Channel Three Productions

A Brief Company History

1981 - Channel Three Productions is established in Plano, Texas. The company's name came from the fact that most of our end products were VHS tapes, which played in VCRs set to channel 3. As one of Dallas' few video production companies in business for more than two decades, we are proud to retain our name along with our commitment to excellence.

1987 - The company incorporates in Texas under the name The Associated Image Group, Inc. (d.b.a. Channel Three Productions). The company moves to Preston Park South and becomes active with the City of Plano, helping to create the economic development video, "Profile of Excellence". With luminaries like Ross Perot, Norman Brinker and others, the video helps persuade JC Penney to relocate its headquarters to Plano.

1990 - The company builds a strong presence throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond, with national TV commercials and 35mm film projects, and on-going corporate video work for international accounts such as Frito-Lay, 7-Eleven, Miller Brewing, Xerox and CompUSA. Channel Three also develops strategic alliances with advertising agencies in New York and training firms in the United Kingdom and wins its first three Telly Awards.

1991-1993 - Channel Three relocates to the Addison area of Dallas, forming a joint venture dedicated to interactive multi-media. Partnering with Channel Three in this venture are a computer graphics company and a firm of training consultants based in the UK. Channel Three forms a similar relationship with the Town of Addison as it enjoyed with Plano, creating the Dallas Ad League Award-winning marketing video for Addison.

1994-1996 - As the partner companies choose to go independent, Channel Three begins producing interactive CD-ROMs. This coincides with advances in digital non-linear editing and acquisition of a Matrox DigiSuite editing system. The company debuts its website and starts producing websites and content for others.

1997-1999 - The company moves to the Richardson Telecom Corridor to capitalize on growing business from DSC/ Alcatel, Nortel, Fujitsu and other telecommunications clients. The DSC account creates clients across the country, including Bell South and MCI. Channel Three opens Studio 3, its Ultimatte Blue soundstage and also partners with the City of Richardson's communication department on various video communications. In 1999, Channel Three begins a contract with TxDOT on a series of over two dozen safety DVD's that win multiple awards.

2000-2006 - Channel Three doubles its editing capacity, adding another system devoted to DVD production
and closes the Studio 3 soundstage.

2007, 2008 and beyond - Channel Three Productions is still made up of the original production team that began working together in 1987. We are producing a growing number of TV spots and TV shows, as well as direct to DVD releases and Internet content. We bring in two High Definition cameras in-house with the highest HD resolution (1080p) and a full array of options for resolution, frame rate and progressive scan. We add Final Cut Pro HD editing systems that give us a mobile editing suite on our laptops that we can take to our clients' offices. We are also pushing in the 360 Panoramic Photography front with Flash technologies that can produce amazing results. We continue to adapt to developments in technology and in the marketplace while our commitment to high quality remains a priority. We win our 19th Telly Award for a public outreach video for the Attorney General's Office and our 20th Telly Award for a recruiting multi-screen HD presentation and DVD for Sam Houston State University.