Video gang
The video transition is a Swiss youth program since August 1996, which is produced independently of young people. They have to plan the report, film it and, at the end, edit it independently. You will be supported by experienced media workers.
owner
The VideoGang brand is owned by Daniele Lucci. Until 2012, the creators of the VideoGang program were members of the VideoGang association in Zurich. In 2012 the association was renamed from VideoGang to Association ContentMakers (www.contentmakers.ch). The television programs continue to run under the name VideoGang.
history
The VideoGang developed from the contrasting video course at the Zurich holiday sports camp in Fiesch . VideoGang was broadcast for the first time on Tele Züri in August 1996 . The show is re-produced once a month and repeated for two weeks. With the launch of Tele24 on October 12, 1998, VideoGang is produced fortnightly. It shares the broadcasting slot alternately with the youth program ZapZone . Since August 23, 1999 the program has been updated weekly. However, on November 30, 2001, broadcasting on Tele24 will be discontinued. The VideoGang will be broadcast again on Tele Züri.
From 2002, the VideoGang will be located on several private broadcasting stations and can again be received in most of the German-speaking parts of Switzerland. In addition, the programs will be offered and archived on the Internet as video on demand from April 12, 2004 .
After the fight for the broadcast's survival, VideoGang will be broadcast on Schaffhauser TV , Tele Top and Tele Südostschweiz from December 5, 2005 . From August 1, 2006, the program can be viewed on h1TV and from December 25, 2007 on 3+ .
Program content
The VideoGang puts the emphasis on independently produced reports .
The program is produced in three forms:
- Magazine : covers a wide variety of topics in the form of reports and surveys
- Flirt : The coupling show in the style of Herzblatt (studio broadcast)
- Voice : A talk show (studio broadcast)
The following series were created as part of the broadcast:
- Jan in Ecuador : Video diary about Jan's exchange year in Ecuador
- Milly in Brazil : Video diary about Milly's exchange year in Brazil
- Varta Experience : Report on a scavenger hunt in Iceland
- India : Report on cotton production in India
- Take Off : Report on language schools abroad
Awards received
During its sixteen years of activity, VideoGang received three awards and one grant:
- 2001: National Media Prize: 1st Prize (Swiss Association of Catholic Journalists)
- 2003: Main prize for youth development (Bürgergemeinde Bern)
- 2004: Acknowledgment Prize (Pfizer Journalist Prize)
- 2004: Funding contribution (Zurich Radio Foundation)