Paranormal broadcaster Rob McConnell will be reaching a wider audience than ever this year.
The Mountain-based McConnell, who has been discussing the aliens, Bigfoot, the world of the paranormal and the science of parapsychology on radio and TV for more than two decades, has a new show on SimulTV this month.
SimulTV, an Internet-based subscription service which describes its offerings as the “first fully social interactive online television”
Steven Turner, the company’s CEO, says it is a perfect fit for McConnell's X-Zone, where fans of the paranormal and the unusual can have discussions while watching the show.
“Content that sparks conversation and controversy and things like that are really good areas for us to focus us,” he says. “Whether you agree with someone’s opinion or not, it starts the debate and opens the dialogue.”
Once there is enough content from McConnell and others, the X-Zone is likely to get its own channel on SimulTV, says Turner.
“To me it’s a natural progression,” McConnell says of interactive broadcasting. “We’re excited about it.”
McConnell, 62, has published the ‘X’ Chronicles newspaper since 1992. It’s as popular as ever, he says. And there are over a million downloads of his daily X-Zone radio show podcast a month plus it airs on over-the-air radio stations.
In 2010, McConnell developed an X-Zone show for Niagara News TV, but the broadcaster went dark before the show hit air.
McConnell’s has partnered with Steve Benedict of Air Play Media for the latest endeavour, which features news and interviews with authors and prominent names in the paranormal community. They have 13 shows ready to go, all filmed in Air Play’s Ancaster studio.
Both believe the future of broadcasting lies beyond traditional radio and TV. Along with SimulTV, the show will also be available to download on Amazon.
“The broadcasting landscape is changing so much,” says Benedict.
“Now, the opportunity is around the Internet, to create programming that serves the world rather than serves Canada exclusively.”
Paranormal broadcaster Rob McConnell will be reaching a wider audience than ever this year.
The Mountain-based McConnell, who has been discussing the aliens, Bigfoot, the world of the paranormal and the science of parapsychology on radio and TV for more than two decades, has a new show on SimulTV this month.
SimulTV, an Internet-based subscription service which describes its offerings as the “first fully social interactive online television”
Steven Turner, the company’s CEO, says it is a perfect fit for McConnell's X-Zone, where fans of the paranormal and the unusual can have discussions while watching the show.
“Content that sparks conversation and controversy and things like that are really good areas for us to focus us,” he says. “Whether you agree with someone’s opinion or not, it starts the debate and opens the dialogue.”
Once there is enough content from McConnell and others, the X-Zone is likely to get its own channel on SimulTV, says Turner.
“To me it’s a natural progression,” McConnell says of interactive broadcasting. “We’re excited about it.”
McConnell, 62, has published the ‘X’ Chronicles newspaper since 1992. It’s as popular as ever, he says. And there are over a million downloads of his daily X-Zone radio show podcast a month plus it airs on over-the-air radio stations.
In 2010, McConnell developed an X-Zone show for Niagara News TV, but the broadcaster went dark before the show hit air.
McConnell’s has partnered with Steve Benedict of Air Play Media for the latest endeavour, which features news and interviews with authors and prominent names in the paranormal community. They have 13 shows ready to go, all filmed in Air Play’s Ancaster studio.
Both believe the future of broadcasting lies beyond traditional radio and TV. Along with SimulTV, the show will also be available to download on Amazon.
“The broadcasting landscape is changing so much,” says Benedict.
“Now, the opportunity is around the Internet, to create programming that serves the world rather than serves Canada exclusively.”
Paranormal broadcaster Rob McConnell will be reaching a wider audience than ever this year.
The Mountain-based McConnell, who has been discussing the aliens, Bigfoot, the world of the paranormal and the science of parapsychology on radio and TV for more than two decades, has a new show on SimulTV this month.
SimulTV, an Internet-based subscription service which describes its offerings as the “first fully social interactive online television”
Steven Turner, the company’s CEO, says it is a perfect fit for McConnell's X-Zone, where fans of the paranormal and the unusual can have discussions while watching the show.
“Content that sparks conversation and controversy and things like that are really good areas for us to focus us,” he says. “Whether you agree with someone’s opinion or not, it starts the debate and opens the dialogue.”
Once there is enough content from McConnell and others, the X-Zone is likely to get its own channel on SimulTV, says Turner.
“To me it’s a natural progression,” McConnell says of interactive broadcasting. “We’re excited about it.”
McConnell, 62, has published the ‘X’ Chronicles newspaper since 1992. It’s as popular as ever, he says. And there are over a million downloads of his daily X-Zone radio show podcast a month plus it airs on over-the-air radio stations.
In 2010, McConnell developed an X-Zone show for Niagara News TV, but the broadcaster went dark before the show hit air.
McConnell’s has partnered with Steve Benedict of Air Play Media for the latest endeavour, which features news and interviews with authors and prominent names in the paranormal community. They have 13 shows ready to go, all filmed in Air Play’s Ancaster studio.
Both believe the future of broadcasting lies beyond traditional radio and TV. Along with SimulTV, the show will also be available to download on Amazon.
“The broadcasting landscape is changing so much,” says Benedict.
“Now, the opportunity is around the Internet, to create programming that serves the world rather than serves Canada exclusively.”