Radial Entertainment, the newly formed entertainment company behind the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, has named four key executives to top-level positions.
CEO Garson Foos has revealed the immediate appointments of David Buoymaster as chief investment officer, Johnny Holden as chief revenue and strategy officer, Dave McIntosh as executive vice president of content and business affairs, and Max Pinigin as chief financial officer. The company is backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
The leadership changes come during what the company describes as a period of transformation and growth within the global entertainment industry. Radial operates a content library of more than 70,000 movies and episodes, making it among the largest independent catalogs in the industry.
Buoymaster moves up from his role as senior VP of corporate strategy and finance at FilmRise. In his new position, he will handle content strategy, underwriting and investment decisions while leading a new investment committee. He joined FilmRise in 2017 and has helped shape the company’s content buying strategy and deal-making processes.
Holden previously held dual roles as chief strategy officer and CFO at FilmRise. He will now focus on revenue generation across streaming platforms and strategic planning. During his FilmRise tenure, he developed analytics systems for content acquisition and helped establish the company’s presence on multiple streaming services and hundreds of FAST channels globally.
McIntosh transitions from his position as executive VP of business and legal affairs at Shout! Studios. He will now manage content acquisition teams from both FilmRise and Shout! Studios. A veteran of Shout! Studios, McIntosh helped guide the company’s shift to multi-platform distribution and oversaw recent acquisitions of content libraries including New Horizons Pictures, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Golden Princess.
Pinigin steps up from CFO at Shout! Studios to the same role at the parent company. He will oversee financial planning, corporate development and investor relations. At Shout!, he managed major acquisitions including Gravitas Ventures and content from Golden Princess, Open Road Films and Millennium Media.
“These key roles have been strategically structured to drive significant growth and unlock new opportunities as we grow Radial into one of the leading distributors in the industry,” Foos said. “I am confident that our outstanding leadership team is poised to guide us toward tremendous growth.”
Radial distributes content across streaming platforms, video-on-demand services, physical media and theatrical releases. The company’s catalog includes programming in genres ranging from true crime and reality to animation, westerns, classics and horror.