Vuze Signs With UTA for Representation

BEVERLY HILLS/PALO ALTO,
November 30: Online entertainment platform Vuze has signed a mutually exclusive
agreement with Hollywood talent agency United Talent Agency (UTA) to serve as
their agent for business development and representation.

As part of the deal, UTA
will help Vuze expand into Hollywood’s creative community, as well as identify
additional studio, network, music label and website content partners. UTA will
also connect Vuze to consumer brands to build branded entertainment channels.

Vuze has an estimated
audience of 13 million users and offers high-resolution video on their
downloadable peer-to-peer platform. Their content partners include A&E,
BBC, CBC, G4 TV, The History Channel, National Geographic, PBS, Showtime,
PorchLight, and TV Guide Channel, among others.

“Our strategic partnership
with UTA will help expand the entertainment options available to the millions
of Vuze users,” said Gilles BianRosa, the CEO of Vuze. “Vuze is enjoying great
momentum and accelerating consumer adoption. Content development with UTA will
give our community even more options to enjoy the best selection of
high-quality digital content.”

“Vuze is perfectly
positioned to help the best creative minds enter into this exciting territory,”
said UTA partner Jeremy Zimmer. “We are excited to help Vuze expand their
acquisition strategy for content that already has an audience as well as to
define and source the content that will work in the future.”

—By Ned Berke