Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos announced this morning that he’s stepping down from the digital media company he founded. Strompolos left YouTube to launch Fullscreen in 2011, as one of the earliest multichannel networks that brought together thousands of YouTube creators. It tried to launch a team-focused streaming…

Entertainment industry veteran Stu Smith has been named VP Talent at Fullscreen. In his new role, Smith will look to create new opportunities for the digital entertainment company’s roster of clients that includes The Dobre Brothers, Aija Mayrock, Lucas Cruikshank, Khadi Don and Cody Ko. "Stu offers a unique mix of…

AT&T has acquired the remainder of The Chernin Group’s controlling stake in Otter Media, with the plan to fold the subscription, advertising and content company the two formed in 2014 into AT&T’s WarnerMedia, the new content company created after the telco giant’s acquisition of Time Warner. Tony Goncalves, who was…

Digital media company Fullscreen has struck a deal with Sumitomo Corp., owner of Japan’s largest cable television provider, to launch the Sumitomo’s first digital venture, AlphaBoat. AlphaBoat will seek to identify emerging talent on social platforms such as YouTube and Instagram and help brands connect to consumers…

EXCLUSIVE: After an 18-month effort to make headway in the saturated streaming video marketplace, Fullscreen Media is shutting down its subscription video on demand service next year. The demise of its $6-per-month SVOD service follows a decision in September to trim about 3% of Fullscreen’s total staff of about 750…

Fullscreen has unveiled its fall original programming slate, which includes four new series, including Jay Versace Is Stuck in the 90s starring Versace, along with previously announced Alive in Denver starring Nathan Kress (iCarly) and Danielle Campbell (The Originals) set to premiere later this year. “Building on the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Originals actor Danielle Campbell and Nathan Kress, who starred on all six season of Nickelodeon’s iCarly, topline the digital scripted show Alive In Denver at Fullscreen. Described as a post non-apocalyptic comedy, the series was created and written by Michael Levin (The Grinder, Trial & Error). It…

Fresh off his turn as Farkle Minkus in Disney Channel’s now-concluded Girl Meets World, Corey Fogelmanis has been cast in the lead of Fullscreen’s new scripted thriller series PrankMe. Production on the eight episodes is now underway in London. Created by Jesse Cleverly and Paul Neafcy and produced by Wildseed…

Fullscreen and Wattpad are partnering on FANtasies, a 10-episode scripted anthology series produced by New Form, set to premiere June 22 on Fullscreen. In the first-of-its kind collaboration, Fullscreen will select fanfiction from Wattpad and other social platforms, and adapt it into an immersive narrative starring…

EXCLUSIVE: Fullscreen has acquired Clickbait With SSSniperWolf, a new weekly game show from Znak&Co that will feature social media influencers pitted against one another in ludicrous challenges. The digital network will debut the original series May 11 and drop a new episode each Thursday. YouTube gamer SSSniperWolf…

Fullscreen has given the greenlight to H8TERS, an original series starring digital comedy’s Kian Lawley and Jc Caylen, with a 10-episode order. The new comedy pokes fun at internet celebrity and Millennial culture. Produced by Astronauts Wanted (a joint venture between former MTV Networks Chairperson/CEO Judy McGrath…

EXCLUSIVE: In their latest collaboration, Audience Network and Fullscreen have teamed to co-produce Cassandra French’s Finishing School, a half-hour series based on Eric Garcia’s (Matchstick Men) novel. The eight-episode series, which has been fully cast, will debut on AT&T-owned DirecTV and U-verse on February 17 and…