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Link Media, Inc. (Link TV)
| Phone: | 415-248-3950 ext 130 |
| Fax: | 415-248-3956 |
| E-mail: | emarcus@linktv.org |
| URL: | www.linktv.org/bridgetoiran |
| Country: | United States |
| Address: |
Link Media, Inc. 901 Battery Street, Suite 308 SF Ca 94111 |
| Fields: | Youth Women Telecommunications Sustainable Development Health Governance Food Family Environment Election Education Culture Children |
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Link Media is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that operates the Link TV national network and www.linktv.org. The national television network Link TV is available seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day in more than 32 million US homes on satellite (DISH Network channel 9410; DIRECTV channel 375). Link’s mission is to engage, inform and activate Americans to get involved in critical domestic and global issues through the presentation of in-depth information and perspectives not available elsewhere. Our theory of change is that broadcast television and video on the Web, combined with links to more information and action tools, can spark civic engagement. Our Bridge to Iran series funded in part by the Parsa Community Foundation, is one of our most popular programs. Broadcast of these shows always result in positive feedback from our audience. The www.linktv.org website provides thousands of streaming videos, additional information, links to partner organizations and ways for individuals to get involved.
In addition to our satellite television channel, select Link TV programs are shown on more than 174 cable stations reaching an additional 30 million households, on many college campus channels and streamed worldwide on the Internet. Link’s website receives approximately 3.8 million visits per month to pages that access our video "feeds." Some 155,000 of these visits are to informational and take action pages. All of Link Media’s original international news programs are immediately posted to the Internet on multiple outlets. Link’s program videos are widely available on other major video sites, including YouTube, ITunes U, Miro and Hulu. In the past 12 months these programs were viewed more than 1.5 million times. We have also pioneered the use of an embeddable video player that can place Link’s video streaming programs on partner websites, at no cost to them. Link Media’s annual audience study indicates that two thirds of Link TV’s regular viewers take an action as a result of something they have watched. The global economic crisis has increased interest in the kind of alternative, independent coverage that Link TV specializes in and Americans are hungry for more access to innovative programming and engagement tools. Many of Link’s programs include “what you can do” links and information about how viewers can take action. | |