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Electus is a production studio founded by Ben Silverman (former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and chief executive officer of Reveille) and financed by Barry Diller’s IAC in 2009.〔Paul Thomasch. ("NBC executive Silverman exits for IAC venture," ) ''Reuters'', July 27, 2009.〕 Since Electus’ launch, the company has announced several acquisitions and partnerships, as well as development deals with NBC, ABC, MTV, VH1, Facebook, Yahoo!, and AOL. ==Production partners== As part of its inception, IAC partnered Electus with CollegeHumor, the comedy portal that has developed series both on the web and TV.〔Stuart Levine. ("Ben Silverman's Electus to Take Over CollegeHumor" ) ''Variety'', Nov 5, 2009.〕 In January 2010, Electus partnered with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett to launch a sponsor-driven advertising and digital production company, DumbDumb. Since DumbDumb's inception, it has launched branded campaigns including one for Orbit Gum,〔David Kaplan. ("IAC's Electus Rolls Out 'Dirty Shorts' Branded Campaign," ) ''PaidContent.org'', June 11, 2010.〕 and an online talk show on behalf of Denny's called "Always Open".〔Andrew Hammp. ("Denny's and DumbDumb Introduce Online Talk Show," ) ''Ad Age'', March 6, 2011.〕 In August 2010, Electus announced a production and distribution deal with 5x5 Media. 5x5 Media is headed by Craig Armstrong, Rick Ringbakk and Tod Mesirow, whose combined producer credits include ''Survivor'', ''Amazing Race'', ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'', ''Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution'' and many more. As part of the deal, 5x5 Media will partner with Electus to both create and co-produce original projects across all platforms.〔Stuart Levine. ("Electus Gets Distrib Rights in 5x5 Deal" ) ''Variety'', Aug 9, 2010.〕 In January 2011, Electus announced the acquisition of Engine Entertainment and the formation of a new in-house global distribution arm, Electus/Engine Distribution.〔Gavin O'Malley. ("IAC's Electus Acquires Engine Entertainment, Forms Global Distribution Arm" ) ''MediaPost'', Jan 18, 2011.〕 The new division handles in-house and third-party projects for distribution globally, including a partnership with Abbot Reif Hameiri Production Company, a leading production company in Israel.〔Wrap Staff. ("Ben Silverman's Back in Business with Shine" ) ''The Wrap'', Feb 2, 2010.〕 In January 2011, Electus partnered with former MTV President of programming Tony DiSanto and head of series development Liz Gateley, to form an independent, multi-media production company, DiGa. DiGa will focus on producing reality and scripted series for primetime cable and network outlets.〔Nellie Andreeva. ("Former MTV Execs Tony DiSanto & Liz Gateley Unveil New Company, First Slate" ) ''Deadline.com'', Jan 24, 2011.〕 In June, 2012 Electus announced that they have partnered with YouTube to launch the official YouTube food channel HUNGRY〔(Huffington Post - YouTube HUNGRY Channel )〕 with Celebrity chefs Duff Goldman and Laura Vitale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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