Big Review TV
Big Review TV was an Australian media-technology company that used video reviews, online marketing, social media, mobile applications, and television programming to connect consumers with small and medium-sized businesses.
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Overview
Big Review TV was an Australian media and technology company founded by Brandon Evertz in May 2013. Its business centered on video-led reviews and marketing services for consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and other businesses. Rather than operating only as a conventional review website, the company presented itself as an integrated media platform combining online video, internet distribution, social-media promotion, a mobile-phone video-review application, and television review programs. The company operated across Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its stated proposition was to make customer and business reviews more engaging through video, while also giving smaller businesses a promotional channel that linked digital content with broader media exposure. This placed Big Review TV at the intersection of user-generated content, local-business marketing, online advertising, and television production. The available reference material does not provide a detailed catalogue of named products, subscription plans, audience figures, or revenue by market, so the company's commercial scale and product-level performance cannot be quantified reliably here. Big Review TV was reportedly established with financial help from Brandon Evertz's father, who provided an initial loan of $500. The business was subsequently described as one of Australia's fastest-growing companies, although the available sources do not specify the methodology or period behind that characterization. In a significant corporate step, Big Review TV became associated with Republic Gold Limited through a reverse listing on the Australian Securities Exchange. This transaction gave the business access to a listed corporate structure rather than leaving it solely as a private operating company. The company's corporate history ended in financial distress. Big Review TV entered voluntary administration in order to restructure the business and preserve value for shareholders. According to a director's report dated May 2018, the company had an asset deficit of approximately A$47 million, while secured creditors held claims of about A$57 million against its assets. The company was unable to overcome accounting problems and subsequently failed. Public reporting about the collapse focused on severe investor losses and the company's accounting and governance difficulties. Big Review TV is therefore best understood as a defunct video-review and marketing venture whose rapid expansion and public-market transition were followed by a highly consequential insolvency.
History
Big Review TV was founded by Brandon Evertz in May 2013 as a media and technology venture built around video reviews and digital marketing. Its intended audience included consumers seeking reviews as well as small and medium-sized businesses seeking promotional exposure. The company differentiated its concept from a text-only review service by combining video production and distribution with internet publishing, social media, mobile-phone functionality, and television review shows. The business operated in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Available sources describe a model in which video reviews served both an informational purpose for consumers and a marketing purpose for businesses. The platform's documented components included online video content, internet and social-media activity, a mobile application for recording or viewing video reviews, and television programming. The available material does not identify individual show names, application names, pricing structures, customer numbers, or detailed financial performance, so those aspects remain undocumented. According to the referenced account, the company began with a $500 loan from Evertz's father. It later attracted attention as a rapidly growing Australian company. Big Review TV eventually became connected with Republic Gold Limited through a reverse listing on the Australian Securities Exchange. The reverse-listing structure represented a major shift from an early-stage private venture to a business operating within a publicly listed corporate framework. The sources supplied for this entry do not establish the precise transaction date, the listing consideration, or the full legal relationship between the operating business and Republic Gold Limited. The company's later history was dominated by financial and accounting problems. Big Review TV was placed into voluntary administration as a mechanism for restructuring the business and attempting to preserve value for shareholders. A director's report from May 2018 recorded an asset deficit of approximately A$47 million and secured-creditor claims of approximately A$57 million. The company was unable to resolve its accounting difficulties and went under soon afterward. Coverage of the collapse emphasized the scale of investor losses and the consequences of the company's financial deterioration. Big Review TV's historical significance lies in the combination of an early video-review proposition, a multi-market digital-media strategy, and a rapid transition into a public-market structure, followed by insolvency. The available record supports describing it as a defunct Australian media-technology company rather than as an ongoing consumer brand or an active review platform.
- 2018
Voluntary administration
[1]The company entered voluntary administration to pursue restructuring and preserve value for shareholders.
- 2018
Financial collapse documented
[1]A May 2018 director's report recorded an approximately A$47 million asset deficit and approximately A$57 million in secured-creditor claims.
- 2013
Company founded
[1]Brandon Evertz founded Big Review TV in May 2013 as a business focused on video reviews and online marketing.
- 2013
Early financing reported
[1]The company's origin story included a reported $500 loan from Evertz's father.
Reverse listing through Republic Gold Limited
[1]Big Review TV reversed listed through Republic Gold Limited, giving the business access to a structure associated with the Australian Securities Exchange.
Products and positioning
A video-first review and marketing platform for consumers and small and medium-sized businesses, combining digital reviews with social-media, mobile, and television distribution.
Digital media platform · 2013
Video review platform
Big Review TV's central offering was a video-driven review platform intended to connect consumer opinions with business promotion. It used video rather than relying solely on written reviews and was designed to distribute review content through online channels. The available sources do not provide a separate product name, technical specifications, or documented user metrics.
Marketing services
Online marketing services
The company provided online marketing services for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. These services were associated with the production and distribution of review-oriented video content and with the broader use of internet and social-media channels. Specific service packages, fees, and contractual terms are not identified in the available references.
Mobile application
Mobile video-review application
Big Review TV offered a mobile-phone video-review application as part of its integrated platform. The application formed the mobile component of the company's review ecosystem, connecting smartphone-based video with online publication and marketing. The sources do not establish its operating systems, release history, or final availability.
Television programming
Television review shows
Television review programming extended Big Review TV's video concept beyond websites and mobile devices. The shows were described as part of a broader system combining television, internet, social media, and mobile video reviews. No specific program titles, broadcast partners, or audience figures are identified in the available source material.
Controversies
2018
Accounting and insolvency controversy
Big Review TV's collapse was associated with accounting problems described in reference material as accounting mishaps. The subsequent voluntary administration, reported asset deficit, secured-creditor claims, and investor losses led to scrutiny of the company's financial reporting and corporate governance. The available sources do not establish findings from a court or regulator, so the matter is described as reported accounting controversy rather than a proven criminal offense.
Brand decisions
2018
Restructuring through voluntary administrationStrategyBackground
Big Review TV faced severe financial and accounting problems and sought a mechanism to preserve value for shareholders.
Action taken
The company entered voluntary administration to enable a restructuring of the business.
Aftermath
The company was unable to overcome its accounting difficulties and went under shortly afterward.
Reported asset deficit and secured-creditor claims. Approximately A$47 million asset deficit; approximately A$57 million in secured-creditor claims (May 2018 director's report)
- Reverse listing through Republic Gold LimitedM&A
Background
Big Review TV moved from an early-stage private business into a publicly listed corporate structure through a reverse listing involving Republic Gold Limited.
Action taken
The business reversed listed through Republic Gold Limited on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Aftermath
The listing was followed later by financial distress and voluntary administration. The available sources do not provide the transaction's financial terms or precise date.
Recent events
- 2018
Big Review TV enters voluntary administration amid financial distress[1]
Bankruptcy · Other
Big Review TV was placed into voluntary administration to pursue a restructuring and attempt to preserve value for shareholders. The available reporting described the company as unable to overcome accounting problems and indicated that it subsequently collapsed.
- 2018
Big Review TV investors face substantial losses after company collapse[2]
Bankruptcy · Other
Australian Financial Review reporting examined the collapse of Big Review TV and the losses experienced by investors following the company's financial failure.
- 2018
Director's report identifies a major asset deficit and secured-creditor claims[1]
Bankruptcy · Other
A director's report dated May 2018 stated that Big Review TV had an asset deficit of approximately A$47 million and that secured creditors held claims of approximately A$57 million against the company's assets.
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