VJ type job at bpm:tv

[tvmann]

Wanna be a VJ or work on-air at a dance music TV channel? Here's an ad for bpm:tv. They are a specialty channel on ExpressVu satellite and digital cable that plays mostly dance music videos - currently Eurodance, trance, club, house and some pop and urban. They'd like to broaden their programming but have a small viewership and so don't have a lot of money to do things at this point.

Some info on the channel at http://www.bpmtv.com

ad below is from http://www.mediajobsearchcanada.ca/j...television.asp

Ontario: “On-Air Personalities - Hosts” – Toronto / GTA -
Ad Posted May 5, 2004.

"Canada's Dance Channel, bpm:tv, is searching for on air personalities to host new productions for our fall launch.

Must have great on camera presence, dynamic character who loves to dance and knowledge of modern dance genres and culture.
Candidate must have transportation to the studio, located at Finch and the 404.

Start Date: Mid August to Mid January 2005.

If you are interested in this position, please forward CV, Demo Reel, and 8x10 photo to:

bpm:tv Host Search
c/o Rosemary Fusca
Stornoway Communications
115 Gordon Baker Road
8th Floor
Toronto, ON
M2H 3R6

We thank all applicants for their interest in the position. However, only those under consideration will be contacted.

No phone calls please.

Application Deadline: Monday May 31, 2004.
Please mention that you saw this Ad on Media Job Search Canada.com, Thanks.

[dSl-DuDe]

you'd have to live in Toronto to accept this sort of position though :(

Frankly, i've sorta given up on this channel.

[Scarface]

I haven't watched it in a year, but when I did, the VJ was the poster child for why you shoudn't do E. She used to dance alot while throwing to videos, and she had the presence of a ten year old. They played alot of PPK and esthero.


Worst channel ever, and a poor representation of electronic music.

[bebu*funfun]

i haven't watched it for a long time either.. but that blue haired girl was a very very memorable vj. bpm..mmmmeh.

my dream job is to be a vj.. i will apply AGAIN for much vj this summer. lol im not giving up.

[Sarah...]

if i end up going to Ryerson maybe id try it out.... i used to wanna be a much music vj when i was younger... but i realized that im not very pop culrure

[tvmann]

The bpm:tv deficencies are an opportunity for someone to improve things.

The problem with TV is that it is a visual medium while music is only audio, and this channel relies too much on music videos that can be played only so many times before people get bored. So if they want to show for example what Marco V has produced, all they can do is show the 2 or 3 music videos that he has, while he might have produced 50 other tracks or mixes for which there is no video.

To their credit BPM has aired hundreds of EDM videos and introduced many people to this music, and done a good number of quality interviews with big and small DJs and producers, and you won't see those videos or interviews on channels like MuchMusic or MTV. BPM right now though has lost its way and is trying to become more like MuchMusic - very bad move.

PS the manic blue haired girl - Vishanti - is still there but has calmed down her performance and now has natural black hair with a token blue streak. But they fired their main music guy Cinar (DJ Fuzion) who did all those interviews.