issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message swivel new media type private industry web hosting voip website & web application development brand management design services founded vancouver april 1997 headquarters vancouver british columbia key people mike chalmers ceo & founder pat laurie director of operations derek barber cio tanya chalmers director helena maizlin senior designer products swivel tv live reception various website hosting and design packages website swivel.net founded in vancouver bc in 1997 swivel new media is a canadian company serving a diverse customer base across north america from small home businesses to multi billion dollar producers and exporters . 1 the firm s creative services include brand management website and print design . 2 technical services including web hosting voip and varied digital data delivery systems are its primary revenue generators . contents 1 history 2 logos 3 headquarters 4 references history edit between the years 1997 and 2000 swivel developed strategies to combine design services with complete web hosting solutions . initially the company focused on outsourcing services but gradually began to move to an in house business model which contributed to gross revenue increases as well as overhead fixed cost increases . initially the burden to bring services in house slightly hampered growth although in future years it has contributed to higher quality assurance and increased earnings . in 2001 swivel launched its swivel tv service enabling customers to add high quality video to their websites using a proprietary interface . using the web based control panel customers could upload videos over 100 megabytes in size without any special setting modifications to their browser . 3 from 2002 to 2006 swivel diversified further adding hardware and software sales to its product line up . in 2004 swivel tv was seen by iatse cinematographers and significantly over a hundred channels were added for the use of hollywood directors of photography for their demo reels . with the success of the service the company released a hd iteration in 2005 enabling a new generation of users to showcase full high definition video from their websites . swivel recently announced new voip and pbx services geared to mid sized businesses based on the open source asterisk platform . open source initiatives play a key role in the company s technology choices for business services . logos edit the classic swivel s logo . the swivel logo on coffee mugs . the swivel logo in motion within the quicktime player . the swivel logo in its current form was created in 2002 and is based on classic styling attributes common to long standing brands in corporate north america . clarification needed headquarters edit swivel headquarters are located in langley british columbia canada . references edit swivel customer base swivel design and identity services swivel tv services description retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swivel new media & oldid 577930791 categories technology companies of canadahidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articleswikipedia articles containing buzzwords from march 2012wikipedia articles needing clarification from march 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 october 2013 at 03 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view