Vibrant TV

Vibrant TV is a television streaming service that brings big name shows, sports, and specials from around the globe directly to American homes.

Vibrant TV offers fresh, rarely-seen television series and specials including the popular Australian drama "Redfern Now," the UK’s "Very British Problems," and the action-packed "World of Free Sports."

Notably, the company is run by Dan Zifkin, a recognized leader in direct response television, media planning, buying, and TV Advertising Sales & Syndication for nearly 30 years.

Prior to founding Zephyr, which focuses on media planning, buying, and selling, Dan was instrumental in the growth of Classic Sports Network, which was sold to ESPN, and Universal Sports Network which sold to NBC and became the NBC Sports Network.

He was also active in the early development of Showtime Entertainment and helped to start A&E Network.

He subsequently held key executive positions with Blair Television, Universal Pictures/MCA-TV, FNN (Financial News Network), CNBC, WGN-TV/Tribune Company, and Western International Media and Syndication.

Vibrant has already signed distribution partnerships with such major media companies as Sling TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV, and it's featured on Opera TV on Smart TV and Blu-Ray providers like Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic, Sharp and TiVo, among others.

The company recently introduced its own iPhone/iPad (iOS) and Android apps.

Vibrant currently offers 900 hours of fresh programming from around the globe, and has started to do marketing in NY, Chicago, and San Francisco.

Vibrant is current earning revenues in four ways:

1. Advertising Sales
2. Subscription fees from consumers, either directly through Roku, the Vibrant TV website, or through their monthly cable provider.
3. Advertising Video-On-Demand (AVOD) in which viewers see an advertisement before they watch a selected video on demand for free.
4. Online Advertising Sales which offer advertisers a menu of opportunities to reach a growing, targeted audience.

Team Background

Dan Zifkin - Founder & CEO

Dan is founder and owner of Zephyr Media Group, a recognized leader in full service direct response television, media planning, buying, TV Advertising Sales & Syndication for nearly 30 years.

He founded Vibrant TV in 2011 and continues as President of both companies.

Prior to founding Zephyr, Dan was instrumental in the growth of Classic Sports Network, which was sold to ESPN, and Universal Sports Network which sold to NBC and became the NBC Sports Network.

He was active in the early development of Showtime Entertainment and helped to start A&E Network.

He subsequently held key executive positions with Blair Television, Universal Pictures/MCA-TV, FNN (Financial News Network), CNBC, WGN-TV/Tribune Company, and Western International Media and Syndication.

He earned his degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Tim Larson - SVP - Distribution

Tim joined Vibrant in 2014, focused on securing distribution in broadcast, cable, and the OTT portals for Vibrant.

He brings over twenty-five years of media experience to the table. He began his career in broadcast TV, where he was on-air and producer of the nightly news before moving into ad sales.

Tim joined The Family Channel and Fox Family network, where he was a marketing and distribution executive for many years.

He later moved to HSN (Home Shopping Network) as Director of National Accounts where he completed major distribution deals with some of the largest cable companies in the country and helped to launch HSN’s Video on Demand product.

He was also VP of Riverbank Syndications, responsible for all business operations including P&L and production and distribution of three daily and weekly television programs.

And he worked at the National Cable Television Cooperative as Director of Programming where he negotiated numerous network agreements, valued in the billions of dollars, on behalf of over nine hundred member companies.

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