air.
On today’s premiere, Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta star,
Sheree Whitfield, will join the show to “spill the tea” on her
castmates, dig into the lasting impact of her iconic catchphrase
“Who gon' check me, boo,” and field questions from live video
callers from the audience around the world via the VCC video
calling platform. The VCC’s own Jeremy Hassel, a staple of
celebrity talk programs from MTV to E! News, will host the show,
bringing his electric personality and incredible energy to The Tea,
and facilitating a natural, lively, conversation between today’s
hottest celebrities and their enthusiastic fans. “I’m excited to
bring the thrill of live gossip TV experience to the one and only
Wetpaint audience—for me, this is a match made in heaven,” Hassel
commented.
The show taps into Wetpaint’s status as the “go-to-place” for
celebrities and social influencers looking to reach an engaged
millennial audience. “Wetpaint thrives on innovating social media.
That is why the Video Call Center and its video caller technology
is an exciting partner as we grow the Wetpaint live programming
lineup. The Tea completely flips the script on entertainment TV,
putting fans on air, no matter where they are, alongside their
favorite bloggers and celebrities,” says Birame N. Sock, President
and COO of Function(x) Inc (Nasdaq: FNCX), Wetpaint’s parent
company. Wetpaint’s editors have been participating in the VCC’s
OMGoss!p weekly program for the last year. “We believe it is time
for us to launch a live daily celebrity news program unlike any
other, leveraging our celebrity relationships and highly engaged
audience of more than 10 million fans,” adds Sock.
Larry Thaler, CEO of the VCC said, “Wetpaint is demonstrating
remarkable foresight into what engagement really means for TV
programs. They’ve recognized the opportunity in video caller
television and are using it to go beyond the usual, one-way
celebrity talk TV formula in favor of something built from the
ground up for social media savvy audiences. We are looking forward
to working with this sophisticated team.”
Starting today, the show will air at
http://www.wetpaint.com/video/series/the-tea/ on weekdays at 3pm
EST.
About The Video Call Center, LLC
VCC is a technology and content development company devoted to
handling large numbers of IP Video remotes-by-smartphone and
putting them on the air through patented assistive automation
approaches. VCC licenses its software and provides caller
acquisition and production services. VCC has produced hundreds of
programs for the web through its Talk Center America platform, and
dozens of stations of co-owner TEGNA Media. VCC is jointly owned by
Wolzien LLC and TEGNA, a significant investor and customer.
About Wetpaint
Wetpaint is owned and operated by Function(x), Inc. (Nasdaq:
FNCX). With clever social packaging around killer entertainment
content, Wetpaint has become a leader in social publishing with a
celebrity hook. Every day the site showcases exclusive interviews,
breaking stories, and our fangirl spin on the hottest news — all
fueled by social media. By leveraging patented, proprietary social
technology, Wetpaint drives the deepest form of engagement with its
users—and gains new audiences virally through sharing. Wetpaint
technology gives it the power to know what its audience wants and
when, turning casual fans into true fanatics. That's how Wetpaint
has become the leading social publisher for millennial women, with
more than 10M Facebook fans, 13M monthly unique visitors, and 90M
monthly page views. Wetpaint is known for hosting various
celebrities such as Eva Longoria, Terrence Howard, Michelle
Williams, Nick Lachey, Elizabeth Hurley, Bethenny Frankel, Miss
America, AKON, Lance Bass, Jackie Cruz, Juliana and Bill Rancic,
The Chainsmokers, Snooki, Wendy Williams, Erika Christensen and
Nene Leakes, just to name a few.
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