Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Appoints Industry Veterans

Accelerates Growth in Three Key Businesses:

Video-On-Demand Networks, Content Distribution and Production

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc.  a growing media company, and parent to Screen Media, that builds online video-on-demand networks and provides content for all screens, today announced the appointment of three leading industry executives to CSS Entertainment’s rapidly expanding business units.

• Philippe Guelton has been named Executive Vice President of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, and President of VOD networks.
• David Fannon has been promoted to Executive Vice President of distribution for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, while remaining in his role as president of Screen Media.
• George Lansbury has been named Executive Vice President of content strategy for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, and president of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment originals. 

 

CSS Entertainment has quickly positioned itself in the VOD space with six owned and operated advertising VOD networks:  Popcornflix, Popcornflix Kids, Frightpix, Popcornflix Comedy, Espanolflix, and Truli; as well as its subscription VOD technology platform Pivotshare, serving paid video subscribers across hundreds of independent channels.

 

CSS Entertainment has established a unique and sustainable presence creating original television series as well as short-form videos across a range of topics, funded primarily by sponsors. Current series include 2019 Emmy Nominee Hidden Heroes on CW, Vacation Rental Potential on A&E and Being Dad currently available on NETFLIX.   CSS originals traverse between digital and linear distribution networks, appearing on major networks such as A&E, The CW, CBS, TLC, Discovery Life, Discovery Family and Netflix, and their related content has reached hundreds of millions of digital video views.

 

Screen Media has emerged from a brick and mortar home video company to a true digital pioneer in the independent film and TV distribution space. Screen Media will release Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited feature film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce.  Recent films include Paul Weitz’ Bel Canto, starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe, and James Marsh’ The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz.

 

“The entertainment industry continues to evolve. As consumers look for new ways to find the content they enjoy, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is uniquely positioned to benefit from this evolution,” commented William J. Rouhana, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer. “Recruiting Philippe Guelton and George Lansbury to CSS Entertainment is a noteworthy achievement, speaking to the progress we have made. We are also particularly pleased to announce the promotion of David Fannon, who has proven his value to our organization. We have set the stage with the team to meaningfully accelerate our growth in the near-term.”