Our Team

Meet Our Founder

Josette Bonte is a strategic leader with a track record of building, growing, and scaling convergent businesses between technology, telecom and entertainment companies. She has deep expertise in conducting C-level consulting engagements and devising innovative new business models for the provision of video services, resulting in higher consumer reach and retention.

Entertainment Industry Experience

Dr. Bonte founded and led film financing company, EuroScreen Partners, Inc., serving as its CEO, raising capital, negotiating the shareholders' agreements, and securing output financing and distribution agreements with US and European studios.

At  Unifrance Film Los Angeles, she significantly increased US distribution for European movies and TV series and negotiated international co-production arrangements for the production of film and TV content.

Telecommunications Industry Experience

While at Ovum (part of Informa Telecom),  Dr. Bonte doubled the revenue of the firm's filmed entertainment practice by signing new flagship clients like AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink and Warner Bros, and increasing the scope of Ovum's existing US IPTV Practice.

At then US West (CenturyLink), she oversaw the development and delivery of a comprehensive strategic plan for the provision of filmed entertainment programming by the telecom operator.

Technology Industry Experience at the Confluence with Media

At Cisco, Dr. Bonte initiated and oversaw large-scale strategic consulting engagements for Cisco’s largest media clients, studios and broadcasters worldwide, including Sony Crackle, the CBC, DirecTV, Telstra and Mediaset. These assignments helped launch new  SVOD video services, next day TV, and bundles of OTT channels.

At Cookie Jar Entertainment, she negotiated all SVOD and mobile content licensing deals and secured technology solutions for the company's digital media initiatives, online multiplayer gaming portal, and streaming service, Jaroo.com.
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