How FilmRise Built an Indie, Free Streaming Network From Unearthing Under-the-Radar Titles

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By betting big, and early, on the potential of advertising-backed streaming, Danny Fisher has grown the firm from a Brooklyn basement startup into a major digital presence



Like so many business success stories, FilmRise started with a huge failure.

It was 2009, and City Lights Media, the TV production and distribution company founded and run by Danny Fisher and his brother Jack, had just gone bust. The company was nearly 30 years old and an industry staple, the producer of dozens of shows, including the Food Network hit Chopped, and home to one of the biggest postproduction operations in New York. It had more than 400 employees.

But City Lights didn’t survive the financial crash. The company was[...] Continue Reading

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