Veras Communications, Inc. (VCI) was founded in l994 by President George Veras as a multi media company, primarily producing and directing television for live events, documentaries, music shows and corporate events, but also including marketing and promotion for television shows and feature films, or over a decade as an independent television production company for documentaries, music television and sports events, in addition to event management, marketing, publicity, corporate sponsorships, television distribution, and concert tour bookings. VCI has captured 12 National Sports Emmy Awards since l981, the latest for the 2004 Summer Olympics for NBC Sports.

After twenty years working for ABC and CBS, President George Veras founded Veras Communications (VCI) in 1994, based on the success of his television production of Yanni Live at the Acropolis. For Yanni, VCI has produced and directed all television music specials for YANNI, the most recent YANNI LIVE in HD, airing on PBS in August 2006. Other Yanni TV specials include Tribute, Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall and Yanni Live at the Acropolis. VCI was an integral part of the Yanni Management team as his Executive Producer, in event touring, public relations and marketing. VCI has also produced and directed numerous other music television music specials, including Doo Wop 50, 60's Pop Rock Reunion, Ray Charles Live, Bach Choral Mass in B Minor, Swing Alive, Ballroom Fever, Ft Lauderdale Christmas Pageant, Black Music Vocal Extravaganza and for the last six years, directed the classical music competition, Sphinx (www.sphinx.org) in 2003-2004, VCI was the national pledge producer for select PBS shows, including The American Tenors, Sissel, The Cantors, Mariachi, Body, Rhythm and Soul, Carole King and Chicago.

VCI has also written, produced and directed full length documentaries in many areas and in 2001, VCI received the Golden Cine Award and the National Headliner Award for its PBS documentary, Tight on the Spiral, the behind the scenes story of NFL Films. Other documentaries include: for the HISTORY CHANNEL: Sports Owners, Who's the Boss, Basketball's Greatest Dynasties and Sportscasters Behind the Mike. For A&E: executive producer for Fire and Ice and History of Women's Figure Skating. For PBS: Greek-Americans: Coming to America's Shores, Greek-Americans: Passing the Torch, Ellis Island Award Show, Greek Americans: Return to Homeland, Yanni's Visions of Greece, and the Horatio Alger Awards Show. For ESPN Classic, VCI also produced three Sports Century and Beyond programs; Lou Gehrig, Arnold Palmer and Greg Norman. VCI has just been commissioned to produce a PBS documentary on Cyprus, to air in 2007.

On the sports television front, VCI's produced over 500 events while at CBS Sports from 1981-1994 (Producer NFL TODAY, Senior Producer Winter Olympics) and has continued that tradition with his own company. VCI produced cross country and biathlon for NBC Sports at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake, capturing his eleventh EMMY award and was the Supervising Producer for a record 400 hours NBC's High Definition telecasts for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for which he received his 12th National Sports Emmy. He was the lead director for 19 games of the inaugural season of college football for CSTV in 2003, directed two seasons of BET College Football 2001-2002, and directed Philadelphia Eagles pre-season football games from 1999-2003, winning several local Emmys for direction. VCI also directed the IVY League football and basketball on DIRECT TV from 1999-2001.

In 2004, VCI produced and directed two unique orchestral events A Houston Salute, the first ever Opening Ceremonies at a Super Bowl and Brownstown 1964 Championship Show. Both events were full orchestra and stage shows for live television. The Houston Salute, executive producers Jim Nantz and George W. Bush, was held on the Monday night of Super Bowl XXXVIII, presenting 38 of Houston's greatest athletes with Yanni and his orchestra performing live, later televised by NFL Network.In September 2004, in Cleveland at Severance Hall, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra performed the music of NFL Films, in honor of the 1964 NFL Champions Cleveland Browns, hosted by Steve Sabol and Roy Firestone and live on WOIO. Veras wrote, produced and directed both shows.

VCI joined the Cleveland Browns as Vice President of Production and Broadcasting in September 2004, responsible for all television shows, including preseason football and all Stadium Scoreboard presentations. In February 2007, returned full time to VCI and produce, directed and toured in Cleveland and Chicago, 12 Girls Band Shanghai, produced and directed LIVE EARTH-Shanghai as part of the 24 hour LIVE EARTH SHOW, Kevin Wall, Executive Producer, produced and directed the web tv series, THE CRAFT, for the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum and will produce and direct the new PBS TV Special starring guitarist PAVLO (www.pavlo.net) in January 2008.