ImAir.tv Streaming Aviation Network soon on Blockchain Enabled Bitmovio! (I’m Airborn)

The streaming-video business is known as Over The Top content ( OTT ).  OTT is a direct to the viewer concept which allows passionate creators direct access to their audience vs. the old distributor-in-control model.  This market is going to reach approximately $23 billion within the next four years as consumers continue to demand amazing content at their fingertips, according to research firm Statista.  ImAir (launched in Q4 2018) caters to that demand with a streaming unique mix of aviation-based content now available…and soon to be offered on a new blockchain enabled technology platform, BitMovio.

“BitMovio’s platform is designed with a hybrid blockchain architecture that provides a transparent marketplace, which will enable independent film producers and professional streamers to have complete control of their content distribution, flexible and instant monetization, and engaging audience interaction.”  BitMovio co-founder and CEO Simon Zhu recently stated.

The current ImAir.tv OTT / Subscription Video On Demand ( SVOD ) has garnered the support of fans around the world – from the United States, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, England, Australia, France, and more.  The global content ranges from ballooning, hang gliding, training, classics, aerobatic & airshow, warbird, air-racing, airline / business, vintage aviation films, to unique children’s aviation-based shows…and more.

The ImAir.tv Stars featured include: Patty Wagstaff, Joe Edwards, Scott “Scooter” Yoak, Duggy DC-3, Toby McPherson, Casey Odegaard, Birdman Bernie, Scott Dove, Mushamir Mustafa, Brandon Mikesell, Jeff Zaltman, Sasha Marvin, Mehmet Halis Aydogan, Ryan Rankin, and more.

Additionally for Kids, ImAir.tv exclusively features, ‘Duggy, the Smile in the Sky!’. This marks the very first time the show will debut online.  The Duggy Dream Team Show was Emmy nominated twice for Concept and Writing.

According to Mitch Carley, CEO and founder of ImAir.tv, “Never before has any one network, channel, team, or organization gathered the top performers of such a globally diverse field within aviation as ImAir.tv has…and now with the BitMovio partnership we are breaking another first with their blockchain enabled platform.”

“We’re quickly establishing the BitMovio marketplace with a robust catalogue of over 700 Hours of video content, which we’ll be bringing to the public soon.  Our newest partners like, ImAir set the bar for rich, engaging content and with them we are confident that we will become an aviation-entertainment destination.”  Zhu commented.

The official ImAir.tv preview video was just published, offering interested people around the world a sneak peek of the platform.

ImAir.tv content includes a combination of all-new Original Productions that can’t be found anywhere else, as well as popular stories that are free elsewhere and fan-favorite classics that will be new to many viewers.

Aviation fans, professionals, hobbyists and kids who love aviation are invited to ImAir.tv and get “Everything Aviation Every Day…Worldwide!”. With video streaming on the rise, and more consumers looking for niche streaming options, ImAir is poised to leave its footprint in the digital aviation media niche.  More information can be found at www.imair.tv

About the ImAir Management Team

Mitch Carley / CEO & Executive Producer, Founder, Austin TX

Mitch Carley is a multiple EMMY Nominated Director, Writer & Producer.  Additionally Mitch created Duggy the Smile in the Sky!, DC3 as a child.  Mitch has been the Writer / Producer / Director of a Feature Film, Thunder Over Reno, co-starring The Unlimited’s at RENO, distributed by Netflix. Expert in Directing, Writing, Producing all levels of Marketing & Entertainment. Current Emmy Judge and member. Mitch attended the Columbus College of Art & Design where he has been an adjunct instructor as well as at Columbus State Community College, Advanced Digital Commerce Courses Univ. of Texas, Austin TX

Carl Wade / Senior Producer, Phoenix AZ (COO)

Carl Wade met Mitch Carley while attending several advanced and focused photography-production College courses.  Carl and Mitch separated as Carl’s career demanded that he travel exclusively. Carl has been producing stories for over 25 years for The Associated Press / AP, Jim Lorimar CEO of Classic Productions – The Arnold Classic global brand.  Paris, FR & NYC Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Red Bull – Media Producer, Pike Peak International Hill Climb, Colorado Springs CO and countless other ’on-site demanding’ stories. Carl has had to managed over 40 crew members worldwide in 17 Countries.

Currently Carl is based in Phoenix, AZ.

Carl attended Univ. of Ill Chicago MFA Art, Advanced Photography at UCLA and OSU.

About the Selected ImAir Advisers

Jim Bates / Principal at BlueLine Media Ventures LLC, New York NY

During his TED Talks Mr. Bates often is referred to as a founding-member of ESPN. Jim held the GM / Senior Vice President title at ESPN for almost a decade. Jim’s rise within ESPN was the result of developing and implementing successful strategies to increase market share and profitability. Jim has successfully devised and developed multiple cable programming properties including those mentioned and for HRTV, The Golf Channel and more. Mr. Bates is a board member of Players Network Inc. a Las Vegas based company specializing in the development and distribution of varied content through cable VOD and broadband platforms. Mr. Bates earned BS Psychology, Political Science from Springfield College in Illinois, where he headed up the club hockey team and played football.

Patty Wagstaff / International Aerobatic Champion, St. Augustine FL

Patty Wagstaff of St. Augustine, Florida, is an aerobatic champion and airshow pilot.  A six-time member of the US Aerobatic Team, Patty has won the gold, silver and bronze medals in Olympic level international aerobatic competition and she is the first woman to win the title of US National Aerobatic champion, and won it three times in 1991, 1992 and 1993.  Patty flies a smooth and aggressive airshow routine, incorporating maneuvers like a snap rolling 360 degree turn and an inverted ribbon cut at 22′ above the ground, in front of millions of spectators each year at some of the largest airshows in the world.

Patty has received many awards for her flying and contributions to aviation.  In 2004 Patty was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.  Her airplane, the Extra 260, hangs in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air & Space Museum on the Mall in Washington DC.

When not flying airshows, Patty operates Patty Wagstaff Aviation Safety, a school for aerobatics and upset training, based in St. Augustine, Kissimmee, Florida.  Training pilots from all over the world in advanced flying their goal is to give students skills to keep them safe, and to help them enjoy their flying even more.

When not flying, she enjoys yoga, riding horses, writing, and spending time with her bird, Buddha, and her dogs.

To Patty Wagstaff the sky represents adventure, freedom and challenge.  For more information go to:  www.pattywagstaff.com

Joe Edwards / NASA, Washington DC

Joe Frank Edwards Jr., (Cmdr, USN, Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, F14 TopGun Instructor, F14 test pilot and NASA Shuttle commander – astronaut. Today Mr. Edwards is the CEO of Polaris Technologies Solutions. Polaris operates at the top secret level with the US Government and has been noted as a developer of unmanned flying vehicles. Mr. Edwards has experiences as business executive with Fortune 100 companies managing large portfolios of business in IT, management consulting, finance, engineering and training. Additionally, Mr. Edwards flies a North American T28 Air Show aircraft on the Airshow circuit, time permitting.

Mr. Edwards earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1980. In 1994, he received a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

About the Businesses

About ImAir.tv

I’m Airborn ™ LLC dba ImAir is a privately held Texas-based company that offers a brand new take on video streaming with a platform that features a global mix of aviation-based content for fans, pilots, hobbyists, and children alike.  ImAir has been a leader of OTT SVOD AVOD Aviation web-based, non-app, actions since launching in 2018.  Based on a 2005 Library of Congress filing for ‘Internet delivered all aviation streaming network’, ImAir has rich history and relationships that insure it will be rich with unique content for decades.  For more information, visit www.ImAir.tv

About BitMovio

BitMovio is a blockchain-enabled video entertainment marketplace, connecting forward-thinking content creators and passionate consumers. BitMovio provides a decentralized Netflix-Twitch-Indiegogo-like platform powered by blockchain that enables content creators, consumers, and financiers to transparently and instantaneously exchange value and attention, without platform censorship. Backed by top-tier venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston, BitMovio is on a mission to disrupt the video entertainment industry’s centralized content distribution and financing model. For more information, visit www.BitMov.io

About I’m Airborn

I’m Airborn LLC is a privately held Texas-based company that offers a brand new take on video streaming with a platform that features a global mix of aviation-based content for fans, pilots, hobbyists, and children alike!