Ben Silverman purchased the international distribution company Electus/Engine Distribution earlier this week and is not planning on making this international TV purchase his last. Electus CEO Silverman has a new global distribution division in mind, which will have offices in Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. Chris Philip from Engine Entertainment will become the president and will be responsible of running the overseas offices. Engine COO Chris Moreton is going to be Engine’s executive vice president and will assist Philip in managing the offices.
Silverman stated that he is still looking to staff the company with sales personnel. "We have some great people in place but we're potentially looking for one more person in the mix," he explained. He further pointed out that Electus would continue targeting partnerships with international distributors and producers. Partnerships in the past have been with IAC sister companies College Humor and Notional, run by Ricky Van Veen, Israeli producer Abbot Reif Hameiri, US reality producers 5x5 Media, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett's DumbDumb, and Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley's DiGa.
"We've been working in a surgical and strategic way with College Humor and Notional and DiGa," Silverman stated. "We're going to continue to bring in partners."
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