Shorts International is the world's leading short film company with the largest, most diverse & prestigious film catalog. Over half of the catalog's films have been nominated & received international film awards from the Academy of Motion Pictures, Cannes, Clermont Ferrand, Tribeca, Dubai & Sundance film festivals. London-based & Liberty Media backed, Shorts International operates Shorts TV, Shorts TV France & Shorts TV Cortos channels. Created for multi-platform distribution, current U.S. partners include iTunes, AT&T Mobility & Sprint.

• Exclusive distribution & business development partner for the U.S. market.
• Managing all U.S. licensing & distribution of Shorts TV (standard def & high-def channels) & Shorts TV Cortos, a distinctly programmed Spanish language TV channel.

A premium cable channel targeting parents and their babies, ages 6-36 months old, with infant-focused programming and innovative interactive applications that transform the television into a skills development tool.

• Supported a broad range of business development efforts (distribution sales & marketing strategy, financial modeling, technical operations planning, and product sales) leading up to the network’s successful launch in May of 2006.
• Secured foundation carriage agreements, in support of the network's launch, with Comcast, DirecTV, Echostar, Charter Communications, and AT&T.
• Managed the on-going distribution sales efforts for BabyFirstTV.

HotHouse Media was a critical part of our early stage success. From validating our business model assumptions to sculpting our sales strategy, they provided invaluable expertise and leadership. Their deep relationships and understanding of the U.S. media industry are outstanding. - Guy Oranim, Founder & CEO, BabyFirstTV

The world’s largest satellite services provider. Intelsat is aggregating linear, HD and VOD content into a common standards-based network and delivering that content using a national delivery platform, dramatically reducing capital requirements for cable and telco operators.

• Lead efforts to secure transport rights from virtually every U.S. media company in support of this effort.

An English-language, Latino-themed cable channel that launched nationally in February 2004.

• Managed all affiliate sales efforts for SiTV – from pre-funding through launch.
• Negotiated foundation distribution deals with major Cable and Satellite operators, such as Echostar, Comcast, Time Warner, and Cox Communications.
• Provided strategic advice on business model development.
• Introduced SiTV executive team to investor prospects and participated in investor due diligence.
• Assisted with technical operations planning and affiliate marketing strategy.
• SiTV secured over $60 million in funding (including significant investments from Time Warner and Echostar).
• Network launched in 2004 with upwards of 10 million subscribers.

The world's most comprehensive digital art and photography archive, wholly-owned by Bill Gates.

• Engaged to develop a multi-platform programming and distribution strategy built around the Corbis image library.
• Facilitated market and technical due diligence with major multi-channel distributors and broadband aggregators, from DirecTV and Comcast to AOL, Google, and Apple.
• Supporting a broad range of internal business development activities designed to grow the distribution and licensing of Corbis imagery.

The HotHouse team provided much needed perspective on the consumer media marketplace, as well as creative sensibilities and practical business development capabilities that helped us in a myriad of ways. Beyond that, their contacts in the media business are unbeatable. - Lisa Soboslai, Director of Rights Services – Corbis

Modeo was a mobile media service owned and operated by Crown Castle International, the largest independent owner and operator of wireless towers and network infrastructure. For three years, HotHouse was a virtual member of Modeo's executive team that built a 12 channel, live video content offering targeting the mobile phone and handheld device market. The service was marketed on a wholesale basis to major U.S. wireless carriers, and delivered via dedicated national broadcast spectrum.

• Developed the foundation video and audio content strategy for Modeo, including financial models and core product presentation.
• Initiated content licensing activities across a wide range of media companies, from Time Warner, Fox, Viacom/MTV Networks and NBC Universal to Sirius Satellite, The Weather Channel, CBS, Major League Baseball and the NBA.
• Managed all on-going content licensing negotiations and strategic partner discussions for both trial and commercial launch.

State-of-the-art online content licensing business specializing in short- and long-format video content. Thought Equity Motion is the world's largest provider of online motion content. The company has formed exclusive content partnerships with premier film and entertainment companies such as NBC News, National Geographic, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBO Archives, the NCAA, Warren Miller Entertainment, and others.

• Strategic advisors to Thought Equity Motion since early 2005.
• Developing VOD and Broadband products that uniquely leverage the Thought Equity Motion archive.
• Developing distribution strategies, related financial models, and sales presentation materials.
• Managing distribution negotiations across a range of outlets, including Cable, Satellite, and Broadband.

A free-to-consumer VOD channel that showcases live music and related feature programming. One of the few successful pure-play VOD products, available via all major cable operators.

• Strategic advisors to CONCERT since their launch in 2005.
• Focus on new business initiatives as well as affiliate sales and marketing activities.

A premiere national cable channel serving the growing Korean and Asian American market, built on high-appeal Korean broadcast programming.

• Product strategy, business development and financial modeling.
• Engaged to secure target market distribution with major cable distributors based on Asian demographic targeting and unique local franchising business model.

Engaged to spearhead an in-depth review of cable/satellite industry trends related to the faith-based programming category.

• Data gathering on packaging, pricing and key executive perceptions of the faith-based category.
• All findings were used as a backdrop for a wholesale strategic business review of current INSP multiplatform product strategies (Linear, On Demand and Broadband).
• Provided tangible business recommendations, across all business lines, in support of the company's growth objectives.

HotHouse was able to provide tangible recommendations that support our overall growth objectives. The feedback they gathered from key decision makers was critical to helping us chart our next steps. - Wendy Vinson, SVP of Marketing, Inspiration Networks

A pure-play fishing channel that launched in the U.S. in November 2007, with distribution agreements in place with Dish Network, Verizon & Charter. Targeting the more than 44 million American anglers, WFN leverages the world's largest and most comprehensive fishing content library. WFN is owned/operated by Insight Sports, a leading sports media and entertainment company, based in Toronto.

• Vetted market & financial model assumptions in support of a U.S. launch of both Standard and High Definition variations of the channel.
• Leading U.S. distribution efforts, including negotiating carriage deals with the major Cable & Satellite providers, sales collateral development, marketing strategy support, and competitive differentiation strategy.

Jookt.com is a high school sports channel anchored in entertaining human interest stories, from practices to the sidelines, bleachers and parking lots. This multimedia network captures the competitive school spirit through a combination of school-generated and professionally-produced video content. All schools, all sports, all levels.

• Founding members of the Jookt team, contributing to overall product strategy, business plan & financial modeling.
• Limited, Colorado-centric commercial launch in September 2008, expanding into other regions during 2009 calendar year.
• Overseeing all business development & product distribution efforts (cable, satellite, web & mobile syndication).

Based in Spain, Imagina is one of the world's leading Hispanic audiovisual companies, specializing in major sports rights/marketing, television/film production and TV channel development. Annual revenues exceeding $1.2 Billion.

• Engaged to assist the development of a market-changing new TV network strategy that leverages Imagina assets & capabilities.
• Crafted multiple product strategies & operating models.
• Early-stage product/modelvetting with key multichannel distributors.
• Spearheading major strategic partner discussions on behalf of Imagina.

Additional Clients:

• AT&T Broadband
• Blackbelt TV
• Edge TV
• Gannet Broadcasting
• Gospel Music Channel
• HypeTV
• InJoy Birth & Parenting Videos
• Liberty Media
• Plough Penny Partners
• Sullivan Direct
• TViFusion
• Vulcan, Inc.
• Zone Media