New Appointment Positions Ensequence for Rapid Growth Worldwide
PORTLAND, OR -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/16/2006 -- Ensequence®, the world's leading provider of interactive TV authoring software and services, today announced the appointment of entertainment industry veteran Gary Marenzi as president of the company. The move will enhance Ensequence's connection to TV programmers and advertisers and rapidly expand its presence internationally. Marenzi will be based in Los Angeles.
Marenzi, the former president of Paramount International Television and the Metro Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Telecommunications Group, will be responsible for representing Ensequence within the entertainment and advertising communities worldwide. Dalen Harrison will continue in his role as Ensequence chief executive officer, and Marenzi will report directly to Harrison.
"As a rapidly growing company in an emerging market, Ensequence looked diligently to find the right person to represent the company within the content community," said Dalen Harrison, Ensequence CEO. "We sought an individual with tremendous entertainment industry experience and reputation. I am pleased that Gary has accepted the position, bringing his vision for the future of interactive entertainment to the company. He joins Ensequence at an exciting time, as we ramp up for explosive growth and capitalize on the tremendous momentum in the interactive TV market."
Marenzi was most recently founder and president of Marenzi & Associates, providing strategic management advice and implementation for the media and entertainment industry. He served as president of Paramount International Television from 1997-2004, where he oversaw the multi-billion dollar distribution of Paramount feature films and television programming to broadcasters and channels outside of the United States. He supervised the development and production of television programming customized for the international marketplace and the co-production and co-financing of television programming with international partners, including the highly successful USA Network series, "The Dead Zone." During his tenure, Marenzi also forged key long-term relationships with such major clients as ProSieben/Sat1 (Germany), M6 (France), RAI (Italy), BSkyB (UK), Ten Network (Australia), SBS (Scandinavia/Benelux) and Global (Canada).
"My career passion has been delivering quality entertainment to the world markets, and I look forward to leading Ensequence through this stage of rapid growth and beyond," Marenzi said. "The global creative community is embracing interactivity as a key element in each new entertainment production. Viewers are coming to expect interactive content on every imaginable delivery platform in addition to traditional television, which represents an incredible opportunity for Ensequence and the programmers, advertisers and operators that we serve. I'm excited to join the team, as Ensequence is well positioned to become the worldwide standard for interactive television programming and advertising across cable, satellite, broadband, mobile and IPTV."
During Marenzi's four-and-a-half years with MGM, he was responsible for MGM's international television and worldwide pay-TV operations as president, MGM Telecommunications Group. Marenzi was the architect of MGM's successful long-term production alliance with Showtime Networks. From 1989 to 1992, Marenzi was based in London as president of United International Pictures Pay-TV Group -- a joint venture of Paramount, MGM and Universal Pictures. Marenzi started his career in Hollywood with Columbia Pictures, where he worked as director of pay-TV for the United States and Canada. He serves on the board of The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) and on the executive committee of the International TV Academy, and is also a member of the Executive Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Marenzi holds a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a master's degree from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
About Ensequence (www.ensequence.com)
Established in 2000, Ensequence is the world's leading provider of interactive TV software used to create, manage and broadcast interactive shows and commercials. Ensequence on-Q® software suites and professional services deliver cross-platform interactive TV capabilities to advertisers, programmers and operators worldwide. Leaders in interactive TV rely on Ensequence software and services to create and broadcast their interactive TV shows and commercials, including the BBC, BSkyB, Cox Communications, DISH Network, Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, MTV Networks UK & Ireland, Sky Sports, TV Guide and UKTV. For more information about Ensequence, visit www.ensequence.com.
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