Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

WILL KEENAN is the President of ENDEMOL BEYOND USA, the digital division within the world's largest production company. Prior to that, he was a VP at top online MCN (Multi-Channel Network) MAKER STUDIOS where he developed and launched YouTube’s first entertainment & politics network (PoliPop/ 33 channels), partnered and optimized YouTube’s #1 Mom’s Network (TheMomsViewNetwork/25 channels), led vertical optimization for their ThePlatform lifestyle network launch (60 channels), their animation network (27 channels), and led their social account profiles, as well as their, initial network-wide social strategy.   Before his entry into the digital world, Will had garnered recognition as an indie & "cult" film star & stunt legend for his starring roles & producing efforts in over 30 independent movies in America, France, Germany, and India's "Bollywood."     Among his unique historical achievements, Will is the “World's First Digital Star” (Lead role in the first fully-digital feature film LOVE G-D), star of the last black and white widescreen musical feature film (THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X), named the “21st Century's Buster Keaton” (by Trevor Groth at The Sundance Film Festival), the “Cinema's First Hermaphrodite Serial Killer" (TERROR FIRMER), photographer of one of the "Most Legendary Pictures Ever Taken" (BUZZFEED '13 with Snoop Dogg & Phillip Seymour Hoffman), the only person ever to have publicly "Punk'd" legendary comedian/filmmaker Jerry Lewis, credited with single-handedly bringing Twitter to mainstream India, and as a "death-defying stuntman whose trademark was getting hit by cars" (Filmthreat Magazine). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dick Glover is President and CEO of Funny Or Die, and a former top level executive at NASCAR, WWE, and espn (where he developed and launched espn.com). Under Glover’s leadership at Funny Or Die, it has grown into a vertically integrated 21st century digital studio that produces high quality content over numerous platforms, operates a social media and marketing division with 7.6 million Twitter followers (#1 Comedy Brand), and over 3.4 million devoted followers on a plethora of social networking sites.  Funny Or Die’s website continues to be the leader in original online comedy video production and distribution with over 16 million unique visitors each month and 60 million monthly video streams. Funny Or Die’s slate of off-net production includes tv (“@midnight” on Comedy Central/HBO’s “Funny Or Die Presents”), film (“Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie”), merchandising (Hasbro just launched the Funny Or Die board game), and personal appearance tours (“The Oddball Comedy Festival” 14-city tour starring Dave Chappelle and Flight of the Conchords). Glover is one of the few CEO’s who continues to demonstrate that Hollywood and Silicon Valley can thrive together. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BUDD FRIEDMAN is universally known as the Father of the Comedy Clubs.  Since he founded the Original Improvisation in New York City in 1963,  for half a century, his brand has remained the premiere stage for live comedy in the United States. Over the decades, the talent who performed on its stages, represent the Who’s Who of American Comedy, including Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal, Lily Tomlin, Freddie Prinz, Andy Kaufman, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Jay Leno, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Jamie Foxx, Adam Sandler, and Dave Chappelle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

JOE WEINSTOCK is one of the executive producers of DUCK DYNASTY, which is arguably one of the most popular reality shows of all time.  He joined Discovery Channel as the Senior Director of Development in 2012, after previously being VP of production for Gurney Productions while serving as an executive producer for Auction Hunters, American Digger, Monster Man, Haunted Collector, Hollywood Treasure, American Guns, and Duck Dynasty. Prior to Gurney Productions, Weinstock was Senior Director of Original Series for Spike TV for five years working on high-profile projects such as Jesse James is a Dead Man, Deadliest Warrior, Manswers, Pros vs. Joes, DEA, and 1000 Ways to Die. Weinstock started his entertainment career at MTV Networks in 2005 in the business and legal affairs department at Comedy Central in Los Angeles. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

LARRRY LYTTLE is an Emmy Award winning TV executive with over 30 years experience. He was the founder and president of Big Ticket Television that created such hits as Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, Moesha, The Parkers, Jamie Kennedy Experiment, and the acclaimed comedy satire Nightstand with Dick Dietrick. He also served as president of Spelling Television and was a senior VP at Warner Brothers overseeing such blockbusters as Night Court, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, Spencer for Hire, China Beach, Life Goes On, and Murphy Brown. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

DAVID HILL, has been hailed as a visionary, credited with launching US sports television into the modern age.  Presently he is the Executive VP of 21st Century Fox & is the number 2 man under Rupert Murdoch.  He joined FOX in 1993 when News Corp wrested the rights to the NFL from CBS and he was charged with building a network quality sports division, literally from the ground up. His innovative unique style brought a plethora of groundbreaking new technologies and concepts to the sports world, including the FOXbox constant score and time graphic, the NHL FOXtrax glowing puck, and the creation of the yellow first down line graphic in the NFL.  Later he became Chairman and CEO of the FOX Sports Media Group, which included FOX Sports, FOX Sports Networks, SPEED, FUEL TV, FOX Soccer, FOX Deportes, the Big Ten Network, and the hugely popular FOXsports.com, which has set records for monthly traffic totaling 46 million unique users. Through the years, Hill helped FOX expand to the MLB, Nascar, Super Bowls, Stanley Cup Finals, World Series and was legitimately been crowned America’s # 1 sports network for 14 consecutive years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd Garner is an extraordinary veteran film producer and Hollywood creative executive. Throughout his career at Disney, Revolution Studios, and as the head of his own company--Broken Road Productions, Garner has developed, overseen, executive produced or produced well over 170 movies that have grossed billions of dollars worldwide, including BLACK HAWK DOWN, DADDY DAY CARE, CON AIR, ARE WE THERE YET?, HELLBOY,  XXX, 13 GOING ON 30, PAUL BLART MALL COP, HERE COMES THE BOOM, ZOOKEEPER, KNIGHT AND DAY, and ANGER MANAGEMENT. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Steve Koonin is the president of Turner Entertainment Networks, where he oversees the programming, marketing, scheduling, strategy and operations for 4 of cable's strongest brands: TNT, TBS, truTV & Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Koonin came to Turner from The Coca-Cola Company in 2000 to head up TNT and recast the network as television's home for great drama, while launching one of the most popular cable series of all time, The Closer.  His duties expanded to include TBS in 2003, paving the way for that station to become basic cable's #1 network with young adults and in 2010 he surprised the country when he closed the deal to bring Conan O'Brien to TBS late night.  Along the way, TV Guide featured him in its "Power List" and Entertainment Weekly named Koonin one of the "Smartest People in Television." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Robert “Morty” Morton is a multiple Emmy Award winning executive producer, best known for working closely with David Letterman for 15 years, from the early years of his NBC talker, to being the executive producer of “Late Show with David Letterman” at CBS.  Previously, he was a director for MTV and an associate director for “Good Morning America”.   Since his time at “Letterman,” Morton has been executive producer on many shows, notably Drew Carey’s “The Green Screen Show,” “The Wayne Bray Show,” “Mind of Mencia,” and the critically acclaimed TBS late night show “Lopez Tonight.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Albrecht is the CEO or Starz and responsible for building the leading global entertainment brand that provides powerful and immersive experiences for viewers around the world. Prior to Starz, Albrecht was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HBO, and also President of HBO Original Programming, where he co-founded “Comic Relief” and transformed the company from a movie focused television service into a worldwide leader in original programming.  His tenure at HBO was noted for changing the television landscape by creating critically acclaimed series, including “Sex in the City,” “The Sopranos,” “Six Feet Under,” “Deadwood,” “Band of Brothers,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Entourage,” along with dozens of other programs. As President of HBO Independent Productions, Albrecht guided the development and production of comedy series for distribution, including “Martin” and “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Prior to HBO, he co-owned The Original Improvisation and then spent five years as an agent at ICM where he signed and represented top comedians including Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.