SEATTLE - August 9, 1999 - AtomFilms, a leader in next-generation entertainment (www.atomfilms.com) today announced Warren Littlefield, President of the LITTLEFIELD company and Craig Hunegs, Executive Vice President at Warner Bros. Television will join the AtomFilms advisory board. Warren Littlefield, former President of NBC Entertainment, and Craig Hunegs will serve on the board as advisors in the areas of content programming for the AtomFilms award-winning web site as well as for its distribution and syndication sites, and on building strong relationships with traditional media companies for broader distribution.
Littlefield and Hunegs join existing AtomFilms advisory board members: Martin Tobias, Founder and CEO of Encoding.com; Warren Franklin, President and CEO of Pinnacle Studio; and Johan Liedgren, CEO of Honkworm International. The AtomFilms board of directors, which operates in tandem with the advisory board, includes: Frank J. Biondi Jr., Chairman and CEO of Biondi Reiss Capital Management and former Chairman and CEO of Universal Studios; Jim Banister, Executive Vice President of Warner Bros. Online; Mark Torrance, Vice-Chairman of Getty Images, Inc.; and Thomas Hoegh, Founder and Managing Director of Arts Alliance.
"We are excited to have Warren Littlefield and Craig Hunegs join our advisory board. They are excellent additions to our prestigious board of corporate advisors, sharing years of professional dealings in the world of entertainment distribution, programming and production," said Mika Salmi, founder & CEO of AtomFilms. "Their influential relationships and diverse industry experience will enable us to tackle the market of online entertainment distribution and to achieve our company mission, which is to bring short form entertainment to consumer and filmmaker audiences all over the world either through their television or their PC."
"AtomFilms has created an exciting niche in online entertainment, with rich offerings that fully utilize the bandwidth of today, while preparing itself for the technologies of tomorrow," said Warren Littlefield, President of the LITTLEFIELD company. "I look forward to transferring my experiences as a broadcaster -- aggregating audiences, creating a community of loyal viewers and delivering first-rate storytelling - to a new medium."
Warren Littlefield, a 20-year veteran of NBC, is the President of the LITTLEFIELD company, a joint venture with NBC Entertainment involved in the creation of content for both traditional and new media platforms. As President of NBC Entertainment, he oversaw development and production of the network's prime-time, late-night and Saturday-morning entertainment programming. He was involved in the creation of NBC's ground-breaking online programming, including "Homicide: Second Shift," the first Internet spin-off of a network television series. Specifically, Mr. Littlefield will be advising AtomFilms on effective content programming for the AtomFilms web site and the distribution and syndication sites, designed to attract a targeted consumer and advertiser-base.
"Atom Films is poised for explosive growth on a variety of fronts," said Craig Hunegs, Executive Vice President at Warner Bros. Television. "My experience in content acquisition, production and distribution will help AtomFilms position itself to take full advantage of its on-line space and brand recognition."
Craig Hunegs is Executive Vice President, Business & Financial Affairs for Warner Bros. Telelvision. Mr. Hunegs oversees the finances and operations of the company and is responsible for all business dealings with creative talent and with broadcast and cable networks. Prior to his current position, he was hired by Warner Bros. to serve as Head of Business Affairs during the successful startup of The WB Television Network. Mr. Hunegs will be advising AtomFilms on its relations with traditional media companies and with regard to its content acquisitions.
AtomFilms is a leading next generation entertainment company focused on redefining the way entertainment is created, distributed, marketed and consumed. AtomFilms has the largest catalog of award-winning animation and live-action entertainment available. A loyal supporter of independent filmmakers and animators, AtomFilms has built a platform for artists seeking worldwide distribution. AtomFilms markets and distributes high-quality short form entertainment to more than 80 partners and to audience's worldwide, with significant presence on major Internet sites, broadband services, television, airlines, home entertainment companies and more recently, handheld and wireless devices. A popular Web destination that is ranked among Media Metrix's top twenty entertainment sites, the two time Webby Award winner in Film and Broadband, AtomFilms was recently selected as the "Forbes Magazine Favorite" short film Web site. AtomFilms was also sited as one of the top ten most trafficked movie-related sites by Entertainment Weekly, and was rated "Best of the Web" for online entertainment by U.S. News & World Report. An independent company founded in 1998, AtomFilms has offices in Seattle, Los Angeles, New York and London. More information about AtomFilms can be found on the Internet at http://www.atomfilms.com.