Lloyd Bryan Adams

Lloyd Bryan Adams (b. May 17, 1961 as Lloyd Bryan Molander) is a television executive.

Adams holds a Juris Doctor degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and a Master of Business Management.

Adams was the former Chief Operating Officer for Extreme Group, USA, and a Co-Founder of the Extreme Sports Channel. He also was on the launch team of Fox’s Fuel Channel and was later hired as a Senior Consultant and Executive Producer for Fox Sports/Fuel. As a consultant, Adams brought the channel more than 200 hours of content at its launch, and produced original series and specials for the channel, including SPLIT, Tampa Pro and World Ski and Snowboard Festival.

Adams is currently CEO and Executive Producer of [www.tenacityent.com Tenacity Entertainment LLC] and Executive Producer for the Outdoor Channel. [http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6473617.html] In 2006, Lloyd was appointed an executive for Havoc Television, a multiplatform entertainment company with the responsibility for programming. He assisted as EP with the launch of “Havoc on the 101,” a joint venture with DirecTV. His work on this project was recognized by the Producers Guild of America and The Hollywood Reporter by his nomination as a candidate for the America’s top Digital 50 executives.

Adams' shows have run on many major networks, as well as cable shows airing on Fox Sports, Rush HD, Fuel, Fuse, ESPN and OLN / VS. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1771377/] His films have been accepted in a number of film festivals including the Hollywood Film Festival. [ http://hollywoodawards.com/finalists/films2006.html] . He is the Executive Producer of Scouting for Adventure (the Boy Scouts of America's first TV series). [http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/media/outdoor-channel-boy-scouts-america-team-original-series-scouting-adventure/] Lloyd is a relative of Dr. Velen Fanderlik who was Chairman of the Czechoslovakian Scouting organization Junák, and later served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1951.

Lloyd is a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, American Film Institute, CTAM, and is on the Board of the Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival and head of the Adventure Film Categories. He is a Telly Award winner - most recently awarded for his work as Executive Producer for Outdoor Channel. [http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?symbol=US:OUTD&feed=PR&date=20080717&id=8906592]

Additionally, Lloyd was Vice President for of Programming and Production and Executive Producer of all original content for Ripe Digital, LLC [http://www.go1world.org/lloyd.asp] , Executive VP for NightShift Entertainment, Inc.; a Partner in the Pinnacle Group Sports Marketing & Agency; VP of Aqua Media; VP of Marketing and of Business Affairs, Bennett Productions Inc.; President of Planet X Studios; and President of Action Sports Network. He has also been an adjunct professor of Business at Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV.

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