Formerly
Global Road Television Entertainment (2018)
April 2007
September 2018
Los Angeles, California United States
Stuart Ford (CEO)
IM Global Television
IM Global Music
Apsara Distribution
AutoMatik (joint-venture with Entertainment One)[1]
International sales and distribution[edit]
IM Global acts as producer, financier and international sales agent for films such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister and A Haunted House. IM Global's Anthem subsidiary specialises in the global distribution of Latin American cinema via Latino film sales joint venture Mundial, Chinese cinema via an exclusive output arrangement with Chinese studio Huayi Bros and Bollywood cinema via the pipeline from shareholder Reliance Entertainment.[13] Overall, IM Global controls a library of more than 300 films.[14] IM Global's titles secured number one international box office shares in the global film sector outside of the major Hollywood studios in both 2013 and 2014.[15][16]
IM Global's library has included the distribution rights to the Spyglass Entertainment, Intermedia, Largo Entertainment, Beacon Pictures, and Distant Horizon libraries.
Production and financing[edit]
The company has produced over thirty features and has worked alongside onscreen talent such as Matthew McConaughey, Johnny Depp, Diane Lane, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, and Gary Oldman in its productions.[17]
Apsara Distribution[edit]
The company's Apsara Distribution subsidiary is a film rights acquisitions and distribution label covering fourteen South-East Asian distribution markets, in many of which it partners with Disney's Buena Vista International.[18][19]
IM Global Television[edit]
In mid 2014, the company launched IM Global Television, with Mark Stern, former president and partner of Syfy Channel, as president of original content.[20][21] The division focuses on developing, producing, financing and distribution of scripted content for network, cable and SVOD platforms.
In 2015, Eli Shibley became president of international distribution and co-productions. In addition to managing sales of the scripted slate, Shibley oversees the acquisitions of third party scripted and unscripted projects.[22][23]
In 2016, IM Global Television launched an unscripted and alternative division led by Emmy award winner Phil Gurin.[24]