Exec Shuffle for 9/15/15: Nina Tassler Leaving CBS, WME/IMG Acquires Miss...
Company Launches & Partnerships WME | IMG has acquired The Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump, in a deal that include Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. Recently Trump bought...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 9/21/15: History Channel and A&E Shift Exec Teams Plus Moves...
Company Launches & Partnerships Christie Smith and Julie Darmody are forming a To-Be Named Joint Venture. Darmody was formerly the President, Manager of Talent at Mosaic while Smith was formerly a...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 9/28/15: Sony TV Names Steve Mosko as Chairman, New...
Company Launches & Partnerships Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has partnered with MCN Fullscreen to form the CBC|Fullscreen Creator Network. CBC has more than 2,000 Canadian content creators...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 10/5/15: Multiple Shifts at AMC & SundanceTV, Univision...
Company Launches & Partnerships Univision Communications (UCI) has partnered with Verizon. Content from a variety of Univision’s programming properties will be seen on Verizon’s Go90 mobile...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 10/12/15: Big Shake-Up at Relativity Sports,...
Company Launches & Partnerships Endemol Beyond USA has started Smasher, a new digital eSports network. The network is available on YouTube and other platforms. Smasher produces several original...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 10/19/15: BFI Launches Diversity Fund, David Linde Named CEO...
Company Launches & Partnerships Newsy, the millennial-oriented digital news network has partnered with TV broadcaster Raycom Media: Raycom. In the deal, Newsy content will be featured across its...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 10/26/15: Time Acquires Zooey Deschanel’s Hello Giggles,...
Company Launches & Partnerships Time Inc. has acquired HelloGiggles, a digital lifestyle publishing start-up for women, co-founded by New Girl actress Zooey Deschanel. The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 11/2/15: ESPN Shutters Grantland, Shifts at Magnolia...
Company Launches & Partnerships Cisco Systems is acquiring OTT video services provider 1 Mainstream. 1 Mainstream has raised about $8.75 million in funding, mostly from the U.K. satellite operator...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 11/9/15: Activision Blizzard Studios Launches, comScore...
Company Launches & Partnerships 3D technology company RealD said in February has been bought by private equity investor Rizvi Traverse Management which has agreed to pay $551 million, including...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 11/16/15: Stagwell Acquires Nielsen NRG, AMBI Launches $200M...
Company Launches & Partnerships Lionsgate has made an ownership stake in Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios in a deal valued at an estimated $200 million for more than 50% of the studio. Pilgrim will...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 11/23/15: Tony Sella Launches Branding Firm AKS Content,...
Company Launches & Partnerships Comedy Gives Back CEO Amber Lawson has launched a new MCN, Good Amplified, dedicated to helping non-profits with their digital strategies. The MCN’s initial roster...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 11/30/15: Shifts at UTA and Gersh, AT&T Signs Pact with A+E...
Company Launches & Partnerships Sports-oriented MCN Whistle Sports has signed a content deal with online video site Dailymotion. Whistle Sports will collaborate with upwards of 20 YouTube stars,...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 12/7/15: Oprah Winfrey Forms Book Imprint, Indigenous Media...
Company Launches & Partnerships The marketing platform, Reelio, which matches brands with digital influencers, has launched Reelio Cares, a division that will focus on matching digital celebs with...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 12/14/15: Richard Fox Heading to China for WB, Scripps...
Company Launches & Partnerships Music video-focused MCN Vevo has bought out ShowYou. ShowYou launched in 2011 as a tool to aggregate multiple social media feeds and has expanded its features to...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 12/21/15: Mark Burnett Named President of MGM TV & Digital,...
Company Launches & Partnerships MCN Fullscreen has launched a new SVOD service and hired three executives. Martin Keely, previously of MLB Advanced Media, will serve as General Manager of the new...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 12/28/15: Les Moonves Expected to be CBS Chairman, Josh...
Company Launches & Partnerships NEP Group has bought Mediatec Asia Pacific, extending NEP’s video display capabilities into Australia and other countries in the region. “Mediatec Asia Pacific has...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 1/11/16: WME Celebrates the New Year with a Slew of...
Company Launches & Partnerships Relativity Media has acquired Trigger Street Productions and has named Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey Chairman of Relativity Studios and Producer Dana Brunetti as...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 1/25/16: China’s Perfect World Pictures & Universal Circling...
Company Launches & Partnerships Sky Atlantic will be the exclusive home to Showtime programming in major European markets under Sky’s new long-term licensing agreement with CBS Corp. The deal...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 2/1/16: Fox to Cut $250M from Staff Budget, IMAX Partnering...
Company Launches & Partnerships ComScore has completed the stock swap acquisition of Rentrak it spoke of last fall. The deal will allow comScore to measure more than 260 million desktop screens,...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 2/8/16: Moonves & Dauman to Take Over for Redstone, Major...
Company Launches & Partnerships According to reports several companies are looking to acquire MCN Defy Media with Viacom as the likely buyer. Reportedly the asking price is in the $500 million...
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