MGM's roaring duo.MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. has restructured its television organization and renamed it the MGM Worldwide Television MGM Worldwide Television (now MGM International Television Distribution) is the global television arm of MGM Television established in 1996, as the name implies it is responsible for the production/distribution of MGM's vast television library around the world. Group. John Symes John Symes, OBE (11 January 1879 - 21 September 1942) was an English cricket player. He represented the gold medal winning Great Britain cricket team at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the only time cricket has featured in the Olympics. has been named president of the group. He has assumed additional responsibilities for the international pay-TV and free TV operations, including distribution, channel ownership, television co-production and co-financing. In addition, he will oversee the development, production and domestic distribution of TV programming as well as the ongoing activities of MGM animation. Symes will also oversee the expansion of MGM Gold, the studio's first satellite-delivered branded entertainment Branded Entertainment, also known as Branded content or Advertainment, is the combination of an audio-visual program (TV, radio, podcast, etc.) and a brand. It can be initiated either by the brand or by the broadcaster. channel. Under Symes' supervision, MGM Worldwide Television has launched such projects as science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits; supernatural suspense drama Poltergeist poltergeist (pōl`tərgīst) [Ger.,=knocking ghost], in spiritism, certain phenomena, such as rapping, movement of furniture, and breaking of crockery, for which there is no apparent scientific explanation. .' The Legacy; the first-run syndicated reality strip LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. : Life on the Beat; Stargate: SG-1; and MGM Animation's All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series. Symes is also supervising a slate of direct-to-video movies from MGM Animation. Symes came to MGM after 15 years with Paramount Communications, where he held a number of positions in the company's TV and video divisions, the last of which was executive vp of Creative Affairs for Paramount Network Television. A second change at MGM is the appointment of James Griffiths as president of International Television Distribution and MGM Networks, a newly created executive position in the MGM Worldwide Television Group. Griffiths will oversee worldwide pay-TV and free television, including channel ownership and TV distribution, co-production and co-financing. In his role as head of MGM Networks, Griffiths will also oversee MGM Gold. Griffiths comes to MGM from Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. , where he had headed the Entertainment Ventures Group, assisting agency clients in creating businesses and content for entertainment outlets that included international and domestic television, cable and satellite. He helped multinational corporations develop businesses opportunities, corporate sponsorships and strategic alliances. Griffiths was also a principal in the creation of Tele-TV and the launch of the Sundance Channel. Before working at CAA Caa See CCC. , Griffiths served as managing director of Rupert Murdoch's Star TV. He was responsible for all network operations including programming, sales and marketing, business affairs, satellite and broadcast engineering and government relations. Prior to that, Griffiths held the position of president of International Home Video and Pay Television for 20th Century Fox. |
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