New International Television Distribution and Production Venture Set to Launch at MIPCOM with major U.S. Network Drama Series

Los Angeles, September 27, 2012 – (Virtual Press Office) -- Creating a new distribution and production venture for the global television arena, Sierra/Affinity and Engine Entertainment today announced their partnering in Sierra/Engine Television.  Sierra's expansion into television will be headed by Engine CEO Chris Philip, a veteran in both the studio and independent TV and film arenas. The new venture debuting at this year's MIPCOM combines Sierra/Affinity's international film sales and distribution capabilities with Engine's strength as a leading distributor of television programming designed for a global audience.  Sierra/Engine Television will arrive at MIPCOM with new projects including Georgeville Television's "Crossbones," a 10 episode order for NBC, from "Luther" creator Neil Cross and producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald; and "Hunters" (aka "Epidemic"), a 13 episode order for ABC, from J. Michael Straczynski and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment.  The announcement was made by Sierra/Affinity's Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg, and Engine Chief Executive Chris Phillip. 

Sierra/Affinity recently expanded its core business to include not only the development, production, financing and international sales of filmed entertainment, but also global television distribution by partnering with Georgeville Television, run by CEO Marc Rosen.  Sierra/Engine will produce and distribute its own content as well as represent that of third party providers, including Georgeville Television which is behind "Crossbones" (NBC), "Hunters" (ABC), and "Blake's Seven" (SyFy).

Sierra's Nick Meyer stated: "Chris' experience in studio television distribution and in the independent financing and packaging of programming is a perfect fit for our expansion into television.  Partnering with Chris and Engine accelerates our movement into this space and we are looking to continue to work with great creative partners in television as we have done in film."

Engine's Chris Philip added: "Nick and Marc have created something special in filmed entertainment, and with their financial strength, and appetite for TV, we are ready to offer our global clients a raft of new high quality programming and taking 3 new US network series to MIPCOM is an outstanding way to launch.

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About Sierra/Affinity
In addition to its newly minted television operations, Sierra / Affinity is a leading independent film finance, production, and foreign sales company with the mandate of consistently delivering high-quality, commercially viable feature films for a global audience.  Led by Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg, Sierra/Affinity capitalizes on the ever-evolving global film marketplace representing sales of third party films and commercial films designed to appeal to both the North American marketplace as well as top markets around the globe.  In addition to representing sales of third party films, the company acts as the exclusive sales agent for films developed and produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment, Bold Films and Sierra Pictures and its partner, Incentive Filmed Entertainment.

About Engine Entertainment
Engine leverages its expertise in international TV co- production, financing, and distribution, with its high-level relationships with broadcasters and producers in the US and worldwide, to source, co-produce, and distribute premium content for the world television market. Chris Philip launched Engine after 13 years at NBC Universal and a successful stint at Power Television in the UK, during which he sold two scripted series to NBC as well as oversaw the presales and international distribution. In 2010, Engine partnered with Ben Silverman's Electus where they co-distributed the Engine library and set up a first look deal, which resulted in 2 cable network pilots and a hugely successful series for one of Electus' You Tube channel, Nuevon. Electus and Engine have numerous projects in development together and will continue to co-distribute the Engine product.