Finding companies that have done something different is not that difficult. Finding firms that have been both innovative and successful is somewhat harder. We’re pleased to have found no less than eight such companies. This year, in a break with our trad

The core of the channel will be exclusive short form videos, licensed video content from current sponsors, Yahoo original programming, and content from production partners including Funny or Die, Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, Ben Silverman’s Electus, D

Discovery Communications on Tuesday announced the formation of a new Digital Strategy & Emerging Business team that will be tasked with developing new digital businesses and will be led by Gabe Vehovsky (who will report to Kelly Day, EVP and general mana

AnnMarie Snyder Lewis J. Stadlen, right, and Chip Zien play cranky comics who reunite in “The Sunshine Boys,” by Neil Simon, at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport. Willie Clark has been complaining so bitterly to his nephew about Al Lewis, his form

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Marco Polo has landed a new leader. The Starz series, from The Weinstein Co. and Ben Silverman’s Electus, has successfully lured long-time Sons of Anarchy scribe Dave Erickson to executive produce and co-show run with writer/creator John Fusco. “John Fus

By David Jacoby on February 3, 2012 11:52 AM ET Courtesy of MTV This GRTFL is being dispatched from Indianapolis during the lead-up to the Super Bowl. As I write this, the muted bass of hip-hop vibrates the hotel window, the hoots and hollers of revelers

You've heard of Smash, right? That new NBC musical drama premiering Monday at 10 p.m.? Well, of course you have: Since the first on-air promo debuted November 6, the Peacock has been pounding Smash into our collective consciousness by every means possibl

There are many exciting things happening in the online video industry, but to my mind, none is more noteworthy than the radical transformation of YouTube. YouTube is shedding its scruffy adolescence and seeking to redefine what entertainment means in the

AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about IACI NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben Silverman's multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), t

Further demonstrating belief in the platform’s potential, Ben Silverman’s Electus today confirmed that Bruce Seidel has been named CEO of the multimedia entertainment studio’s upcoming food-centric YouTube channel. Seidel reports directly to Electus chie

Ben Silverman’s Electus multimedia studio has named former Cooking Channel and Food Network executive Bruce Seidel as the head of its new food-centric YouTube channel. The channel launches in July 2012. Seidel, who started last week, will report to Elect

Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley’s DiGa are shopping a hybrid reality/scripted project with Jimmy Kimmel’s Jackhole Industries described as “Borat meets Green Acres.” “It’s a passion project for Jimmy,” says DiSanto, co-owner and founder of DiGa, the product

Bruce Seidel, who oversaw shows for the Food Network and the Cooking Channel on cable, is moving online to a forthcoming food channel for YouTube. Electus, the multimedia studio formed by Ben Silverman , the former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, will

LOS ANGELES, CA — With ratings as high as the on-set drama, VH1 today announced that its one-hour hit reality series "Mob Wives" will be immediately followed with a half-hour post-show titled "Mob Wives: The Sit Down," beginning Sunday, January 29 at 9pm

Ben Silverman’s Electus has sealed a development deal with National Geographic Channel, the companies announced Friday. The deal, a so-called three-for-one pact, includes one series green light. That project is described as an “immersive reality series”

The Reveille cohorts are back in business together. In one of his first major deals since taking the reins of National Geographic as president, Howard Owens has signed a three-for-one project deal with Ben Silverman’s Electus. It includes the development

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben Silverman's multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced that the Company has secured a three-for-one project development deal that includes one guarante

The National Geographic Channel has signed an unconventional deal with Ben Silverman banner Electus -- the shingle will develop three shows for the News Corp./National Geographic Society joint venture, with a guarantee that one will get a series greenlig