SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--creativeLIVE (www.creativeLIVE.com), the world’s leading live education platform, today announced the launch of the first 24/7 broadcast education network. The creativeLIVE network will carry five free channels of always-on original content that will enable individuals to learn creative skills around the clock. The five new channels are: Photo & Video, Art & Design, Music & Audio, Maker & Craft and Business & Money.
“Today marks a new chapter in the continued disruption of education and another milestone in providing free access to the best creative education,” said Mika Salmi, CEO of creativeLIVE. “By launching our 24/7 network we’ve dramatically expanded the availability of free classes for our community. Now there is literally always a world-class expert teaching real skills on every creativeLIVE channel.”
creativeLIVE has already cultivated a large and highly engaged community of students from around the globe. It has delivered more than 1 billion minutes of free education to more than 2 million students in 200 countries worldwide. creativeLIVE's engagement statistics are even more impressive, as average student watch times are greater than 3 hours.
“Prior to creativeLIVE, skill-based education had been behind a paywall,” said creativeLIVE co-founder Chase Jarvis. “We smashed that notion when we launched in 2010. Today’s 24/7 announcement is an extension of this vision and a direct response to the huge demand for high quality, engaging education that is always available, regardless of age, socio-economic status, where you live or where you are in your own learning progression.”
The company’s freemium model enables users to seamlessly tune into live classes at no cost, giving them the option to purchase the recorded version. Below are some examples of the free courses and expert instructors that will be featured on the five always-on channels:
Photo & Video
Sue Bryce: Inside the Glamour Studio
Brooke
Shaden: 101 Ways to Conquer Your Craft
Joey L: Commercial
Portraiture
Art & Design
Tobi Fairley: What’s Your Design
Personality?
Janine Warner: Creating Responsive Web Designs
Music & Audio
Big Chocolate: Producing EDM with Ableton
Live
Eyal Levi: Advanced Drum Production
Maker & Craft
Tara Gentile: The Art of Selling What You
Make
Becky Higgins: Scrapbooking With Project Life
Business & Money
Reid Hoffman: The Start-up of You
Ramit
Sethi: Money + Business for Creative Entrepreneurs
Tim Ferriss: The
4-Hour Life
For more information and to review class offerings, please visit: www.creativelive.com or engage via the hashtag, #Learning247.
About creativeLIVE
creativeLIVE is setting a new standard for education by connecting a live, dynamic community of individuals with the world’s top experts. Using a scalable freemium model, creativeLIVE is transforming the $100 billion continuing education market by offering frictionless access to the best teachers in the world through a social video platform. The company was founded in April 2010 by world-renowned photographer, director and artist Chase Jarvis and entrepreneur Craig Swanson. The company is led by CEO Mika Salmi, backed by Greylock Partners and Social+Capital Partnership and has studios in Seattle and San Francisco.
