{"id":8264,"date":"2016-02-04T11:45:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/electus-ties-up-with-jackknife-media\/"},"modified":"2016-02-04T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:05:27","slug":"electus-backs-new-venture-from-bear-grylls-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/electus-backs-new-venture-from-bear-grylls-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Electus Backs New Venture from Bear Grylls Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Electus has teamed up with Delbert Shoopman, the head of production and head of branding for Bear Grylls Ventures (BGV), to back the creation of a new TV production company, Jackknife Media.<\/p>\n<p>Shoopman will serve as CEO of Jackknife Media, while continuing to hold his title and duties at BGV. Shoopman also currently serves as the executive producer, consulting producer and creator for a multitude of television shows, including <em>The Island<\/em> (Channel 4\/NBC), <em>Running Wild with Bear Grylls<\/em> (NBC), <em>Mission Survive<\/em> (ITV), <em>Survivor Games<\/em> (Dragon TV), <em>Survival School<\/em> (ITV) and <em>Get Out Alive<\/em> (NBC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectus and Bear Grylls Ventures have worked closely together for years with great success, and Del is a big part of that,\u201d said Chris Grant, CEO of Electus. \u201cWe wanted to formalize this amazing partnership, and take Del\u2019s business and talents to the next level by providing a vehicle for him to pursue his own brand of programming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJackknife Media will be powered by Electus, which provides the infrastructure for us to begin selling and producing exceptional content immediately,\u201d said Shoopman. \u201cChris Grant and his team are the best in the business, and Jackknife Media represents the next chapter in our successful partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Electus has teamed up with Delbert Shoopman, the head of production and head of branding for Bear Grylls Ventures (BGV), to back the creation of a new TV production company, Jackknife Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[378,379],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-electus","tag-jackknife-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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