CRUMLIC NEWS SERVICES HAS EVOLVED!

Since the inception of Crumlic News Services back in September of 2002, CNS has grown and evolved from simple freelance spot and assignment TV news video to complete video production and now feature film. Over the past few years it has become apparent that the  change in the company focus and direction was not being accurately reflected in the Crumlic News Services name. The time has come to make changes that will serve the company well into the future of the constantly evolving and changing field of video production and media.

Although our focus is now commercial & event video production, documentaries and film making, we still have roots in and provide our legendary services to television, web, radio and print news. All of the present television news services remain available to current and future news clients. As our stock of professional gear for high level video production continues to expand - news clients will continue to see an even heavier focus on quality of the video news products from us. We will continue to expand  event video, commercial and corporate video production to new levels and provide the exemplary customer service for which the Crumlic name has earned a great reputation.

THE PAST EIGHT YEARS

The past eight years has brought us wonderful clients and projects. Our first feature length film "On Point: The Legacy of Jeff Korba" is completed and in the promotions and distribution phase and doing quite well.  We have produced or worked on projects for PR agency Golin Harris of LA, Toyota, New Zealand TV 3, IrishJacks.com, eDavid Gallery, Verdi Square Festival of the Arts, Saint Philips Episcopal Church in Harlem, Great Notions Corporation, WNBC 4, WABC 7, WCBS 2, All network stations in Philadelphia, WFMZ-TV/DT 69 News, Service Electric Cable TV 2 News, RCN Cable News Local Edition, The Morning Call, Creo-Que Designs, the New York Mothers Television Show pilot, Saint Lukes Hospital,  Lehigh County, Allentown Fire Department & Training Academy, the International Association of Fire Fighters, The Movie Show/Willistein Productions, Interior Designer and Artist Julio Chakur, the Historic Hotel Bethlehem, Tom Carl Video Productions, Tribune Media, art galleries, museums, NYC off off Broadway theater productions and many more.

In early 2009 we purchased our first HD camera (seen on the title bar of the website) the AG-HVX-200A. This camera is an amazing peice of hardworking professional equipment and a significant step up from our overworked Canon GL2. A Sennheiser wireless microphone kit with both lav and stick mic was added to the equipment package rounding and other equipment was sent to be factory refurbished. We have entered 2010 with a feature film under our belt and the gear to continue our advancement in video production. The future is filled with continuing projects and new projects making it very bright and exciting!

PROJECTS NOW UNDERWAY

Presently, I am working with IrishJacks to produce a series of short film children's stories about the adventures of a group of Irish Jack Russell Terriers. These stories will be told in the fashion of the 1982 movie Homeward Bound.

A second video is nearing completion for Saint Philips Episcopal Church in Manhattan and the coming 2010 season of the Verdi Square Festival of the Arts will soon be upon us with fresh work and videos.

I continue to work with my dear friends David and Amy Stravitz of the eDavid Gallery and Great Notions Corporation and look forward to the next show at their gallery in Bethlehem. Just one block away from the eDavid Gallery is another fabulous client the Historic Hotel Bethlehem with whom we have produced a guest targeted video and two television commercials.

I am thrilled to announce the addition of Agora Gallery in Chelsea to the family of Crumlic Media arts clients. Their first video will be completed in early February and posted on their site and here on the new Crumlic Media site.

I look forward to returning to WFMZ-TV/DT 69 News as a "fill in" photog and Assignment Editor in late January and of course I always enjoy working with my friends at Service Electric Cable TV 2 News when the opportunities present themselves.

THE NEW NAME AND WEBSITE

Thank you to everyone for your support of Crumlic News Services over the past eight years! I look forward to continuing to work with you again as Crumlic Media. Please visit the new website at http://www.crumlicmedia.com and feel free to comment on videos, postings and stories.

To the future!

Bill Crumlic
Owner, Crumlic Media

In April I worked with reporter Katherine Tulich on a story for New Zealand TV 3. It focused on the Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama campaign visits to Bethlehem, PA.

Here is the link: http://www.3news.co.nz/A-closer-look-at-Clintons-campaign-in-Pennsylvania/tabid/367/articleID/53429/Default.aspx

This video was shot with two purposes. I covered the event for and provided the raw video to Service Electric Cable TV 2 News and WFMZ-TV 69 News. When I returned home to New York City I produced a CNS news story for the website. The event was a fundraiser for the Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Easton, PA.

With many new projects on the horizon it was time for us to start providing our original news content and services through the internet.  Through this site visitors are able to see examples of Crumlic News Services work both raw video and produced stories, programs and commercials. They are all in the "Articles" section of the website.

In time the CNS file library database will viewable for producers and directors needing video of  fires, accidents, news conferences, events and other available programming and video productions. Fire department training video producers will be impressed with the volume of material available from covering spot news and also as Videographer for the Allentown Fire Department in Pennsylvania for the past five years. Opportunity for FDNY incidents now that I live in Manhattan.

Most news agencies will file less than a minute of video from an average incident. At CNS we file an average of 5 minutes for spot news and in recent cases nearly entire news conferences and presentations. Please feel free to comment or ask questions here on the site. If you prefer to speak directly with my please see out contact page for my e-mail and phone information.

In the coming months television news stations in New York or Philadelphia/Allentown markets will be able to check my "Crumlic on Call" status for spot news and assignment coverage as well as my expected geographic coverage area. This will also be useful for checking my availability for scheduling of assignment shoots.

I am committing much effort and resources to "Crumlic News Services- Arts for the People!" This program is dedicated to not only providing news about the Arts in New York City and the Lehigh Valley but also a commitment to provide reasonable cost video production for up and coming bands who have original music.

Television news stations may use "Crumlic on-Call" for spot news or news assignment work in Manhattan, NY or Allentown, PA by simply calling my 24 hour number 646-596-6652. Rates for stations are generally pre-negotiated. Standard pricing for local assignments will apply to stations without a negotiated rate. Please call for details and to establish your broadcast market rate.