GoDigital Media Group

GoDigital Media Group (GDMG) is a California-based entertainment industry technology company founded in 2005. The company started as an entertainment industry holding company, eventually expanding to be a media and technology company. GDMG focuses on intellectual property rights management and digital distribution of entertainment content through its business units.[2]

GoDigital Media Group
TypePrivate
Industry
  • Entertainment
  • Digital Media Technologies
FoundedSanta Monica, California (2005)
Founders
Key people
  • Michael Peterson
  • Barry Daffurn
  • Manfred Van Ursel
  • Steve Scott
Number of employees
400+
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.godigitalmg.com
Footnotes / references
233 Wilshire Santa Monica, CA 90401 United States

Background

GoDigital Media Group's (GDMG) core business originated as GoDigital Music Group, a music distributor; GoDigital Records, a record label;[3][4] and Symbolic Entertainment, a film studio.[5]

In a 2008 reorganization, the firm created a subsidiary, under the shortened name GoDigital, which specializes in digital and video on demand movie distribution.[6] GoDigital's CEO Jason Peterson headed an in-house software development effort for digital supply-chain and rights management that became ContentBridge. Peterson assumed the position of CEO for ContentBridge Systems upon incorporation in 2010, and co-founder Logan Mulvey moved from President to CEO at GoDigital.[7] In 2018 Content Bridge's CEO, Jason Peterson was named as a 'top 40 under 40 power player' for 2018 by both Billboard magazine and Media Play News.[8][9] GDMG's label was subsequent rebranded Cinq Music specializing in music distribution and rights management for recording artists.

GoDigital, Inc. merged with Variance Films in January 2014, forming a new distribution entity, Amplify. GoDigital has distribution deals with YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes.[10] Video on demand partners include Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS.[10]

Services

AdShare is a social media (primarily YouTube content) monetization service for entertainment industry rights-holders.[11]

ContentBridge (Content Bridge LLC) is a supply chain management (SCM), digital rights management (DRM), and encoding software provider for the entertainment industry.[12] Content Bridge won the 2014 EMA's "Industry Leadership" Digital Award for software support for the SMPTE Interoperable Master Package (IMP), CableLabs and UltraViolet digital supply chain standards.[13][14]

References
  1. "Sundance: GoDigital & Variance Films Merging, Re-Branding As Amplify – Deadline". Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  2. Kay, Jeremy (30 August 2012). "Logan Mulvey, GoDigital". Screendaily. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. The CEO of digital distributor GoDigital talks to Screen about striking deals with film-makers to make the fast-evolving online space pay.
  3. "CORRECTING and REPLACING GoDigital Licenses Content to Qtrax; Next Generation Record Label Endorses Qtrax for Ad-Supported P2P Digital Distribution". BusinessWire - Brilliant Technologies Corporation. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. Kay, Jeremy (30 August 2012). "Logan Mulvey, GoDigital". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. "Symbolic Entertainment". BackStage.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. Kung, Michelle (11 January 2012). "GoDigital Ramps Up Digital Distribution Plans". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  7. "GoDigital Media Group Makes Changes on Top; Promotes Logan Mulvey to President" (Press release). Reuters. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  8. "40 under 40 music industry power player 2018 full list". Billboard Magazine. October 18, 2018.
  9. "40 Under 40 In Home Entertainment 2018". Media Play News. October 28, 2018.
  10. Gruenwedel, Erik (14 April 2011). "Indie Distributor Inks YouTube Streaming Deal". Home Media Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014. Santa Monica, Calif.-based GoDigital said it would supply about 2,000 hours of movies and TV programming to YouTube. The distributor has similar deals with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes, in addition to VOD agreements with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS.
  11. Huang, Chun-Ting (6 April 2014). "MCL and AdShare Developed Fast Audio Matching Technology". USC. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014. The joint R&D team has continuously worked on system performance optimization to meet real-time processing requirements. The team also keeps developing a more advanced technique that handles sounds distorted by other methods such as pitch shifts, white noise, and instrument swaps.
  12. Rachel Abrams (10 March 2011). "Opportunity knocks for indie producers". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014. “The producer should get smart and work with the best person in physical, the best person in theatrical and the best person in digital,” said Jason Peterson, CEO of ContentBridge, a company that provides tools for content-centric businesses to internally manage their work and distribute it to global partners
  13. Latchem, John (9 October 2014). "'Breaking Bad,' Amazon, Content Bridge, Disney Among EMA Digital Honorees". Home Media Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014. The Entertainment Merchants Association Oct. 8 presented its “Digi” Awards for outstanding achievement in digital entertainment content, retailing, leadership and innovation to Sony Pictures' “Breaking Bad,” Amazon, Content Bridge and Disney. The awards were presented at EMA’s Digital Media Pipeline at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
  14. Staff (10 October 2014). "EMA Hands Out Digi Awards to 'Breaking Bad,' Amazon, and More". GamePolitics.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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