Civic Media Infrastructure

Every Screen.
One Channel.

PIQSTAR gives municipalities, institutions, organizations, and modern storytellers one connected way to move meaningful programming across the screens, communities, and channels that shape public life.

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Find your place in the network

A living network of stories, ideas, and public purpose

PIQSTAR was not built to react to where media is today. It was built for where storytelling is going next.

Membership Access

See What Your Place in the Network Can Become.

PIQSTAR membership is designed for people and organizations ready to move from isolated visibility to connected distribution. Start with a quick introduction, then explore the tier that fits the way you want to participate.

Your details open the membership overview. Pricing stays on each tier page.

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Membership Paths

Choose the Way You Want to Participate.

Explore the role each PIQSTAR membership path can play in your visibility, distribution, and reach. Pricing is available on each dedicated tier page.

Public Plan & Pro Plan

Directory listing and individual professional access, from the entry point for anyone exploring PIQSTAR through full directory and listing access for specialists.

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Plus Plan

A member's first distribution channel, open to any client type and built to move a presence from being listed to being broadcast.

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Vendor Pro & Vendor+Plus Plan

Vendor lead generation tools and a one to six channel carousel for municipalities and institutions.

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Customized Plan

The full white-label build with a twelve-channel carousel for organizations shaping their own network.

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Current regional footprintFive states.
One shared screen.

For Educational Institutions

RECLAIM THE SCREEN.

A campus is more than a place where people gather. It is a living media environment with stories, talent, ideas, and moments that deserve a channel of their own.

Campus Activation

For Student Affairs and event coordinators ready to bring an activation to campus.

Content Partnership

For Academic and Media programs building a longer-term storytelling partnership.

Phone outreachStart the conversation

Campus activationMake it visible

Budget request seasonPlan the next phase

Soft launchTest the channel

Full activationOwn the screen

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A PIQSTAR Alliance

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ALLY is an alliance bridging opportunities and sustainability. Together we are the difference.

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The PIQSTAR Difference

One Operating Layer for Every Major Screen.

Stories should not have to be rebuilt for every destination. PIQSTAR gives your content one connected operating layer so it can move with consistency across the places your audience already watches, learns, and participates.

Connect your channels

Organize your presence

Keep momentum moving

Community

Stories

One channel
for the whole picture.

PIQSTAR Membership

Find the Tier That Fits Your Reach.

Compare the six PIQSTAR membership paths by audience, distribution, device availability, and included capabilities. Pricing is not shown here.

Public

For anyone browsing the directory.

DistributionNo distribution channel

One free directory listing.
One fixed location.
The entry point for exploring PIQSTAR membership.

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Pro

For individual professionals and industry specialists.

DistributionNo distribution channel

Full directory and listing access.
One fixed location for individual visibility.
A stronger directory presence for specialists.

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Plus

For any client type, with the broadest reach.

DistributionOne distribution channel included

Available on

Roku · Amazon Fire TV / Firestick · Apple TV · Android TV · Google TV · LG · Samsung · Mobile iOS · Mobile Android

One location by default, with additional locations available on request.
Web app, VOD, TVOD, and live formats.
The first step from being listed to being broadcast.

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Vendor Pro

For municipalities and institutions.

DistributionOne channel with a custom cover

Available on

Roku · Amazon Fire TV / Firestick · Apple TV · Android TV · Google TV · LG · Samsung · Mobile iOS · Mobile Android

Two locations included.
Lead purchasing, automatic matching, visitor location detection, and priority map placement.
A channel and lead pipeline for institutional growth.

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Vendor+Plus

For municipalities and larger organizations.

DistributionSix-channel carousel under one account

Available on

Roku · Amazon Fire TV / Firestick · Apple TV · Android TV · Google TV · LG · Samsung · Mobile iOS · Mobile Android

Four locations included.
Every carousel channel carries full multi-platform reach.
Built for distinct programs or departments with separate channels.

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Customized Plan

For full white-label builds and Educational Signal programs.

DistributionTwelve-channel white-label carousel

Available on

Roku · Amazon Fire TV / Firestick · Apple TV · Android TV · Google TV · LG · Samsung · Mobile iOS · Mobile Android

Six locations included.
The largest distribution footprint PIQSTAR offers.
Built for multi-department institutions and full university systems.

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Presence should feel immediate.

Built for Attention

A Viewer Should Never Have to Hunt.

When the path to your story is fragmented, the audience feels the friction before it feels the meaning. PIQSTAR brings discovery, context, and action closer together so the next step is obvious.

Less searching.More meaningful arrival.

Three Signals

What Makes a Network Feel Alive.

Every strong media presence sends signals before it asks for attention. PIQSTAR helps your work make those signals clear.

Clarity

Your audience understands what you do, who it is for, and where to go next.

Continuity

Your presence remains connected across programs, channels, campaigns, and moments.

Participation

Your viewers, members, and partners can see how they belong inside the larger picture.

The Creator Economy

What Distribution Actually Takes.

Reach is not the same as infrastructure. The numbers make the gap visible.

59.4%never reach 1,000 subscribers

1.3%ever reach 100,000 subscribers

55%of ad revenue is shared with creators

40 to 70%of full-time creator income comes from sponsorships rather than ads

The opportunity is not simply to publish more. It is to build a stronger path between the work and the people it is meant to reach.

Civic News Wire

Stories About the Work Behind the Screen.

Explore Civic Media Insights, Platform Updates, Member Spotlights, and more from the PIQSTAR network.

PIQSTAR NEWS WIRE

An Apology Without Accountability Is Just Performance

Target is sorry. Again.For a company that has made "we are deeply sorry" something of a corporate catchphrase, you'd think they'd have invested in a better internal vetting process by now. But here we are,...

Posted By Ms. Lawrence, Founder on 08/27/2026

Retailers are Tracking Consumers and Changing Prices

'Your Data, Your Price: What the FTC Just UncoveredA Consumer WarningThe Federal Trade Commission just dropped a bombshell: retailers are using your personal data down to your mouse movements to set individualized...

Posted By Ms. Lawrence, Founder on 08/20/2026

The Water Crisis in Milwaukee

The Hidden Poison: Why Milwaukee's Lead Crisis is a Crisis of Justice, Not Just HealthIn our journey through life, we often stumble, but there is a particular failure that remains incomprehensible: the sheer selfishness...

Posted By Ms. Lawrence, Founder on 08/13/2026

Backstage at the 2026 International Black Theatre Festival

Backstage at the 2026 International Black Theatre Festival: A Homecoming for the Soul: By Tam Lawrence | Supported by PIQSTAR INC | Presented by Exposure Plus TVMr. MarvtasticFounded in 1989 by the late Larry Leon Hamlin...

Posted By Ms. Lawrence, Founder on 08/11/2026

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The PIQSTAR Journal

Visibility Is Not the Same as Presence.

Visibility gets you noticed. Presence gives people somewhere meaningful to arrive, return, and participate. The Journal follows that difference through the ideas shaping civic media, modern distribution, and the future of storytelling.

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PPresence is a system.

It is the story, the channel, the invitation, and the reason to come back.

PIQSTAR editorial note

Every Screen.
One Channel.