Zoom Communications (Zoom or Zoom Productions) is a privately held film and web production company in Calgary, Alberta. Zoom was founded in 1996 by two television broadcasters Jeff Bradshaw and Mark Fuller. Initially, Zoom started as a film production company but quickly developed a web design and development team. Zoom current focus is on combining video and the web together which they have labeled Web Video Integration. Productions For two seasons, Zoom partnered with OLN to create the reality television series Half Mile of Hell. Half Mile of Hell series followed the World Professional Chuckwagon Association season of chuckwagon racing. In 2008, after OLN did not renew the show for broadcast, Zoom took Half Mile of Hell online. Zoom partnered with World Professional Chuckwagon Association to create a site based on the Web Video Integration philosophy at Half Mile of Hell.com. The Half Mile of Hell site, in its freshmen year, has garnered a lot of attention and a strong viewership. The site contains video from each race, behind the scenes and up-to-date stats from the World Pro Tour and followed the drivers at the Calgary Stampede.
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