- Curt Marvis
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Curt Marvis is President of Digital Media at Lionsgate, a position he has held since April 2008.[1] He oversees the entirety of Lionsgate's digital business portfolio, which includes the following:[2]
- Digital delivery agreements for filmed entertainment content
- Equity investment in Break.com
- FEARnet On Demand and FEARnet.com
- EPIX premium entertainment channel
- TV Guide Network and TV Guide.com
As is the case for many studio executives behind digital distribution, Marvis' position can be challenging to define given that digital strategies span a number of different departments and a wide array of unlike business initiatives. In an interview with Variety, Marvis described his job as interfacing with each of Lionsgate's departments (i.e., theatrical, television, home entertainment, music, corporate development, business development, channel business, and investor/financial community) to coordinate all revenue-generating functions related to digital strategies.[3] In his own words:
- "...[I]n the home entertainment group, for example, I get involved in everything from shifting windows, pricing issues, iTunes stuff, everything moving from the packaged goods business to the digital world. ...I go to the home entertainment meetings and deal with their issues, to the TV group, etc. I’m spread around all of that. I think you could describe my role in many ways as both business development and also as an implementer once we have a project we can wrap our arms around. So a lot of it is really identifying the issues we’ve got to take care of in each of the divisions of the company and we add resources as we need to."[3]
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Executive experience
Prior to joining Lionsgate, Marvis was co-founder and CEO of CinemaNow, for which Lionsgate was a lead investor since CinemaNow's founding in 1999.[4] CinemaNow was acquired by Sonic Solutions in November 2008 for $3 million after having raised more than $40 million in venture capital over its lifetime.[3][5] He now serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors.[6]
He served as President of publicly held game developer 7th Level, where he led a restructuring into delivery of web-based technology applications. While at 7th Level, he created and implemented business partnerships with Microsoft, Real Networks, GeoCities, broadcast.com, IBM, and MTV, and helped orchestrate the merger between 7th Level and privately held Street Technologies to form Learn2.com, a site providing training on Microsoft Office and Windows software as well as skills for business, sales, and communications.[7][8][9]
Prior to this, Marvis was co-founder and Executive Vice President of multimedia startup Powerhouse Entertainment, where he was a major contributor to the creation of 'Moviegames', a form of interactive entertainment that integrated original film footage with voice recognition technology. Moviegames debuted in two live-action CD-ROM games based on Disney's The Jungle Book and New Line Cinema's The Adventures of Pinocchio.[9]
Other work experience
Marvis served one year on the IBM Multimedia Task Force creating strategic plans for IBM in their development of interactive software.[2]
He served as a Non-Executive Director of JumpTV Inc. from September 30, 2005 to October 20, 2008.[8]
Music video production
From 1984 to 1994 he co-founded and served as CEO of The Company, a privately held LA-based production company that produced and developed more than 200 music videos, concerts, home videos, and commercials. During the ten years he headed The Company, Marvis launched productions for artists including Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, and Bon Jovi. His productions numbered amongst MTV's most popular rock videos, for which he was honored during the Grammy Awards, American Video Awards, Billboard Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and international competitions.[9] In 1991, he and directing partner Wayne Isham were awarded the MTV Video Vanguard Award honoring lifetime achievement for their work.[7]
Early career
Marvis spent three years with documentary and family programming production house Bill Burrud Productions and five years producing for a number of projects including the comedy program Channel Zero as well as a diverse mix of reality and dramatic productions for United Artists, New World and Sunn Classics. At the age of 17, he filmed and produced a television documentary on California that was sold during Marche International Des Producteurs (MIP) in Cannes, where he was the youngest producer to participate in the selling of his own program.[9]
Education
Marvis graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a BFA in Motion Picture and Television Production in 1980.[2]
References
- ^ Ali, Rafat. "Industry Moves: Lionsgate Appoints CinemaNow CEO as Digital Head". paidContent.org. ContentNext Media. https://paidcontent.org/article/419-industry-moves-lionsgate-appoints-cinemanow-ceo-as-digital-head/. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Digital Hollywood, October 18–21, 2010 | Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience". Digital Hollywood. CEA. http://www.digitalhollywood.com/10DHFall/DH10Fl-Tues5.html. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Lionsgate's Curt Marvis, Interview Part 1". Variety.com. RBI. http://weblogs.variety.com/technotainment/2009/03/lionsgates-curt-marvis-interview-part-1.html. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ "Speaker Bio | Curt Marvis". natpe.org. NATPE. http://www.natpe.org/conference/speakers/bios/index.jsp?speaker_id_string=3848:y6ixXX6IqavhLWjaWP4C-w**. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ Garrett, Diane (November 19, 2008). "Lionsgate drops digital downloads". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996195?refCatId=13. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ "Company Management". Best Buy | Cinema Now. RoxioNow. http://www.cinemanow.com/AboutUs-Board.aspx. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ a b "Roxio CinemaNow | Key People". VentureBeat Profiles. VentureBeat. http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/roxio-cinemanow/key_people. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ a b "CinemaNow, Inc. | Executive Profile". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Bloomberg L.P.. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=10959008&privcapId=596260&previousCapId=596260&previousTitle=CinemaNow,%20Inc.. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Digital Hollywood | CES Saturday Agenda". Digital Hollywood. CEA. http://www.digitalhollywood.com/CESSaturdayThree.html. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
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