Ursula von Rydingsvard is an awarding-winning producer and Broadcast Journalist, producing video packages for the world's most influential brands and corporations. Ursula started out as an intern at CNN while obtaining her Masters in Broadcast Journalism from NYU. She worked her way up to Executive Producer at CNN. She helped launch “Ahead of the Curve,” a two hour live show airing from 5am -7am on CNN and CNN International. “Ahead of the Curve” was watched by the most affluent business viewers around the world as they started their day. AOC was a tremendous opportunity for sponsorship revenue. During this time she honed her ideas for integrating corporate sponsors into programming helping to place billboard ads so as not to be obtrusive to the news coverage. During this time Ursula was handpicked to produce CNN’s Millennium coverage. Ursula worked closely with the International team to coordinate the most expansive global coverage CNN has ever tackled. She then transferred from Atlanta to NY and produced long-form packages for “Business Unusual,” and “Pinnacle” a dynamic mix of interviews and documentary style stories looking at corporate leaders and inspiration in business.
In February of 2003, Ursula caught the war bug and wanted the adrenalin rush of the “Shock and Awe” campaign. She was hired at MSNBC as a daytime segment producer. As the war coverage wound down she entered the Prime time line-up, once again helping to launch a new show called Deborah Norville Tonight. After the show’s run, she left live news to enter the corporate video production world at Vidicom. As a Senior Producer she oversaw all aspects of production from hiring crews to managing editing flow. Producing fashion, feature and trend oriented packages, SMT’s VNR’s and B’roll Packages airing on NBC Early Today, CBS, FOX and CNN’s Newsource. Ursula is no stranger to the fashion world, covering Fall and Spring fashion shows in NY and Paris.
Over the years Ursula has interviewed a wide range of celebrities, political figures and Royalty. Ursula is also a Blue Ribbon Panelist and judge for the annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. Ursula is also a skilled Voice Over Artist.
Billy Fitzgerald is an award winning Producer, Director and Production Manager with 15 years of television experience. Billy started his career in television news at Business News Broadcasting. He then brought his expertise to the New York Stock Exchange as their Broadcast Specialist. There he was instrumental in building the NYSE’s digital broadcast facility. The NYSE is the world’s largest equities marketplace, and its Opening/Closing Bell live broadcast is the most widely watched daily event in the world.
He left the NYSE staff in 1997 to start a video production and post-production company, but remained on as a media consultant for the exchange until 2002. During this time he worked on productions for clients such as MTV, VH1, BET, Sony BMG, The Better Business Bureau, TNT USA, Spear Leeds & Kellogg, Labranche & Co, CNN and the Associated Press.
In 2005, Billy joined NYC Media Group as their Director of Production – an organization created by Michael Bloomberg to manage all of New York City’s media assets. While at NYC Media Group, He was responsible for production of all the original content that aired on NYC TV’s broadcast channel 25 (WNYE) and cable Channel 74, as well as 5 syndicated programs on WNBC and one nationally syndicated program on PBS. During his tenure there, NYC MG forged historic syndication partnerships with NBC and PBS, and under his supervision, switched production formats to High Definition. While he was Director of Production, NYC TV received 80 NY Emmy nominations. The show “Secrets of New York,” which he co-executive produced and production managed, won 7 Emmys in 2007 – more than any other single show. Billy won the 2008 Emmy for Advanced Media: Lifestyle/Entertainment for "Gigs", a hybrid broadcast/online show about New York City's live music scene that he created and executive produced. That same show was nominated for a Webby in 2008.
Billy is also the Director of Photography and Production Manager on "Back Door Channels: the Price of Peace", a feature-length documentary featuring President Carter, Henry Kissinger and Boutros Ghali which premiered opening night of the 49th Annual Monte Carlo Television & Film Festival.
Billy is a member of the Advisory Board for the Stamford Center for the Arts in Stamford, Connecticut.
Read more about Billy Fitzgerald’s Filmography on IMDB.
Billy on the red carpet with Prince Albert and the BDC team
Video production for the web may seem simple, but it isn't - not if you want it to look good. Your brand is important, and you should trust it only to professionals. The management team at YouHere has over 30 years of combined experience in broadcast television production and internet distribution.
We hire only skilled professionals as videographers, scriptwriters, editors and voice over artists - all of them with television production experience - to work on our clients' videos. We do not use amateurs or untested film students. This ensures that every video we produce is of exceptional quality. After all, the most important thing about a video is that it looks good.
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