Bill Cote is the owner of BC Video, a New York City based television production company, specializing in reality-based documentary and sustainable programming. Its principals are Bill Cote (director/producer), John Cheshire (writer/producer), and Carol Cote (art director/photograper). They produced, wrote and directed the Network Special, The Mystery of The Sphinx, which was hosted by Charlton Heston, aired on NBC in 1993 and was nominated for two Emmy Awards, winning one for research. It received a 13.5 rating and a 20 share, airing on a Wednesday night, at 9PM.
They also produced and directed another special for NBC, The Mysterious Origins of Man, which was also hosted by Charlton Heston and aired in 1996 on a Sunday Night at 7 PM receiving a 6.2 rating and an 11 share against CBS's 60 Minutes. These shows, produced by BC Video, have stirred considerable controversy and continue to provoke interest on the Internet, in newspapers, magazines and in the classroom.
We can produce your next video for the home video market, industrial, corporate or educational uses, and broadcast or video streaming on the net. Learn more about some of our recent projects.
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Death Makes Life Possible. Interview with Jane Hughes Gignoux, author of Some Folks Say: Stories of Life, Death, and Beyond. For a documentary with Deepak Chopra, Edgar Mitchell and Dean Radin.
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Evian Wooden Racquet Tournament. The big tourney at Forest Hills with plenty of Evian Water. For Jetty Productions.
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New Evidence of Early Man: SUPPRESSED. Archaeological Documentary about a controversial discovery in Mexico in 1962. For Marshall Payn Productions.
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Bravo Around the World in 80 Plates. The big party celebrating the climax of Bravo's hit series. For Empire Entertainment.
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Diet Coke/Delta Airlines. Summer street party for Diet Coke and Delta.For Jetty Produtions.
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Bravo UP FRONT Event. The elaborate event for Bravo. For Empire Entertainment.
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Tribecca Film Festival. The world-class film festival, interviews with Ally Sheedy and Emily Blunt. For Fancaster.com.
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New York Giants Ticker Tape Parade. The big party for winning the Super Bowl, up the famous Canyon of Heroes, in New York City. For Fancaster.com.
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An Act of Valor. The New York Premiere of the first major motion picture featuring real Navy Seals in action. For Fancaster.com.
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Occupy Wall Street. The big demonstration, live streamed on September 5 from New York's Zuccotti Park. For Free Speech TV.
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The Westminster Kennel Club. This was the 135th consective staging of "America's First AKC Champions Only Dog Show" in Madison Square Garden. For Fancaster.com.
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Telemundo. Gala Event at The Museum of Natural History. For Barking Tiger.
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The Polar Bear Club, in Coney Island. Filming this event was a blast (of cold air). 1,200 brave souls got into their bathing suits and jumped into the chilly Atlantic Ocean for their yearly swim. For Fancaster.com.
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Boys and Girls Club of America. Media Event in New York's Times Square, with Jennifer Lopez. For Barking Tiger.
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CuffLink. New Product campaign for iPhones, original design by Zenda Snyder. For Kickstarter.com.
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HP Touchscreen Computers. New Product Roll Out in Times Square. For Barking Tiger.
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The Mysterious Stone Statues of Markawasi Peru.This is possibly the only video about a strange plateau in Peru where faces are carved into the living rock. They defy explanation because of their similarity to images from distant Easter Island and Egypt. One startling statue looks uncannily like the so-called Face on Mars! For The Documentary Channel.
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Jazz In The Present Tense. Interviews for 3 part documentary on the current state of Jazz. Produced by Icons Among Us and Paradigm Studios for The Documentary Channel.
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Innovations for an Urban World. 24 Minute video on Urban Sustainability, produced in co-operation with The Rockefeller Foundation and Columbia Univeristy.
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Making Real The Dream Tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. sponsored by The Opportunity Agenda and featuring Ruby Dee.
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The Other Nostsradamus, Edgar Cayce: premiered on The History Channel, Nov. 28, 2005. Interviews with Dr. Robert Schoch about his geological research around The Sphinx which supports Cayce's predictions about a Hall Of Records from Atlantis.
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Fashion: Narciso Rodriguez fashion show, for Swarovski Crystals, NYC.
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Infomercials (Crunch Gyms, Helen Morely Gowns, Register.Com, CitiBank, WestPoint Stevens, China Tourist Board, Cambio Jeans) for Platinum Television, Boca Raton, FL
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The Art of Peace: Survival Skills for the Third Millennium - Interviews for a two-part PBS Special which interviews Nobel Prize Laureate Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Dr. Mary Ann Hopkins of the Nobel Prize winning organization, Doctors Without Borders. We talk to peacemakers who see the shift from adversarialism to mutuality as essential to our survival.
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Universal Meditation Masters: An Interfaith Meditation Experience - A five hour series for The Tibet Center and The Temple of Understanding, directed by Emily Squires, Emmy-Award winning director of Sesame Street. Includes interviews with Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Sri Swami Satchidananda.
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Seated Yoga and Bed Top Yoga - Featuring Yoga instructor Carol Dickman, these two instructional videos demonstrate how the principles of Yoga can be used in the comfort of your chair or bed. For a nation of people too busy to excersize, New York Times health editor Andrea Higbie called this program "the ultimate workout."
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The Healing Power of Flowers - From a grant provided by the Concordia Foundation, BC Video produced, wrote and edited this internationally acclaimed one-hour documentary. Tells the story of Dr. Judy Griffin's journey into the mystical world of flowers and how they taught her to heal. It also stories of Dorothy Maclean, co-founder of Scotland's Findhorn Gardens, Eliot Cowan's miraculous work with Plant Spirit Medicine, and Dr. Mitchell L. Gaynor's pioneering work with Tibetan Singing Bowls and Aromatherapy at New York's Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center. #1 best-seller on The Documentary Channel.
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Life on Mars? New Scientific Evidence - Historic news conference with Dr. Tom Van Flandern and ex-Apollo Astronaut, Dr. Brian O'Leary. They examine photos from the recent Mars Global Surveyor mission and find signs of artificial intelligence.
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Video Streaming for paraview.com - This innovative site offers literary properties, books, ebooks, streaming and television documentaries that focus on the frontiers of science, business, health, and spirituality. BC Video produced, edited and streamed video clips including interviews with Jewel, Caroline Myss, Christine Northrup, Gary Zukav, Dean Radin and Graham Hancock.
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Wisdom at Work - A four-part series on Sustainable Business, featuring Jeffrey Hollender (Seventh Generation), Gary Hirshberg (Stoneyfield Farms), Mo Siegel (Celestial Seasonings) and Lester Brown (Earth Policy Institute). Aired on the Wisdom Network.
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Life is not a Stress Rehearsal- A one-woman comedy act with Loretta Laroche, at Carolines Comedy Club, in New York City. Loretta pokes fun at diet, meditation and other New Age fads, For the Wisdom Network.
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Wisdom Holiday Special - A two-hour music special hosted by Robin Crow (Dark Horse Recording), and Lenedra Carroll (Jewel's mom). Original Christmas songs and heart-warming stories of love for the holidays. For the Wisdom Network.
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An Intimate Evening With Nhojj - The versatile singer entertains his friends in a private performance, with four original songs by Nhojj (www.nhojj.com).
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Sermons with Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. - A series of inspirirational sermons by Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Riverside Church NYC. Includes interviews with Rev. Desmond Tutu, produced for CM Productions, and Riverside Church.