maniaTV Signs Guerilla Hollywood

The maniaTV Network, the leading independent producer and distributor of new media television, today announced an extensive partnership with Guerilla Hollywood, a full service production company whose television credits include work for Warner Bros. Records, MTV, Fuse TV, as well as dozens of top musical acts and movie studios. Under the terms of the agreement, Guerilla Hollywood founders Devin Boddie (Producer) and Michael Mihail (Director), along with Mike Jones (Director of Photography) and Craig Wenaweser (Editor), have joined the fulltime staff at maniaTV's new LA Studio. They will direct and produce maniaTV's existing web TV hits such as Dave Navarro's Spread Entertainment  and Arcade, as well as jointly develop new television shows for maniaTV's monthly audience of eight million 13-34 year olds.

Guerilla Hollywood recently made waves in the web video world for their innovative production of the internet TV show G's Up featuring Lil' Scrappy, which has earned millions of views on YouTube.

“maniaTV is the perfect fit for us", says Guerilla Hollywood co-founder, Devin Boddie. “They have an extremely successful monetization platform as well as the distribution network to take visual properties we create and get them to a broad audience. It is an exciting time to be in this industry”.
 
“The Guerilla Hollywood crew is an exceptionally experienced and progressive production team”, says maniaTV CEO, Peter Hoskins. “This deal allows us to bring their creative talents to the millions of viewers on our network and match-make their work with the best brands in America.  It is a powerful partnership that is at the core of how we are reinventing television”.

The Guerilla Hollywood crew joins newly hired MTV veteran, Amy Finnerty, and Executive Producer of Comedy, Amber J. Lawson, as the latest talent acquisitions for the maniaTV Network since moving headquarters to Los Angeles.

"maniaTV's recent relocation to Los Angeles was made with the intention of partnering with the best and the brightest young talents to create innovative and imaginative new programming”, says Executive Producer of Music, Stefan Goldby. “With Guerilla Hollywood, it became quickly obvious that a limited partnership was not enough, and we are delighted to formally add Michael, Devin, Craig, and Mike to our in-house production team".
 
More About Guerilla Hollywood
Guerilla Hollywood has produced television specials and music videos for My Chemical Romance, H.I.M, E-40, DJ Quik, Lil' Jon, Jamie Kennedy, R.E.M., SEAL, Josh Groban, Talib Kweli's BlackSmith TV, G's Up TV (Lil' Scrappy), The American Hater series for Mike Jones, and JayRock's hood anthem "Lift Me Up". Mihail, Boddie and their team have worked with Music Video industry pioneers such as Devin Sarno and Lydia Sarno and film innovators Steve Golin, Robert Logevall, Andrew Douglas, David Fincher, Mark Romanek, and Gore Verbinsky.

About maniaTV
The maniaTV Network launched in 2004 as the world's first Internet TV network. The company produces, sells and distributes made for internet programming targeting the 18 to 34 year old audience while delivering innovative branded entertainment opportunities to leading brands and advertisers. With a state-of-the-art production studio in Hollywood, maniaTV produces groundbreaking, award-winning programming for 8+ million viewers each month. maniaTV's programming slate ranges from music and comedy, to drama, video gaming, and action sports. Leading shows include Dave Navarro's Spread Entertainment, Tom Green Live, National Lampoon's Lemmings, Arcade, and Backstage Pass. maniaTV delivers unique brand experiences within each show and has served over 50 of Advertising Age's top 100. Through its visionary market leadership and focus on premium content and distribution partnerships, maniaTV is redefining television for the 21st Century. We like to call it "Television 2.0".

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Contact: Jason Damata 917-279-8706 press@maniatv.com