Top U.K. STX International executives Llewellyn Radley, Laura Austin Little, Jill Silfen and Mike Shanks have reunited with John Friedberg at new company Black Bear International, as it announces a U.K. distribution plan.
The announcement comes just days after news broke that STX was closing the London office it opened in 2017, in a development that was expected to impact at least a dozen members of staff.
Friedberg exited as STX’s President of International after seven years in the job last May. He then went on to announced the creation of Black Bear International with Teddy Schwarzman during Cannes.
The arrival of his former STX colleagues has enabled Friedberg to set his international leadership team.
Radley joins as EVP, International and UK MD and will lead the launch of Black Bear’s direct distribution business in the UK, reporting to Friedberg.
The company will release 12-15 films per year,...
The announcement comes just days after news broke that STX was closing the London office it opened in 2017, in a development that was expected to impact at least a dozen members of staff.
Friedberg exited as STX’s President of International after seven years in the job last May. He then went on to announced the creation of Black Bear International with Teddy Schwarzman during Cannes.
The arrival of his former STX colleagues has enabled Friedberg to set his international leadership team.
Radley joins as EVP, International and UK MD and will lead the launch of Black Bear’s direct distribution business in the UK, reporting to Friedberg.
The company will release 12-15 films per year,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Llewellyn Radley, Laura Austin Little, Jill Silfen and Mike Shanks join John Friedberg.
Black Bear is moving into direct UK distribution and has unveiled the Black Bear International senior leadership team months after John Friedberg left STX to set up the company with Teddy Schwarzman.
Llewellyn Radley, Laura Austin Little, Jill Silfen and Mike Shanks all join Friedberg at the new venture and worked together at STX International. Last week Screen was first to report that STX was understood to be winding down its UK office in London, which houses the international sales and the distribution teams.
Radley joins as EVP,...
Black Bear is moving into direct UK distribution and has unveiled the Black Bear International senior leadership team months after John Friedberg left STX to set up the company with Teddy Schwarzman.
Llewellyn Radley, Laura Austin Little, Jill Silfen and Mike Shanks all join Friedberg at the new venture and worked together at STX International. Last week Screen was first to report that STX was understood to be winding down its UK office in London, which houses the international sales and the distribution teams.
Radley joins as EVP,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Laura Austin-Little joins from Lakeshore Entertainment.
Stx Entertainment is set to name Laura Austin-Little as its Evp of International Sales.
Austin-Little is joining from Los Angeles-based outfit Lakeshore Entertainment and will be relocating to Stx’s London office. She will start before Cannes.
The hire follows the departure of former Stx international president David Kosse to Netflix earlier this year, a move which prompted Stx to immediately promote president of international sales John Friedberg to replace Kosse, leaving a role in the sales team that Austin-Little will now fill.
Austin-Little joined Lakeshore as head of international sales and acquisitions in...
Stx Entertainment is set to name Laura Austin-Little as its Evp of International Sales.
Austin-Little is joining from Los Angeles-based outfit Lakeshore Entertainment and will be relocating to Stx’s London office. She will start before Cannes.
The hire follows the departure of former Stx international president David Kosse to Netflix earlier this year, a move which prompted Stx to immediately promote president of international sales John Friedberg to replace Kosse, leaving a role in the sales team that Austin-Little will now fill.
Austin-Little joined Lakeshore as head of international sales and acquisitions in...
- 4/16/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
RightsTrade, the leading online global marketplace for film and television rights, has closed deals with leading film sales companies Lakeshore Entertainment, The Solution Entertainment Group, Qed International, Gfm and Arclight to utilize its sales and screening platform. Other recent signings also include Altitude Films, Inception Media, Mongrel Media, and Electric Entertainment.
“The addition of these leading sales agents immediately adds over 200 high quality titles to the RightsTrade marketplace. The velocity with which we are adding new clients, as well as last month’s recognition by Miptv as “Best B2B Startup in the TV and Online Video Industry” are terrific validation that the market has embraced RightsTrade’s next-generation toolkit for content licensing. We are looking forward to speeding up the steps in the licensing process from screening to signature, so that our clients can close more deals, faster,” said RightsTrade CEO Steven Polster.
“The RightsTrade platform facilitates our licensing efforts by providing our team with unparalleled screening and sales features. It is simple to use and yet offers all the analytics and security options that we could envision,” said Laura Austin-Little, Head of International Sales of Lakeshore.
“From sending and tracking secure screeners to streamlining deals, RightsTrade has the potential to become the Airbnb of content licensing,” said Lisa Wilson, Co-Founder and Partner of The Solution Entertainment Group. “We are looking forward to making the most of their powerful platform to boost our sales.”
“RightsTrade is a remarkable selling tool, that enables us to do our job, faster, more efficiently and with the confidence of security,” said Clay Epstein, Svp Sales & Acquisition of Arclight Films.
RightsTrade offers the only cloud-based SaaS platform to streamline the complex process of licensing rights, from searching available rights, to securely screen content and now with the unique DealWizard technology, buyers and sellers can negotiate, close and e-sign licensing deals anytime, anyplace. RightsTrade hosts the industry’s largest database of rights availabilities, which accredited buyers use to find distribution rights and connect with sellers.
As the market leader in its field, the RightsTrade’s platform has over 6000 industry buyers reviewing more than 2000 high-end film and TV titles from over 200 registered sales companies and content owners, including Sierra Affinity, Voltage Pictures, Fortissimo and Gk Films. RightsTrade has increased the speed and efficiency of generating deals including facilitating over 45,000 secure B2B screenings of film and TV programming to aid the sales process.
A key competitive advantage the company holds is based on its integration with content owners back-office rights management systems and APIs (Application Platform Interface) designed to sync rights avails information and metadata in real time. The company has already completed a robust integration with FilmTrack, the industry’s leading contract and rights management SaaS platform, which gives RightsTrade unprecedented scalability as its marketplace develops. FilmTrack, which holds a minority interest in RightsTrade, is the world’s largest intellectual property repository managing millions of titles and contracts for more than 200 global media and entertainment companies.
For more information on RightsTrade, visit: Here...
“The addition of these leading sales agents immediately adds over 200 high quality titles to the RightsTrade marketplace. The velocity with which we are adding new clients, as well as last month’s recognition by Miptv as “Best B2B Startup in the TV and Online Video Industry” are terrific validation that the market has embraced RightsTrade’s next-generation toolkit for content licensing. We are looking forward to speeding up the steps in the licensing process from screening to signature, so that our clients can close more deals, faster,” said RightsTrade CEO Steven Polster.
“The RightsTrade platform facilitates our licensing efforts by providing our team with unparalleled screening and sales features. It is simple to use and yet offers all the analytics and security options that we could envision,” said Laura Austin-Little, Head of International Sales of Lakeshore.
“From sending and tracking secure screeners to streamlining deals, RightsTrade has the potential to become the Airbnb of content licensing,” said Lisa Wilson, Co-Founder and Partner of The Solution Entertainment Group. “We are looking forward to making the most of their powerful platform to boost our sales.”
“RightsTrade is a remarkable selling tool, that enables us to do our job, faster, more efficiently and with the confidence of security,” said Clay Epstein, Svp Sales & Acquisition of Arclight Films.
RightsTrade offers the only cloud-based SaaS platform to streamline the complex process of licensing rights, from searching available rights, to securely screen content and now with the unique DealWizard technology, buyers and sellers can negotiate, close and e-sign licensing deals anytime, anyplace. RightsTrade hosts the industry’s largest database of rights availabilities, which accredited buyers use to find distribution rights and connect with sellers.
As the market leader in its field, the RightsTrade’s platform has over 6000 industry buyers reviewing more than 2000 high-end film and TV titles from over 200 registered sales companies and content owners, including Sierra Affinity, Voltage Pictures, Fortissimo and Gk Films. RightsTrade has increased the speed and efficiency of generating deals including facilitating over 45,000 secure B2B screenings of film and TV programming to aid the sales process.
A key competitive advantage the company holds is based on its integration with content owners back-office rights management systems and APIs (Application Platform Interface) designed to sync rights avails information and metadata in real time. The company has already completed a robust integration with FilmTrack, the industry’s leading contract and rights management SaaS platform, which gives RightsTrade unprecedented scalability as its marketplace develops. FilmTrack, which holds a minority interest in RightsTrade, is the world’s largest intellectual property repository managing millions of titles and contracts for more than 200 global media and entertainment companies.
For more information on RightsTrade, visit: Here...
- 5/21/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Lakeshore Entertainment, which earlier this week unveiled plans to boost its film production pipeline, is targeting the YouTube generation with a full-service digital studio.
Off The Dock will finance, produce, acquire and distribute digital influencer-led content in a bid to free up the fiercely guarded disposable income of Millennials and their younger Generation Z counterparts.
“We are excited to blend Lakeshore’s knowledge and skills gained from its 20-year track record of traditional film-making and distribution with the new world of digital influencers,” said CFO Marc Reid. “We think each world can elevate the other.”
The first film is Kinetic Films’ Man Up from and starring Justin Chon with Us comedian and YouTube celebrity Kevin Wu (pictured) aka KevJumba.
Man Up centres on two 19-year-old friends who are forced to prepare for the unintended arrival of a baby.
Off The Dock has partnered with Supergravity Pictures, led by Marc Hustvedt and Max Benator, to distribute...
Off The Dock will finance, produce, acquire and distribute digital influencer-led content in a bid to free up the fiercely guarded disposable income of Millennials and their younger Generation Z counterparts.
“We are excited to blend Lakeshore’s knowledge and skills gained from its 20-year track record of traditional film-making and distribution with the new world of digital influencers,” said CFO Marc Reid. “We think each world can elevate the other.”
The first film is Kinetic Films’ Man Up from and starring Justin Chon with Us comedian and YouTube celebrity Kevin Wu (pictured) aka KevJumba.
Man Up centres on two 19-year-old friends who are forced to prepare for the unintended arrival of a baby.
Off The Dock has partnered with Supergravity Pictures, led by Marc Hustvedt and Max Benator, to distribute...
- 3/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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