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Ben Silverman’s Electus, America Ferrera Creating Telenovela For MTV

Apr 12, 2010 10:42 AM

Ben Silverman is partnering with Ugly Betty star America Ferrera, In The Heights author Quiara Alegria Hudes, Objective Entertainment and Procter & Gamble Productions to develop a new telenovela for MTV, Pedro & Maria. Silverman will be producing the series through his production company Electus, with Ferrera producing through her…

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Posted In: Companies, Viacom, MTV, ben silverman, electus

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Ben Silverman’s Electus Hires Starcom Entertainment Vet Caraccioli-Davis

Feb 10, 2010 3:30 PM

Branded advertising veteran Laura Caraccioli-Davis is leaving her long-held perch at Publicis Group’s Starcom Entertainment to join the Ben Silverman-headed IAC unit Electus, Ad Age reports. Silverman left NBC last July to form Electus as a branded entertainment venture with IAC (NSDQ: IACI). The company recently struck a strategic partnership…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Companies, IAC, electus, laura caraccioli-davis

@ CES: Silverman’s Electus Has First Deal—Yahoo

Jan 7, 2010 10:26 PM

Just as one of his last moves at NBC—moving Jay Leno to prime time—starts to publicly unravel, Ben Silverman has the first deal for his new venture with IAC (NSDQ: IACI), Electus: a strategic partnership with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to develop and produce exclusive original content. So far, sounds like…

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Posted In: Events, CES, Companies, IAC, Yahoo, ben silverman, electus, joanne bradford

IAC’s Notional Flaunts TV Ambitions; Unveils Slate

Nov 18, 2009 11:15 PM

Notional wants to be taken seriously. That might be a little tough ordinarily for a new cross-platform video production company birthed by a website called CollegeHumor but Notional has great genes and, in Barry Diller, a godfather with serious pull. It also has a very real slate with production commitments…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, IAC, barry diller, ben silverman, collegehumor, dave noll, electus, notional, ricky van veen

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