Barry Named VP of Content Alliances. Will Promote Company’s B2B Tools for Realistic 3D Facial Modeling and Web Integration
LOS ANGELES, CA – Feb. 24, 2009 – Big Stage Entertainment, Inc., a media technology company that lets consumers project themselves photo-realistically into the digital realm, has named digital media industry veteran Patrick Barry to the role of vice president, content alliances. In this newly created role, Barry will focus on growing partnerships with media and entertainment companies interested in developing both new digital revenue opportunities and deep consumer engagement.
“Only Big Stage Entertainment makes it possible to project The Digital You across the connected media landscape,” said Phil Ressler, Big Stage Entertainment CEO. “Through our hub strategy for creating and hosting your Big Stage @ctor, the average person will be able to star in media experiences ranging from video games to virtual worlds and movie clips. Barry’s extensive experience working in digital media with some of America’s largest brands and media companies will help us quickly secure compelling application and integration partnerships leveraging our unique approach to personalized, participative media.”
Big Stage Entertainment’s scalable product offerings enable any third party to offer a consumer experience that features an animated, 3-D likeness of a user to enhance everything from entertainment to communications and retail. Big Stage Entertainment offers its proprietary PortableYou 3-D facial modeling system to third parties for seamless integration into video games, virtual worlds, Web sites, mobile apps, kiosk-based systems and more. The BackStage white label product offers a turnkey solution to partners that want to leverage the same 3-D face modeling technology as part of high-impact participatory experiences under their own brands, with the added benefit of easy to use social share tools to maximize viral effect.
“Big Stage Entertainment’s ability to completely personalize online entertainment and communications delivers an entirely new level of participatory fun in digital media,” said Barry. “In my new role, I will be reaching out to innovative and forward-thinking media and entertainment companies that want to capitalize on the personalization phenomenon, whether through commercial or promotional application.”
Barry joined Big Stage Entertainment after serving as senior director of corporate development and strategy for the North America media and entertainment unit at SK Telecom. He previously held senior new media roles in digital distribution, licensing and syndication for brands including American Idol and Speed Racer, and served as vice president of business development at Brilliant Digital, a Web animation firm. After working in new media marketing and market development positions at Warner Advanced Media Operations, Barry oversaw content acquisition and program syndication for one of Warner Bros. first dedicated online networks with original programming. Barry also worked at Intel Corporation before moving into the media and entertainment industry, He holds a Masters in Management (Technology/Entertainment) from Pepperdine University and Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Berkeley.
About Big Stage Entertainment, Inc.
Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. is a media technology company that enables the projection of self into the digital realm. With Big Stage Entertainment products and services, consumers can create a fully photorealistic, 3-D, animated @ctor of themselves to insert into digital media, including video games, video clips and still images, as well as to represent themselves in online communities. Through its PortableYou program, Big Stage Entertainment offers its proprietary 3-D facial modeling system to third parties for seamless integration into video games, virtual worlds, Web sites, mobile apps, kiosk-based systems and more, to offer a consumer experience that enhances everything from entertainment to communications and retail. At BigStage.com, anyone can generate a free, animated 3-D @ctor from a few digital photos. Headquartered in South Pasadena, CA, Big Stage Entertainment investors include Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures and Tech Coast Angels. For more information, please visit www.bigstage.com.
Legal Disclaimer: @ctor, BackStage and PortableYou are trademarks or registered trademarks of Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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