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Maker Studios
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Endemol Shine NA alum Will Keenan resurfaces at Coy Creator
Former Endemol Shine North America digital president Will Keenan is returning to the entertainment industry…
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Sharon Horgan’s Merman launches digital arm
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman is to launch a digitally focused arm named Mermade….
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AwesomenessTV hires Bonnie Pan as network head
AwesomenessTV has hired Endemol Shine Beyond’s former president, Bonnie Pan, as head of network. In…
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PactUS plots digital expansion
The US arm of independent producers association Pact has forged a new alliance with a…
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VR firm brings in Bacon from Endemol Shine
A UK-based, Maker Studios-backed virtual reality content producer has hired senior executives from Endemol Shine…
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Heavyweight backing for new VR firm
Viral Spiral founder Damian Collier has received backing from a host of prominent media executives…
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Disney ‘prepares Twitter bid’
The Walt Disney Company is reportedly eyeing a deal to buy social media platform Twitter….
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ProSieben poaches Maker exec for digital
ProSiebenSat.1 has poached a digital exec from Disney’s Maker Studios to run its ad-supported VOD…
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Maker EVP to lead Endemol Beyond USA
Maker Studios programming chief Bonnie Pan has joined Endemol Beyond USA as president. She technically…
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Ynon Kreiz exits Maker
Ynon Kreiz has left Maker Studios almost a year after The Walt Disney Company acquired…
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Maker debuts Fat Jew digital toon
The Walt Disney Company’s multichannel network Maker Studios has released an animated series starring internet…
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Comcast debuts YouTube rival Watchable
US media giant Comcast has launched its ‘YouTube killer’, Watchable, a streaming site that debuts…
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Ex-Endemol Beyond USA chief joins start-up
Former Endemol Beyond USA president Will Keenan has joined live streaming platform Streamup as president…
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Maker Studios content boss leaves
Maker Studios’ chief content officer Erin McPherson has left the US-based multichannel network. A spokesperson…
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Maker Studios-owned Blip.tv ‘to shut’
Justin Day, the co-founder of online video producer and distributor Blip.tv, has said the business…
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Top YouTube MCNs now worth $10bn
The top 100 YouTube multichannel networks are worth nearly US$10 billion, with the YouTube channel…
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Disney’s Maker Studios appoints intn’l content chief
Online content and channels specialist Maker Studios has recruited writer and director Luke Hyams to…
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Former Yahoo exec starting Believe digital studio
Brian Hunt, Yahoo’s former original content chief, has joined US prodco Believe and will start…
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YouTube, Vice, Maker and more for MIP Digital Fronts
Digital platforms and content companies including YouTube, Vice, and Maker Studios will be in Cannes…
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Endemol Beyond staffs up
Endemol Beyond has made more hires, adding a new sales senior VP and east coast…
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New players set for MIP Digital Fronts
The second MIP Digital Fronts will include the likes of AwesomenessTV, Collective Digital Studio and…
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Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
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Creative Industries Federation launches in the UK
The Creative Industries Federation, a new body to represent the UK’s creative community, has launched…
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New plan for Kreiz MIP keynote
Maker Studios’ Ynon Kreiz is to deliver a keynote speech at MIPCOM, six months after…
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MTG to run Maker shows in Europe
European broadcaster Modern Times Group has scored a deal that hands it MCN Maker Studios’…
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Maker Studios sibling co-founders exit
Lisa and Ben Donovan, the siblings that co-founded multichannel network Maker Studios, have exited the…
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Buyers Briefing digital season: The true value of MCNs
Buying YouTube multichannel operators is the trend of the moment, but do those leading the…
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Buyers Briefing digital season: news digest
As part of our new weekly Buyers Briefing feature, we run down the biggest news…
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Time Warner linked to web channels operator Fullscreen
US media giant Time Warner is reportedly seeking to follow the likes of Disney, RTL…
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Maker will create Star Wars, Marvel shortform content
The Walt Disney Company is planning to allow multichannel network Maker Studios to create shortform…
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