MIJO is a provider of digital media services to the entertainment, advertising and broadcast industries. MIJO has an online media distribution network that is used by advertisers and agencies, and online radio, television, cable and network destinations.

History

MIJO was founded in 1978, by Joel Reitman and Michael Goldberg. The two met as roommates at Ithaca College

Ithaca College

Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...

 in upstate New York while studying Communications – and out of the first two letters of each of their names, MIJO was named.

Headquartered in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, MIJO was originally established to offer Canadian feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 marketers a resource for the creation of Product Reels, Trailers, Television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 and Radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 Commercials. Over time duplication and distribution of such content; whether produced in-house or otherwise – throughout Canada and North America were added to MIJO's services. MIJO works with the Advertising

Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...

, Entertainment, and Broadcast

Broadcast

Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...

 Industries.

Today, the company remains technology-based and continuously evolves. MIJO provides, bilingual, and comprehensive services to generate and deliver final broadcast, print, and digital media materials.

Services

Through MIJO's Toronto Headquarters, video commercials can be digitally delivered to one station or simultaneously to all the cable and broadcast stations in MIJO's Digital Network, MIJOnet. Additional Services: Broadcast Duplication both HD and SD, Standards Conversions both SD and HD, Digital Delivery of Radio Commercials, DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 and Blu-ray Authoring and design, DVD, Blu-ray and CD duplication, SD and HD AVID

AVID

AVID stands for:* Advancement Via Individual Determination, a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges in the U.S....

 Editing, Pro Tools

Pro Tools

Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, developed and manufactured by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television...

 HD 5.1 Audio recording and mixing, Dolby E

Dolby E

Dolby E is an audio encoding and decoding technology developed by Dolby Laboratories that allows up to 8 channels of audio to be compressed into a digital stream that can be stored on a standard stereo pair of audio tracks....

 Encoding, French Adaptation, French Customization of Infomercials, Broadcast Design, Stock Music and SFX, Talent Payment Services, ANY file creation and Decoding, MIJOnet EPK, Broadcast Clearance (including NHP review), Broadcast Approval Submissions, VEIL Encoding, Broadcast Verification (BVS), SD/HD Closed Captioning

Closed captioning

Closed captioning is the process of displaying text on a television, video screen or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information to individuals who wish to access it...

, SD/HD Descriptive Video, SD/HD Subtitling, Fibre Optics and Satellite services, Storage for all Video and Audio masters with online access, Merchandise Fulfillment, Worldwide Distribution, Large Format Digital Printing, Print Concept, design and layout, Pre-press Production, Collateral Production Material, Custom Finishing, High Resolution Scanning, Digital File Delivery and Storage, Video/Audio Forensics.

Network reach

MIJO is headquartered in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, . MIJO's Video Digital Distribution

Digital distribution

Online distribution, digital distribution, or electronic software distribution is the practice of delivering content without the use of physical media, typically by downloading via the internet directly to a consumer's device. Online distribution bypasses conventional physical distribution media,...

 network covers Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and border USA Television Stations. MIJO's Radio Digital Distribution network covers North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 and parts of Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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