Jessica Corbin
Jessica Lynn Corbin (born March 29, 1978 in California) an integrated fitness expert, TV host & producer, entrepreneur and creator of Vitness Rx. After earning All-American honors in high school and graduating as a scholar athlete in Cross Country & Track from U.C.L.A., Jessica Corbin attained AFAA’s certification for group fitness, ACE & NESTA’s certification for personal training, and Spinning’s certification for indoor cycling. In addition, Jessica attained her Yoga Alliance and Thai Yoga Massage certifications in effort to guide clients into deeper states of relaxation. Alongside her passion for health & wellness, Jessica has appeared as a featured correspondent for mainstream TV networks and programs such as CNN, ABC’s The View, E! Entertainment, TechTV, The Style Network and the Science Channel. Merging all of her passions, Jessica has created the integrated fitness and media company, Vitness LLC..
Early life[edit]
In high school, Corbin was named an all-American in cross country. In 1996, she was given the honor of being a torch bearer for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Corbin attended the University of California, Los Angeles from 1996 to 2000. She was a member of the UCLA cross country team from 1996 to 1998. She received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology in June 2000.[2]
Career[edit]
Corbin was hired by TechTV in 2001. She started out as a production assistant, but quickly worked her way up in the company eventually becoming an on-air personality. She became lead anchor for the prime-time news program TechLive. While anchoring for TechLive, Jessica made weekly remote appearances on CNN Headline News. She also was a frequent contributor on The Screen Savers as well as the host of Fresh Gear.[1]
On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV. This move became hugely controversial among loyal fans of TechTV. Around May 6, G4 announced the termination of 250 employees from the San Francisco office by July 10, 2004, allowing approximately 80 to 100 employees to transition to G4's main office in Los Angeles, California if they agreed to relocate there.[3]
After the purchase, Corbin went on to host Love's a Trip, a reality television program which aired on the Style Network.[2]
In 2005, she starred as Carolyn in the movie One More Round.[4]
Corbin has also appeared on podcast This Week in Tech episode 11 with former TechTV personalities such as Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang and Robert Heron.[1]
On September 26, 2006, Kevin Rose's Revision3 relaunched with new shows and hosts. Jessica Corbin was one of these new additions, sharing hosting duties with Wil Wheaton and fellow TechTV veteran Hahn Choi. InDigital covered the newest gadgets and electronics, but Revision3 decided to discontinue it. The last episode aired on September 26, 2007, with its twenty-sixth episode.
From September 28, 2007 to January 4, 2008, Corbin co-hosted Tekzilla with Patrick Norton. The show, reminiscent of The Screen Savers, discusses gadgets, tech tips, and do-it-yourself projects. Her most recent guest-appearance on the show was January 18, 2008.
On January 16, 2008, Jessica debuted as the host of the new The Digg Reel podcast playing the top-rated videos submitted on the social news website digg.com. She then moved on to another new Revision3 show, popSiren, along with Sarah Lane. On the July 10, 2008 episode of popSiren, Sarah Lane announced that Jessica had left the Revision3 network.[5]
On September 19, 2012 Jessica appeared on episode 70 of Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network which the topic was all about her.[6]
In January of 2013 Jessica founded health and wellness company Vitness LLC and debuted her first fitness technology called Vitness Rx.
Personal life[edit]
Corbin has a few famous relatives. She is the granddaughter of singer Pat Boone and niece of singer and theater actress, Debby Boone.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jessica Corbin". tv.com. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Corbin, Jessica (2007). "Jessica Corbin — Resume". Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Comcast Fires TechTV Staff
- ↑ One More Round at IMDB
- ↑ http://revision3.com/popsiren/new/
- ↑ http://twit.tv/show/triangulation/70
External links[edit]
- Jessica Corbin's official website
- Jessica Corbin at the Internet Movie Database
- Jessica Corbin at TV.com
- InDigital Official Site at Revision3
- Tekzilla Official Site at Revision3
- The Digg Reel Official Site at Revision3
- Vitness Rx's official website
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