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Ruben Heere and Boris van de Ven founded Blammo Media in 2001. Blammo Media finds the missing links between the brands and the youth. One of the company’s business units, Blammo TV, is the creator of the successful Dutch TV show, Game Kings, about two young guys seated on a couch discussing the quality of computer games. The Game Kings offer their candid views on the gaming industry in the language of the gamers. Game Kings has meanwhile become the authority par excellence in the fields of games and gaming in the Netherlands. With an average of 200,000 viewers per week, it is one of the most highly watched TV shows on the MTV Networks.
Company name:
Blammo Media BV.
Company founding date:
1 January 2001.
Place of business:
Amsterdam.
Names of founders:
Boris van de Ven and Ruben Heere.
Ages of founders:
Boris van de Ven [35], Ruben Heere [33].
About the company:
The first and biggest media content company specializing in gaming in the Netherlands. Known for, among other things, Game Kings on TMF, the First Look event, Crown Magazine and the biggest gaming related video content site in the Netherlands, www.gamekings.tv
Current project:
Too many to mention! Our operations are distributed over three companies: Blammo TV [TV and Internet content], Blammo Events [specializing in gaming events] and Blammo Publishing [print].
Source of inspiration:
My company and the people that work for it.
My big idea:
That’s hard. I think it’s the application of the fundamental Blammo principle in all our projects: content first.
Favourite tools:
Undoubtedly my Philips kettle with its filter option. And the second is my Dell full HD 24" monitor with calibrated colours.
Favourite website:
www.gamekings.tv
Hobby:
History, and, obviously, gaming.
Best advice I ever received:
It’s better to say nothing than to express an opinion on something you know nothing about.
Biggest blunder:
A major production many years ago that fell apart because I was not able to delegate... a learning moment.
Tips for professional colleagues:
Concentrate on your distinctive abilities. And if you don’t have any, do something else.
As an ambassador of Amsterdam, I would...
Want to be posted in Tokyo.
Company website:
www.blammo.nl
Company email address:
Web 2.0:
www.linkedin.com/pub/6/922/324
www.rubsterblammo.hyves.nl/
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