orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2010 hip video promo type privately owned music video promotions company industry entertainment music founded 2000 headquarters south river new jersey area served united states and canada key people andy gesner owner rob fitzgerald directing head of operations michael kundrath promotions manager client acquisitions and relations products music video promotion promoter and distributor of music video content website hipvideopromo.com youtube.com hipvideo hipvideopromo.blogspot.com hip video promo is a privately owned music video promotion company based out of south river new jersey . the company founded by its current owner andy gesner was established in 2000 and specializes in distributing music video content to national multi market and regional outlets including television stations retail pools and internet websites throughout the united states and canada for broadcast . the hip video promo servicing and promotional network includes close to 100 programmers and programming outlets including mtv fuse vh1 bet much music and pitchfork . the company promotes an average of 150 music videos per year . contents 1 early years 2 current business 3 references 4 external links 5 interview early years edit andy gesner founded the company in october 2000 . the company s first clients included virgin sub pop and doghouse records which helped launch hip video promo onto the music video promotion landscape . the name hip video promo was generated from andy s small record company he was running at the time called hedgehog records . hip is an acronym . it stands for hedgehog independent promotions . the company really started to gain ground in 2003 when hip was hired to promote the johnny cash hurt video . hip then went on to work with elvis costello and morrissey along with hundreds of other acts . over the past thirteen years hip video promo have promoted over 1600 videos as of 2011 including pearl jam death cab for cutie the gaslight anthem bloc party the shins maroon 5 paramore and of montreal . 1 current business edit hip video headquarters is located in south river new jersey from which the company runs most of their operations . references edit http www.hipvideopromo.com faq.php external links edit http www.hipvideopromo.com https www.facebook.com hipvideopromo https www.twitter.com hipvideopromo https plus.google.com hipvideo http instagram.com hipvideopromo http www.reverbnation.com hipvideopromo interview edit http www.independentmusicpromotions.com promote music video exclusive interview hip video promo ceo andy gesner retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hip video promo & oldid 711282636 categories companies established in 2000music videosmusic promotershidden categories orphaned articles from october 2010all orphaned articles 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 21 march 2016 at 23 17 . 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