The new production association now counts among its initial members Endemol Shine North America and All3media America, bringing its roster to 30 firms. The association will host a member delegation next month at Hong Kong Film & Television Market, sponsoring a USA Pavilion dedicated to providing U.S. TV producers direct access to Asian buyers, format sellers, potential co-production partners and investors.
PactUS Grows To 30 TV, Content Producers
PactUS, an association formed in 2015 dedicated to helping U.S.-based non-fiction and scripted independent production companies improve their businesses, today announced the signing of Endemol Shine North America, All3Media America, their family of companies and others — representing a total of 30 TV and content production banners – to its initial membership roster.
With the signings, PactUS now counts a large segment of the U.S. independent production community as its members, All3Media America’s Bentley Productions, Bogner Content, Commonwealth Unscripted, Company Pictures, ID-TV, Lime, Lion Television USA, Maverick, MME Moviement, Neal Street, New Pictures, North One Television, Objective Productions, Optomen Television USA, Seven Stories, South Pacific Pictures and Studio Lambert.
Among others joining are Broderville Pictures, Cineflix, Hot Snakes Media, October Films, ProMedia, Propagate Content, Phiphen Pictures, Punched in the Head, Talos Films and
2CMedia. Additionally, Audio Network becomes its first associate member.
PactUS President David Lyle said: “With these outstanding independent production companies forming the nucleus of our organization, and other significant U.S. players poised to join with us in the weeks and months ahead, our attention now turns to giving them all of the support they need to succeed. Specifically, our aim is to offer them everything to take advantage of emerging opportunities both here and globally, while also helping them to navigate all of the ups, downs and complexities of a vital, constantly evolving independent production business.”
Added Ben Samek, COO, Endemol Shine North America: “Our company has enjoyed a long, successful relationship with Pact in Europe and we’re now looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish together here in the U.S.”
BRAND CONNECTIONS
As a first step in increasing the participation of its member companies in the international market, Lyle disclosed PactUS will sponsor the USA Pavilion dedicated exclusively to the independent television and content production community at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market. It will host a membership delegation at the March 14-17 market to meet with buyers, format sellers, potential co-production partners and investors from across the region, including China, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and Japan.
The PactUS member production companies headed to Hong Kong will be accompanied by Matt Gould, EVP, PactUS, who oversees East Coast operations for the organization, and receive reimbursement for a significant portion of their travel and accommodation expenses.
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