Paul Scanlan

Paul Scanlan
Nationality United States
Education BS Communications
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation

CEO and Co-Founder of Legion M

Co-Founder of MobiTV
Awards Emmy for Technical Achievement in Advancing Television (2005)

Paul Scanlan (born 1970) is an American businessperson, and co-founder and CEO of Legion M, the world's first fan-owned entertainment company.[1] Scanlan is also a co-founder of MobiTV, where he is currently a board member, and is a founding board member of New York Rock Exchange.[2]

Education and early career

Scanlan received his Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and entered the telecommunications business with Lucent.[3] He then began working for Enterprise IG in 1996, where he would eventually lead their technology practice and become a managing partner of the firm.[4][5] Scanlan also helped found two other small companies early in his career.[6]

Legion M

Scanlan, along with business partner and MobiTV co-founder Jeff Annison, founded Legion M in 2016 as the first entertainment studio that allows fans to invest in and be part of the creation of new films, TV shows, and other entertainment content.[7][8] Legion M's model was made possible after the SEC passed Title IV of the JOBS Act, allowing non-accredited investors to make investments in small businesses.[9] Legion M is currently backed by Seth Green, co-creator of Emmy-winning TV series Robot Chicken, and Gaston Dominguez of Meltdown Entertainment.[10]

MobiTV

Scanlan partnered with Phillip Alvelda and Jeff Annison to found MobiTV (originally known as Idetic).[11][12] He had met Alvelda playing ice hockey, and they were both mutual friends with Annison.[3][4] His first role was VP of marketing of the company in 2000, moving to the position of chief operating officer in 2005 and then president in 2007. He has also been a member of the board since inception.[5][13][14] The company was founded in order to deliver television to mobile devices.[15] In 2005, Scanlan and his team were awarded an Emmy for Technical Achievement in Advancing Television for their work with MobiTV.[16] Scanlan stated that he believed the decrease in mobile Internet fees and free video-capable phones provided by mobile service companies, would increase the demand for video content specialized for mobile devices;[17] that year the company produced content on twenty different mobile-TV channels.[18] Scanlan also helped to raise about $125 million in investment for the Company.[3] In 2011, Forbes Magazine credited Scanlan for the rise in streaming television that came towards the end of the 2000s.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Seth Green Among The Backers Of Hollywood's First Fan-Owned Entertainment Company". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Legion M Looks To Create The World’s First Fan-Owned Entertainment Company". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. 1 2 3 Joseph Straubhaar, Robert LaRose, and Lucinda Davenport (2009). Media Now, 2010 Update: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology, Enhanced. Cengage Learning. p. 388. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Tarang Shah and Sheetal Shah (2011). Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes. Apress. p. 219. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Bloomberg Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ Shah, 221.
  7. ↑ "How Legion M plans to kickstart movie biz". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Legion M Looks To Create The World’s First Fan-Owned Entertainment Company". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  9. ↑ "Introducing "The World’s First Fan-Owned Entertainment Company"". Co.Create. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  10. ↑ "Legion M Lets Fans Own A Piece Of The Hollywood Action". NASDAQ.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  11. ↑ "Bay Biz Buzz: MobiTV, Xoma, Cooper, Onyx, Clorox". Oakland Tribune. August 31, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  12. ↑ BRUCE MEYERSON (November 13, 2003). "Sprint adds real-time TV service for cell phones". AP Worldstream.
  13. ↑ Chris Marlowe (2005). MobiTV. Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ↑ Matt Stump (June 13, 2005). "Cable nets find traveling companions: partnerships make channels of content mobile.". Broadband Week. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  15. ↑ Shah, 225.
  16. ↑ "Businessweek profile". Businessweek. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  17. ↑ Steve Cooper (December 1, 2005). "Mobile add-ons.". Entrepreneur.
  18. ↑ Maury Wright (February 3, 2005). "Mobile video: participants follow multiple paths: service providers and chip vendors target the handset, but is that the bull's eye?". EDN. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  19. ↑ Michael Humphrey (December 10, 2010). "Names You Need to Know in 2011: Paul Scanlan of MobiTV". Forbes. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
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