Huntington Beach Enlists TS for Council Streaming Services
When the City of Huntington Beach needed someone to direct and broadcast its City Council and Planning Commission meetings and special events, it chose Tripepi Smith after a competitive RFP process.
Melanie James, business analyst, leads the engagement, which has expanded to include creation of graphics for the City’s channel and an introduction video that precedes Council Meeting broadcasts. This work is in addition to meeting pre-checks on equipment and executing and directing the live broadcasts. Tripepi Smith team members, including Business Analyst Skylar Hunter, prepare equipment, perform sound checks and coordinate other logistics. The team also mines notable agenda items to ensure key moments are effectively captured to ensure public transparency in the broadcast execution. Lastly, Tripepi Smith generates a video for rebroadcasting and master DVD copies.
“Video recorded council meetings are a great way for residents to stay engaged and allows for increased City transparency,” Melanie observed. “We’ve been able to apply all that we’ve learned facilitating broadcasts for the City of Bellflower at the City of Huntington Beach, which has enabled us to really refine our process. Our ongoing goal is to deliver the quality production that the City and residents deserve and reflects the goals of the visionary council and industrious City staff.”
Tripepi Smith will help the City implement new technologies in its broadcast system in the coming months to further enhance the City’s broadcast services and offer more options and transparency to the community with live streaming, a custom app, and Roku and Apple TV integration. In addition, the channel will feature a brand new introduction video that captures iconic locations in Huntington Beach. The video will introduce the live streams of the City Council meetings.
In addition to winning the RFP to deliver on City Council video production services, the City also awarded Tripepi Smith a contract for on-call video production for community events, studio programs and any other concepts that the City may want to capture with video.
About the City of Huntington Beach
The City of Huntington Beach is a seaside city within Orange County in Southern California. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, and has been long known for its long 8.5 miles of beautiful beach, mild climate, and excellent surfing, earning it the nickname of Surf City. Surf, sand, sun and subtle sophistication encapsulate what the City of Huntington Beach is all about. Visit the City’s website to learn more.
About Tripepi Smith
Tripepi Smith is a marketing, technology and public affairs firm located in Orange County, CA. Its clients include for-profit, nonprofit and public agencies throughout the state of California. Its unique mix of marketing and technology prowess provides a competitive advantage for organizations seeking to leverage the Internet to achieve their communication goals. The firm also provides full content creation services, including: ghost writing, collateral development, photography, video production, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, email marketing campaigns and website design and execution. Tripepi Smith clients include: City of Culver City, City of Rolling Hills Estates, City of Tracy, City of Cupertino, City of Duarte, City of Daly City, City of La Cañada Flintridge, City of Santa Ana, City of Paramount, City of Huntington Beach, City of El Cerrito, City of Indian Wells, City of Yuba City, Industry Business Council, NHA Advisors, Cal Choice, California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, Rowland Water District, Valley Water Company, California Contract Cities Association, California City Management Foundation, League of California Cities, Institute for Local Government, Renne Public Law Group, Inland Empire Utilities Agency and Climatec Energy Services.