McMinnville’s Web site to feature community videos
McMinnville’s Web site, www.mcminnvilletenn.com, will get a free video boost from a Community Video Showcase program. The video will spotlight McMinnville and offer local business owners the chance to advertise. City officials agreed to allow CGI Communications to make a Streaming Video Tour Book of McMinnville and place it on the Web site for the next three years after they viewed a video presentation of the company’s work. The company will provide the city with six, one-minute videos: ‘ A one-minute ‘Welcome to McMinnville’ video using Mayor Royce Davenport or any other civic leader in the community ‘ Three videos showcasing education, quality of life, and real estate or relocation possibilities ‘ Two videos showcasing various aspects of the community or organizations For these videos, a videographer will visit McMinnville to film and a consultation for script writing and video content will be provided. The city will be allowed input into all aspects of video production and editing. The city will also receive an additional five minutes of video per month. However, unlike the above videos, this video will be produced by the city and provided to CGI. In return, the city will provide the company with a letter of introduction for the program on the city’s letterhead and allow them what is necessary to produce and display the videos. Local businesses will be given the opportunity to advertise on the Web site. The company will allow them to utilize the technology and have their own video produced for them. However, there is a cost for advertisers. For the free videos, CSI has entered into a partnership with the US Conference of Mayors to launch the technology that CGI has developed for Streaming Video applications on the Internet. Also, CGI has a video content alliance with Google. The videos that CGI will produce for the city of McMinnville will be submitted to Google’s video search database. To view examples of the company’s Video Tour Book, visit www.cityofeasley.com or www.cityofbradenton.com. For more information about CGI, visit www.cgi-communications.com