The program Truly Indie was launched by a media company owned by Todd Wagner and a man that is the owner of what NBA team?
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Truly Indie Truly Indie is an "innovative distribution program" providing independent filmmakers the sales and marketing tools necessary to distribute their films by-passing traditional distribution companies. By providing a way for self-funded distribution, Truly Indie aims to enable filmmakers to "retain control" over all rights and decisions relating to their films. The program was launched by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's media company 2929 Entertainment in 2005 in Austin, Texas.
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Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, author, television personality, and philanthropist. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, co-owner of 2929 Entertainment and chairman of the AXS TV. He is also one of the main "shark" investors on the ABC reality television series, "Shark Tank". In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, "How to Win at the Sport of Business", in which he chronicles his experiences in business and sports.
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Adam Neuhaus Adam Neuhaus is an American entertainment executive noted for producing non-fiction television programming. He is the Director of Development for ESPN Films, the founder of Neuhaus Ideas, an ideas company serving the media industry, and the founder of NYC-based media networking group Headsets & Highballs. For the past eight years he has been an active member on the Board of Directors and Advisory Board for the Ghetto Film School, a Bronx-based nonprofit organization that teaches high school students about film-making.
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Joe Lacob Joseph Steven Lacob (born January 10, 1956) is an American business executive who is currently a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the majority owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Ted Stepien Theodore J. "Ted" Stepien (June 9, 1925 – September 10, 2007) was an American businessman who owned the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1983. Born in Pittsburgh in 1925, he became wealthy as the founder of Nationwide Advertising Service and purchased an interest in the Cavaliers on April 12, 1980. His tenure as owner of the Cavs was highly controversial, resulting in multiple coaching changes and poor performances by the team, and his management decisions ultimately led the NBA to create what is known as the "Ted Stepien rule" to restrict how teams can trade draft picks. A December 6, 1982 article in "The New York Times" described the Cavaliers during Stepien's ownership as "the worst club and most poorly run franchise in professional basketball." After selling his interest in the Cavaliers in 1983, he continued to be involved in professional basketball, owning teams in the Continental Basketball Association and the Global Basketball Association. Later in life he founded the United Pro Basketball League, along other business ventures in the Cleveland area. He died in 2007.
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Bray Cary Bray Cary, born June 15, 1948, is a US-based media and sports marketing entrepreneur and the President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of West Virginia Media Holdings, a multi-media company serving over 90% of West Virginia. In 1984, he founded Creative Sports, a sports & marketing production company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Creative Sports was acquired by ESPN in 1994. Cary is credited as the architect of the growth of NASCAR through a $2.4B deal with FOX and NBC in 1999 and a historic Internet contract between NASCAR and Turner/AOL in 2000. Since 2008, Cary has served as a member of the board of directors of EQT Corporation, an energy corporation traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Rick Fox Ulrich Alexander "Rick" Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Canadian-Bahamian film and television actor, businessman, retired basketball player, and eSports franchise owner. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Fox is currently a Founding Partner at Vision Venture Partners, spearheading the private equity firm’s move into professional eSports and providing strategic guidance, creative direction and business development support to each of VVP's portfolio companies. He is also the owner of premier eSports franchise Echo Fox.
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Multicultural Broadcasting Multicultural Broadcasting is a media company based in New York City founded by Chinese-American businessman Arthur Liu. It caters mostly to the Asian American community and owns television and radio stations in several of the top markets in multiple languages.
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Todd Wagner Todd R. Wagner (born August 2, 1960) co-founded Broadcast.com and is now Founder and Chairman of the Charity Network. He also co-owns 2929 Entertainment with Mark Cuban, along with other entertainment properties.
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Tony Ressler Antony P. Ressler (born July 16, 1959) is an American businessman. He co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management in 1990; and co-founded the private equity firm Ares Management in 1997. Ressler and Grant Hill are both owners of the Atlanta Hawks. They purchased the team on June 24, 2015 for estimated $730 million - $850 million.
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Bruce Levenson Bruce Levenson is an American businessman, former NBA team owner, and philanthropist. He was a co-owner of Atlanta Hawks, LLC (formerly Atlanta Spirit LLC), which owns and operates the Atlanta Hawks basketball team and Philips Arena. Levenson has also served as the Hawks' Governor on the NBA Board of Governors since 2004.
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Augenblick Studios Augenblick Studios is an independent animation studio founded in 1999 by Aaron Augenblick, and located in Brooklyn, New York City. The company has created a wide array of animated shorts for television, film, and the Internet. Their clients include Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Adult Swim, the TED conference, PBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon. The studio is responsible for much of the animated content on MTV2's "Wonder Showzen".
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Roc Nation Sports Roc Nation Sports is the sports management division of Roc Nation. Roc Nation Sports was founded by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter in Spring 2013 in partnership with Creative Artists Agency, a prominent talent agency based in Los Angeles.
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Adam Silver Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and businessman, who is currently the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Blackwater Elite Blackwater Elite is a professional basketball team owned by Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. that is playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) beginning in the 2014–2015 season. The franchise began as one of the founding teams in the PBA Developmental League. It transferred to the PBA after being accepted as an expansion team. The team is named after the Ever Bilena's brand of men's fragrances.
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Rob Pelinka Robert Todd Pelinka Jr. (born December 23, 1969) is an American lawyer, National Basketball Association (NBA) team executive, sports agent, and former college basketball player from Lake Bluff, Illinois (suburban Chicago). Pelinka is currently the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC NBA Showtime is a basketball video game by Midway. A descendant of "NBA Jam" and "NBA Hangtime", "Showtime" is modeled after the NBA presentations on NBC. The original arcade version features team rosters from the beginning of the 1998-99 NBA season, while the console versions feature team rosters that were accurate just prior to the 1999-2000 NBA season. A newer "Gold" version for arcades features another roster update from later in the 1999-2000 season. "Showtime" was also featured in a dual game cabinet along with "NFL Blitz 2000". Midway followed up the game with the console exclusive "NBA Hoopz".
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NBA Nation (tour) NBA Nation is a touring property operated by the National Basketball Association through its subsidiary, NBA Entertainment. The tour appears alongside local events across the United States during the spring and summer and features a variety of NBA-themed events and programs, such as skills contests and fitness clinics. The tour also addresses social issues in the host cities as part of the league's outreach program.
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History of the Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, was founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, later the New Jersey Nets. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as an original member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 2012 they moved to Brooklyn and were renamed the Brooklyn Nets.
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Comcast Spectacor Comcast Sports Ventures, doing business as Comcast Spectacor, is a Philadelphia-based American sports and entertainment company. It owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the upcoming Portland ECHL team of the ECHL, the upcoming Philadelphia team of the National Lacrosse League, and formerly owned the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. The company owns and manages the Wells Fargo Center and formerly managed the Spectrum in South Philadelphia (before that arena was demolished), plus several community skating rinks in the Philadelphia region known as Flyers Skate Zone. The Comcast SportsNet (CSN) regional sports networks were also owned by Comcast Spectacor prior to parent company Comcast's acquisition of a majority stake in NBCUniversal in January 2011; CSN is now operated through NBC Sports.
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Zoo York (company) Zoo York is an American company that designs and markets skateboards, apparel, sneakers and accessories. The company was founded in 1993 by skateboarders Rodney Smith, Eli Morgan Gessner, and Adam Schatz. The brand serves up a wide range of casual, utilitarian looks for men and women that takes creative inspiration from New York City's skateboarding, hip-hop, and graffiti cultures. The current Zoo York team consists of Chaz Ortiz, Aaron Suski, Forrest Kirby, Kevin Taylor, Dave Willis, Kevin Tierney, Travis Glover and Ian Twa.
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Tad Low Tad Low (born Josiah Orne Low IV on September 26, 1966) is an American businessman and media entrepreneur. He is the creator and producer of television shows, including "Pop-Up Video" and "Pants-Off Dance-Off". He currently helms Spin The Bottle, a multimedia content company based in New York City. Low’s work has been noted in the press for its ironic sensibility, and his shows simultaneously critique and celebrate popular culture in all of its banal and sublime incarnations. The paradoxical nature of Low's aesthetic was articulated by "New York" magazine when it dubbed "Pants-Off Dance-Off" both "brilliant and lowbrow."