Meredith Forms Video Syndication Division; New Media Focus

Meredith, publisher and TV-station owner, has formed Meredith Video Solutions, a new unit designed to leverage content from Meredith’s 14 TV stations and magazine titles to other distribution platforms such as the Internet, cable, satellite, network and syndicated TV.

Paul Karpowicz, president of Meredith Broadcasting Group, will head up the new unit.

Release: Meredith’s current video initiatives include a just-introduced series of six 30-minute shows based on magazine content that is being syndicated to more than 85 percent of U.S. TV markets; American Baby branded VOD being distributed by Comcast cable; Better Homes and Gardens branded streaming video on Meredith web sites; custom how-to DVDs created for The Home Depot; and news and feature vignettes based on Meredith magazine content shown on all 14 Meredith television stations and other stations across the country.

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