Berlin -- Red Arrow Entertainment Group, the production arm of European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, has taken a 51% stake in Chris Coelen's Santa Monica-based shingle Kinetic Content.
Coelen, who oversaw shows such as "Wife Swap," "Secret Millionaire" and "The Price of Beauty" as CEO of Rdf Media USA, set up Kinetic in March. Before Rdf, Coelen was a partner at United Talent Agency, where his clients included Ryan Seacrest and Jessica Simpson.
Coelen took several Rdf execs with him when he launched Kinetic, among them Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin as well as ex-bbc producer Matilda Zoltowski, part of the team that launched "Dancing With the Stars" in the U.S. Kinetic has exclusive programming ventures with U.K. nets Channel 4 and Stv.
Red Arrow, launched in January, is quickly setting up an international production network to feed ProSieben's pan-European network of channels. The group has a two-year...
Coelen, who oversaw shows such as "Wife Swap," "Secret Millionaire" and "The Price of Beauty" as CEO of Rdf Media USA, set up Kinetic in March. Before Rdf, Coelen was a partner at United Talent Agency, where his clients included Ryan Seacrest and Jessica Simpson.
Coelen took several Rdf execs with him when he launched Kinetic, among them Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin as well as ex-bbc producer Matilda Zoltowski, part of the team that launched "Dancing With the Stars" in the U.S. Kinetic has exclusive programming ventures with U.K. nets Channel 4 and Stv.
Red Arrow, launched in January, is quickly setting up an international production network to feed ProSieben's pan-European network of channels. The group has a two-year...
- 9/2/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former Rdf USA CEO Chris Coelen is putting in motion Kinetic Content.
Coelen is launching the production company, which will focus on the development and production of unscripted series.
He has started to assemble Kinetic's creative team, bringing in three executives he worked with at Rdf -- Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin -- and hiring former "Dancing With the Stars" co-exec producer Matilda Zoltowski.
Zoltowski and Danska will serve as senior vp development and current series, respectively. Massimei has been named vp development and current, and Griffin is manager of development.
Coelen is still hiring and expects to end up with a team of 8-10 creative execs.
For now, he is financing the enterprise himself but said he's fielding offers from potential strategic partners and planning to form alliances, especially on the international side, and establish ties in the branded entertainment space.
Coelen will introduce Santa Monica-based Kinetic...
Coelen is launching the production company, which will focus on the development and production of unscripted series.
He has started to assemble Kinetic's creative team, bringing in three executives he worked with at Rdf -- Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin -- and hiring former "Dancing With the Stars" co-exec producer Matilda Zoltowski.
Zoltowski and Danska will serve as senior vp development and current series, respectively. Massimei has been named vp development and current, and Griffin is manager of development.
Coelen is still hiring and expects to end up with a team of 8-10 creative execs.
For now, he is financing the enterprise himself but said he's fielding offers from potential strategic partners and planning to form alliances, especially on the international side, and establish ties in the branded entertainment space.
Coelen will introduce Santa Monica-based Kinetic...
- 3/24/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British reality producer Claire O'Donohoe has joined Rdf USA as executive vp to help lead the development team.
She will be responsible for developing nonscripted programming for broadcast and cable, reporting to CEO Chris Coelen.
O'Donohoe, who will be based in Los Angeles, will be working alongside Greg Goldman, Mike Duffy and Sara Hansemann in the West Coast office as well as Lauren Gellert, Charles Tremayne and Kevin Duncan in the New York office.
One of the U.K.'s top showrunners, O'Donohoe has produced such top U.K. shows as "Big Brother," "Hell's Kitchen" and "Popstars."
Additionally, Rdf has hired Sunny Foscue as director of casting and Gerald Massimei as lead producer of development. All three will work from Los Angeles.
Bucking the industrywide job-cutting trend, Rdf USA has been on a hiring spree. The company now has a nonscripted development team of 15.
She will be responsible for developing nonscripted programming for broadcast and cable, reporting to CEO Chris Coelen.
O'Donohoe, who will be based in Los Angeles, will be working alongside Greg Goldman, Mike Duffy and Sara Hansemann in the West Coast office as well as Lauren Gellert, Charles Tremayne and Kevin Duncan in the New York office.
One of the U.K.'s top showrunners, O'Donohoe has produced such top U.K. shows as "Big Brother," "Hell's Kitchen" and "Popstars."
Additionally, Rdf has hired Sunny Foscue as director of casting and Gerald Massimei as lead producer of development. All three will work from Los Angeles.
Bucking the industrywide job-cutting trend, Rdf USA has been on a hiring spree. The company now has a nonscripted development team of 15.
- 3/4/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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