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''Round the Square' review: A look at Portsmouth's Web series
02/18/10

By Gina Carbone
gina_carbone@comcast.net

"'Round the Square," the city's first online sitcom, just hit the halfway point in its pilot season.

Michael Robert Berry, co-creator with C. Daniel Freund, said the show is "like 'Friends,' but set in Portsmouth."

There are certainly some similarities, and "'Round the Square" even shows one character holding a box set of "Friends" and complimenting the show.
But since I never liked "Friends" — as an Anglophile, I prefer the British version, "Coupling" — I don't want to force that comparison.

Own your own set up, I say.

Port City 'Round the Square' web TV series debuts today
01/15/10

By Geoff Cunningham Jr.
gcunningham@fosters.com
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Friday, January 15, 2010


PORTSMOUTH — A "web-series" set to premier today at 10:45 a.m. will tell the stories of six fictional characters living in a Portsmouth its producers described as "America's favorite little port city."

Web sitcom spotlights city of Portsmouth
01/15/10

by Gina Carbone
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PORTSMOUTH — "'Round the Square" is a sitcom that's poised to launch online and, potentially, become the city's favorite not-so-guilty pleasure.

"It's like 'Friends,' but set in Portsmouth," said writer/director Michael Robert Berry. "Or as we call it, 'America's favorite little port city.'"

"'Round the Square" will debut at 10:45 a.m. today on www.shortstream.tv.

ShortStreamTV redesign launched
10/05/09

Kinney Hill is announces the launch of the redesigned ShortStreamTV website; the New Hampshire Seacoast's first and only true community media network. The website features videos from some of the state's leading video producers and serves as a hub for all webseries produced in the state.

Community access media and the independent filmmaker
10/03/09

PRESENTED BY THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM & TELEVISION OFFICE
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 10 A.M. - NOON

Catch Joe Stevens on ShortStream
08/20/09

By J.L. Stevens
08/20/09

Locals launch online community channel
07/30/09

Written by Matt Kanner
07/30/09

The concept went from vague idea to reality over the course of a single beer.

Videographer Dan Freund began working several months ago on a series of profiles highlighting Portsmouth’s artists and professionals, but he lacked a forum to share his videos with the community. The city has long been working to establish a public access television station, but that process has dragged on for years. Freund chatted with multi-media guru John Herman over a beer at The Press Room.

John Herman surfaces again!
07/30/09

By Jeanné McCartin
07/30/09

Daniel (Dan) Freund was having a meeting with "MediaMan" John Herman, (that name AGAIN), a few weeks back; he wanted to run an idea by him, maybe get input. "We were at the Press Room. I was explaining my interest in developing an on-line media network," says Freund. "John buried his face in his laptop, saying nothing, and not paying attention." Or so he thought.

Kinney Hill joins John Herman on 48 Hour Film Project
06/15/09

Newmarket, NH
Kinney Hill joined New Hampshire media maker and creative wrangler John Herman to manage production on the set of "The Way They Were Inside," an entry in New Hampshire's inaugural 48 Hour Film Project competition.