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“The Blacklist” star Amir Arison’s series “The Reel Ones with Amir Arison” will be co-produced with and distributed by streaming television network ReachTV.
According to the press release, the series “highlights filmmakers and the subjects of their short film documentaries.” Arison serves as executive producer, host and co-creator on the show. Other executive producers include Stephanie Sharis, Lynnwood Bibbens, Anthony Samadani, George Sealey, Walter Procek, Parker Williams and co-creator and showrunner Jesse Scolaro. Lightbeam and ReachTV co-produce.
“‘The Reel Ones with Amir Arison’ takes viewers on an intimate journey to uncover the origins and motivations that drive storytellers and their creative projects. From the initial spark of an idea, each episode will provide an in depth look behind the screen, shedding light on the personal stories, passions, and perspectives of both the filmmaker and the subject who inspired the film,” reads the series description. “The Reel One with Amir...
According to the press release, the series “highlights filmmakers and the subjects of their short film documentaries.” Arison serves as executive producer, host and co-creator on the show. Other executive producers include Stephanie Sharis, Lynnwood Bibbens, Anthony Samadani, George Sealey, Walter Procek, Parker Williams and co-creator and showrunner Jesse Scolaro. Lightbeam and ReachTV co-produce.
“‘The Reel Ones with Amir Arison’ takes viewers on an intimate journey to uncover the origins and motivations that drive storytellers and their creative projects. From the initial spark of an idea, each episode will provide an in depth look behind the screen, shedding light on the personal stories, passions, and perspectives of both the filmmaker and the subject who inspired the film,” reads the series description. “The Reel One with Amir...
- 12/11/2023
- by Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
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ReachTV has appointed George Sealey as executive VP of development and production.
Sealey will oversee original content for the network and studio and will collaborate with networks, production companies and producers to license their content to ReachTV. He will also exec produce ReachTV’s new original series such as TasteBuds, The Business of Sports and Cultural Eats with Chef Eric Adjepong, which is a co-production with Chris and Cj Paul’s Oh Dip!!! Prods.
He will report to ReachTV founder and CEO Lynnwood Bibbens.
“George Sealey is one of the original trailblazers of unscripted entertainment,” Bibbens said in a statement. “His broad experience in development, production and licensing will help ReachTV continue to innovate new business models and build the streaming television network of the future.”
Prior to joining ReachTV, Sealey served as an executive VP of alternative programming and development at Universal Television Alternative Studios. In his role, he...
Sealey will oversee original content for the network and studio and will collaborate with networks, production companies and producers to license their content to ReachTV. He will also exec produce ReachTV’s new original series such as TasteBuds, The Business of Sports and Cultural Eats with Chef Eric Adjepong, which is a co-production with Chris and Cj Paul’s Oh Dip!!! Prods.
He will report to ReachTV founder and CEO Lynnwood Bibbens.
“George Sealey is one of the original trailblazers of unscripted entertainment,” Bibbens said in a statement. “His broad experience in development, production and licensing will help ReachTV continue to innovate new business models and build the streaming television network of the future.”
Prior to joining ReachTV, Sealey served as an executive VP of alternative programming and development at Universal Television Alternative Studios. In his role, he...
- 8/25/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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Journey to the best restaurants in the world alongside Top Chef and Food Network star Chef Eric Adjepong in his new eight-episode series, Cultural Eats with Chef Eric Adjepong.
Adjepong will take viewers behind the scenes as he explores the best restaurants, owners, and chefs around the globe. Known for his West African dishes, Adjepong will adventure to the far ends of the earth in order to tantalize his palate and discover the exotic locations and people being the fare.
“I’m so excited about our show Cultural Eats!” Adjepong exclaimed in a release. “Travel, food, and culture define my life’s work. Having the opportunity to showcase my passion with a brilliant team of creatives is a dream come true. Viewers will see their favorite cities beautifully captured, meet the people who make these places special, and learn about the food that connects us all.”
Chef Eric Adjepong will...
Adjepong will take viewers behind the scenes as he explores the best restaurants, owners, and chefs around the globe. Known for his West African dishes, Adjepong will adventure to the far ends of the earth in order to tantalize his palate and discover the exotic locations and people being the fare.
“I’m so excited about our show Cultural Eats!” Adjepong exclaimed in a release. “Travel, food, and culture define my life’s work. Having the opportunity to showcase my passion with a brilliant team of creatives is a dream come true. Viewers will see their favorite cities beautifully captured, meet the people who make these places special, and learn about the food that connects us all.”
Chef Eric Adjepong will...
- 5/11/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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ReachTV has greenlit its first original series from Chris Paul’s Ohh Dip!!! Productions: “Cultural Eats with Chef Eric Adjepong.”
The upcoming eight-episode series will follow Adjepong as he travels on a culinary quest to discover the best restaurants, owners and chefs around the globe.
A first-generation Ghanaian American, Adjepong was born and raised in New York City. First appearing on “Top Chef,” Adjepong now hosts “Alex Vs America,” appears as a judge on “Chopped,” “Guy’s Grocery Games” and “Supermarket Stakeout” and competes on “Tournament of Champions.”
“Travel, food, and culture define my life’s work,” Adjepong said. “Having the opportunity to showcase my passion with a brilliant team of creatives is a dream come true. Viewers will see their favorite cities beautifully captured, meet the people who make these places special, and learn about the food that connects us all.”
Chris Paul, Cj Paul, Juanita Thompson, Lynnwood Bibbens, and...
The upcoming eight-episode series will follow Adjepong as he travels on a culinary quest to discover the best restaurants, owners and chefs around the globe.
A first-generation Ghanaian American, Adjepong was born and raised in New York City. First appearing on “Top Chef,” Adjepong now hosts “Alex Vs America,” appears as a judge on “Chopped,” “Guy’s Grocery Games” and “Supermarket Stakeout” and competes on “Tournament of Champions.”
“Travel, food, and culture define my life’s work,” Adjepong said. “Having the opportunity to showcase my passion with a brilliant team of creatives is a dream come true. Viewers will see their favorite cities beautifully captured, meet the people who make these places special, and learn about the food that connects us all.”
Chris Paul, Cj Paul, Juanita Thompson, Lynnwood Bibbens, and...
- 5/11/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
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Viacom CBS has announced the 15 performers starring in the 2022 “Showcase” event.
“Showcase,” an annual variety comedy show spotlighting up-and-coming performers, has served as a launching pad for the careers of numerous stars, such as Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”), Tiffany Haddish (“Girls Trip”), Ego Nwodim (“Saturday Night Live”), Nico Santos (“Superstore”), Drew Tarver (“The Other Two”) and Nicole Byer (“Nailed It!”). Formerly a live theatrical production attended by executives, casting directors and talent agents across the entertainment industry, this year’s Showcase will be a pre-filmed hour of sketch comedy shot on location in Los Angeles.
The 15 performers featured in the 2022 “Showcase” are: Afsheen Misaghi, Allison Reese, Anna Garcia, Anosh Michael McAdam, Austin Antoine, Bri Giger, Carey Cox, Dickie Hearts, Glo Tavarez, Jordan Stafford, Lureena Cornwell, Sahana Srinivasan, Shuang Hu, Sibel Damar and Steve Han.
“These 15 multitalented artists, under the leadership of our exceptional creative team, have put together a...
“Showcase,” an annual variety comedy show spotlighting up-and-coming performers, has served as a launching pad for the careers of numerous stars, such as Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”), Tiffany Haddish (“Girls Trip”), Ego Nwodim (“Saturday Night Live”), Nico Santos (“Superstore”), Drew Tarver (“The Other Two”) and Nicole Byer (“Nailed It!”). Formerly a live theatrical production attended by executives, casting directors and talent agents across the entertainment industry, this year’s Showcase will be a pre-filmed hour of sketch comedy shot on location in Los Angeles.
The 15 performers featured in the 2022 “Showcase” are: Afsheen Misaghi, Allison Reese, Anna Garcia, Anosh Michael McAdam, Austin Antoine, Bri Giger, Carey Cox, Dickie Hearts, Glo Tavarez, Jordan Stafford, Lureena Cornwell, Sahana Srinivasan, Shuang Hu, Sibel Damar and Steve Han.
“These 15 multitalented artists, under the leadership of our exceptional creative team, have put together a...
- 1/26/2022
- by Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
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ReachTV, a distribution network based in high-traffic areas like airports and hotels, is making a seven-figure investment in sports-centric streaming outlet PlayersTV.
The partnership will extend the reach of PlayersTV, which bills itself as the first athlete lifestyle network. Players Media Group, which is owned by a group of several dozen top athletes, among them NBA stars Chris Paul and Damian Lillard and NFL standout Travis Kelce, launched PlayersTV in March 2020. Its lineup of shows like the Shark Tank-esque entrepreneurship competition series Front Office can be viewed globally across a range of linear, digital and streaming platforms.
ReachTV founder and CEO Lynnwood Bibbens and PlayersTV co-founder Deron Guidrey announced the deal, which was spearheaded by newly appointed PlayersTV CEO Angela Bundrant. It will give PlayersTV access to ReachTV’s network of 2,500-plus airport screens and 1 million hotel rooms.
The exact financial terms of the investment and the size of...
The partnership will extend the reach of PlayersTV, which bills itself as the first athlete lifestyle network. Players Media Group, which is owned by a group of several dozen top athletes, among them NBA stars Chris Paul and Damian Lillard and NFL standout Travis Kelce, launched PlayersTV in March 2020. Its lineup of shows like the Shark Tank-esque entrepreneurship competition series Front Office can be viewed globally across a range of linear, digital and streaming platforms.
ReachTV founder and CEO Lynnwood Bibbens and PlayersTV co-founder Deron Guidrey announced the deal, which was spearheaded by newly appointed PlayersTV CEO Angela Bundrant. It will give PlayersTV access to ReachTV’s network of 2,500-plus airport screens and 1 million hotel rooms.
The exact financial terms of the investment and the size of...
- 1/26/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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ReachTV has sealed a partnership with Group Black to create “Group Black Originals,” which will support Black creators and content via airing on screens across the country in airports and hotels.
Through the deal, both sides will collaborate on multiple original series to be distributed across ReachTV’s linear network of more than 2,500 owned screens in airports and over 1 million hotel rooms nationwide. ReachTV commits 17 million guaranteed viewers per month, and promises “a new ecosystem for Black creators to produce original content while receiving equitable pay, and access to funding and distribution opportunities that have long eluded them,” the company said.
“Group Black’s mission is resonant to so many brands, something we’ve seen through the flood of inquiries from Black-owned media properties and Black creators eager to get involved,” said Travis Montaque, founder, CEO & Director of Group Black. “Group Black enables our brand partners to reach wider and...
Through the deal, both sides will collaborate on multiple original series to be distributed across ReachTV’s linear network of more than 2,500 owned screens in airports and over 1 million hotel rooms nationwide. ReachTV commits 17 million guaranteed viewers per month, and promises “a new ecosystem for Black creators to produce original content while receiving equitable pay, and access to funding and distribution opportunities that have long eluded them,” the company said.
“Group Black’s mission is resonant to so many brands, something we’ve seen through the flood of inquiries from Black-owned media properties and Black creators eager to get involved,” said Travis Montaque, founder, CEO & Director of Group Black. “Group Black enables our brand partners to reach wider and...
- 12/16/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
ReachTV is debuting the first short films from its partnership with the Tribeca Festival, and is partnering with two other companies to support new documentary and performing arts channels.
With access to more than 100 million viewers in places like airports and hotels, ReachTV (formerly ReachMe.TV draws a mass audience at a scale traditional broadcasters rarely reach anymore. Because of the nature of the interaction with ReachMe screens, the company has taken a creative, generally short-form approach to programming.
Last April, the company announced a team-up with Tribeca for a curated selection of shorts. The companies have chosen three titles to kick off the collaboration: Big City, directed by Lachlan Ryan and Jordan Bond; Viola Franca, directed by Marta Savina; and For Flint, directed by Brian Schulz
The documentary effort will stem from a new partnership with 60 Second Docs, which has already been racking up an average of 15 million viewers...
With access to more than 100 million viewers in places like airports and hotels, ReachTV (formerly ReachMe.TV draws a mass audience at a scale traditional broadcasters rarely reach anymore. Because of the nature of the interaction with ReachMe screens, the company has taken a creative, generally short-form approach to programming.
Last April, the company announced a team-up with Tribeca for a curated selection of shorts. The companies have chosen three titles to kick off the collaboration: Big City, directed by Lachlan Ryan and Jordan Bond; Viola Franca, directed by Marta Savina; and For Flint, directed by Brian Schulz
The documentary effort will stem from a new partnership with 60 Second Docs, which has already been racking up an average of 15 million viewers...
- 6/28/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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ReachTV, fresh with a new moniker after the video network launched as ReachMe TV, has pacted with social marketer Social Pulse Media to provide the latter’s stable of social media influencers access to premium content for their fans and followers, and create a new platform to promote and extend their own brands.
Under terms of the deal, Social Pulse will provide their influencers the opportunity to utilize ReachTV’s ReachTV.Social Platform. In the first month of testing the program generated more than 80 million social media video views.
ReachTV delivers video programming to more than 100 million viewers per month in airports and hotels along with its mobile web platform ReachTV.com. The next step is to begin featuring key influencers on those platforms, either via their own channels, as a guest, or producing their own shows.
“We imagined a world where social influencers could effectively become their own mini-
networks,...
Under terms of the deal, Social Pulse will provide their influencers the opportunity to utilize ReachTV’s ReachTV.Social Platform. In the first month of testing the program generated more than 80 million social media video views.
ReachTV delivers video programming to more than 100 million viewers per month in airports and hotels along with its mobile web platform ReachTV.com. The next step is to begin featuring key influencers on those platforms, either via their own channels, as a guest, or producing their own shows.
“We imagined a world where social influencers could effectively become their own mini-
networks,...
- 6/14/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ReachMe TV and the Tribeca Film Festival have made a deal that will see a curated selection of the festival’s short film programming air on ReachTV’s network of airport, retail and hotel channels that are seen by more than 100 million viewers a month. The content will begin airing after this year’s fest concludes Sunday.
ReachTV has already launched a series of Tribeca promotions and other short film initiatives as part of a broader marketing and viewing program eyed to parallel the way long-form features are marketed and distributed on traditional channels.
“We’re always looking for new ways to grow the Tribeca Film Festival and reach new audiences. This new relationship with ReachMe TV allows us to do just that,” Tribeca founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal said in a joint statement. “Being able to showcase the talented filmmakers and their work continues to be...
ReachTV has already launched a series of Tribeca promotions and other short film initiatives as part of a broader marketing and viewing program eyed to parallel the way long-form features are marketed and distributed on traditional channels.
“We’re always looking for new ways to grow the Tribeca Film Festival and reach new audiences. This new relationship with ReachMe TV allows us to do just that,” Tribeca founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal said in a joint statement. “Being able to showcase the talented filmmakers and their work continues to be...
- 4/25/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ReachMe TV, a multi-channel, multi-platform network that has reach to 100 million total viewers in hotels, airports and retail stores, is launching a dedicated sports division. ReachMe Sports will aim to go “beyond the game,” in the words of ReachMe founders Lynnwood Bibbens and Ron Bloom. The new division has set multiyear production, programming and distribution partnerships with Audience Network, Sports Illustrated and the Players’ Tribune. Billy King…...
- 3/14/2018
- Deadline TV
ReachMe.TV, the out-of-home entertainment network in airports, hotels and on mobile web devices, has inked a deal with India-based family animation producer Toonz Media Group to launch a Toonz TV channel on the lineup. The deal for ReachMe.TV, co-founded by Lynnwood Bibbens and Ron Bloom, comes ahead of a planned overseas expansion for the network available in more than 50 top U.S. airports, which reach an estimated 80 million viewers per month, and more than 750,000 U.S…...
- 6/1/2017
- Deadline TV
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