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Vinyl TV

Launching spring 2027: Vinyl TV is a streaming service for NYC comedy, culture, and music. We help you watch, discover, and do more in the city.

Catch us on the GateCrashers Podcast

GateCrashers Pod season two artwork, with Vinyl TV’s Bret McGowen and Arielle Hurst as guests

The GateCrashers Pod is a rebellion against the old Hollywood playbook, and that's exactly our style.Arielle and Bret discuss Vinyl TV and have a blast chatting with Cat Yudain and Makayla McIntosh on the Sept 29, 2026 GateCrashers Podcast.

What's on

Stand up comedy

Comedy

We're a comedy-first channel, with short films, features, and we're currently working on our first original series.And as dozens of stand-ups, sketch artists, improvisers, and nerdy powerpointers take the stage across the city, we bring you their shows. And we'll bring you to their shows, from Greenwich Village to Gowanus, with tickets to local shows.

Podcast

Culture

Documentaries, podcasts, interviews, and short films about the many laters of our city.

Music

Music

Live sets, music videos, performances, and shows for finding your next favorite artist.

Fiercely independent.

The current consolidation of profit-obsessed media companies reduces the number of video platforms, which leads to fewer voices and a race to AI slop. They reward art that is predictable and profitable. At Vinyl TV, we believe that creates a vacuum and an opportunity for new, independent, unpredictable storytelling to emerge.We are a platform for those storytellers, and we are not for sale.

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Caveat theater. Photo: Quietlunch.com and Kate Downey

Watch party - sync your video and watch along with friends. You pause, they pause. You play, they play.

Live television, now more lively - use your remote to influence a live show. Coming in 2027.

Neighborhood news ticker - learn about whatever Mamdani is up to this week and when the next F train is arriving. Off- and off-off-Broadway show listings, nerdy knitting events, and when that H-Mart will finally open.

For filmmakers and creatives

Got something we should see?

We’re looking for short films, features, and web series that are subversive, fresh, funny, and have something to say about culture and New York today.

  1. 01Submit your films below. Send us links, a little context, and anything else we should know.
  2. 02Our team will take a look.
  3. 03If there’s a fit, we’ll talk. About the work, and whatever else you're dreaming up.
Submit your film
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Vinyl TV leadership team

Interested in joining the team? Check out our open roles.

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Bret McGowen

Co-founder

Computer programmer turned TV programmer.
Former software engineer at Google, Rackspace.

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Arielle Hurst

Co-founder

Arielle runs the marketing and business operations behind Vinyl TV, with 15 years of industry experience in agency and software companies.She also writes One Cool Thing NYC - a weekly newsletter for what's happening in NYC.

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Nate Kublin

Head of development

Development exec who developed shows at Hulu and Disney, working on shows such as Only Murders in the Building, Ramy, Letterkenny, How I Met Your Father, and This Fool.

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Katie Sicking

Head of production

A veteran producer with 15 years experience spanning across television, film, and podcasts. Most recently she worked on Have I got News For You on CNN/HBO. Co-Founder of Tootsie’s Video Vault.

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Mariah Hurst

Brand and operations

Mariah has spent 10+ years making sure the right stories reach the right people and handles everything from big-picture strategy to the behind-the-scenes work that keeps things running.

Stream local.

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Advertise with us

We specialize in small business.

Interested in advertising with us?We believe in being places physically, not just on our phones or computers. That's why we're partnering with local businesses, and especially ones like venues, restaurants and shops that have a physical presence.Let us help connect your business with those who live in the tri-state area: they could watch a stand-up comic's Vinyl TV special in the afternoon and buy a ticket for that same comic's show at your LES comedy club that evening.Let's bring your customers and our characters to your ice cream parlors, barber shops, and vintage stores.Sponsor a series, present a live night, or build something with us that belongs on the channel. Plus we'd love to promote your coffee shop/Wiccan dispensary.

Placements are local, limited and made to sit nicely alongside the programming.

Launch list

See you in Spring 2027.

Leave your email and we’ll send you updates about what we're up to as we head towards launch, plus the occasional heads-up about shows and comedy we think are worth checking out.