WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rob Lewis and Max Schindler, leaders in live event and broadcast production, have partnered with Todd Mason of Mason Productions to expand the company's existing team roster.
To reflect Mason Productions' expanding management team the company has been renamed the Broadcast Management Group, LLC (BMG). BMG will continue the tradition of Mason Productions and provide comprehensive live event and production management services to network, corporate and government clients around the world.
Todd Mason, chairman of Mason Media Group, a diversified media holding company that invests in leading brand organizations within the communications industry, will serve as BMG's chairman and CEO while Mr. Lewis will serve as the company's president and COO with Mr. Schindler as executive vice president. All three members will be BMG's principles and company leaders.
Mr. Lewis brings to BMG an extensive portfolio including 20 years at ABC News where he has held the position of director of production and operation for "Good Morning America," and most recently has been in the vanguard of bringing new technology to network news gathering operations as director of production and operations for ABC News. He and the team at "GMA" have the distinction of being the first regularly scheduled network news and entertainment broadcast in High Definition following the 2005 conversion from standard definition that required a complete renovation of the company's technical infrastructure. He has extensive on-site operations and logistic experience that includes producing special broadcasts on a range of breaking news stories including the 2007 California wildfire, the 2005 Vatican City Funeral of Pope John Paul II, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Mr. Lewis is the recipient of several Emmy, Peabody and DuPont Awards for his work on these and other ABC News Programs.
Mr. Schindler is an award-winning television director and who has helped develop many of the most influential news and political talk programs on television today including "Good Morning America"/ABC, "HARDBALL with Chris Matthews'/NBC, "The McLaughlin Group"/PBS, "Fox News Sunday with Tony Snow"/FOX News, to name a few. He also has been technically in charge of many special events for the major networks including several presidential inaugurals and state of the union addresses. His services as a media consultant are in high demand by networks, corporations and political campaigns. Mr. Schindler has provided media consulting services to a major party presidential candidate in the last two elections and is currently consulting for a candidate in the upcoming presidential election.
"With the experience and leadership of this senior team BMG can manage any production challenge that comes our way" said Mr. Lewis. "Companies want to maintain the quality of their programs but are mindful of the bottom line and that's where BMG will be able to provide consistently high caliber production services within the scope of our client's projects".
Mr. Mason's background includes over 20 years in broadcasting, producing and providing production management for over a thousand hours of prime time programming. Clients include ESPN, Discovery, PBS, Comedy Central and Showtime where he has produced, launched and managed various TV specials and series. Mr. Mason was also co-creator and executive producer of the Animal Planet series "The Pet Psychic," launched and provided production management services for various ESPN shows including "Pardon the Interruption," "Around the Horn," and "Cold Pizza."
About Broadcast Management Group, LLC (www.broadcastmgmt.com)
Broadcast Management Group provides turn-key production management Company. The company specializes in live events, launching broadcast services, crewing, design and building of broadcast operations, and media consulting. For more information, call 202.370.6409. Broadcast Management Group is a Mason Media Group company (www.masonmediagroup.com).