{"id":2317227,"date":"2026-03-07T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2317227"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:01:42","slug":"radial-entertainment-shops-for-content-libraries-strictly-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/radial-entertainment-shops-for-content-libraries-strictly-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Radial Entertainment Shops for Content Libraries: Strictly Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn today\u2019s episode of <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/strictly-business\/\" id=\"auto-tag_strictly-business\" data-tag=\"strictly-business\">Strictly Business<\/a>\u201d podcast, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/radial-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_radial-entertainment\" data-tag=\"radial-entertainment\">Radial Entertainment<\/a> CEO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jeff-shultz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeff-shultz\" data-tag=\"jeff-shultz\">Jeff Shultz<\/a> explains why he\u2019s shopping for content libraries now that the Pluto TV and Paramount alum has taken the reins of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/radial-entertainment-jeff-shultz-ceo-1236591786\/\">the TV and film venture backed by OakTree Capital Management<\/a>. Radial was formed last year through OakTree\u2019s combination of FilmRise and Shout Studios.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"pmc-protected-embed-2\" class=\"pmc-protected-embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/strictly-business\/radial-entertainment-shops-for-content-libraries-as-pluto-tv-and-paramount-alum-jeff-shultz-takes-over-as-ceo\/embed?media=audio&amp;size=wide&amp;style=cover\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShultz joined the company in January after a decade with Paramount and Pluto TV, the FAST channel pioneer. His range of experience, from startups to one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest studios, is coalescing at Radial Entertainment where he sees enormous potential for growth amid the radical disruption across the  global content eco-system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cRadial is the largest independent catalogue of film and television in the industry. So that\u2019s 70,000 films and shows, classic TV, massive factual and reality catalogs, deep film catalogue and then major new films,\u201d Shultz says. \u201cAnd by independent I mean we\u2019re not a studio, we\u2019re not a division of a conglomerate. We\u2019re truly an independent player with integrated distribution. So we operate a diversified distribution portfolio, distribute through AVOD, VOD, broadcast, cable, transactional, even physical, theatrical, international. We operate a portfolio of hundreds of fast channels and generate directly billions of streaming hours annually. And then the third part is integrated capital. OakTree is a $200 billion-plus  alternative asset manager and is our strategic partner in growing the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>\u201cStrictly Business\u201d is\u00a0<\/em>Variety\u2019<em>s weekly podcast featuring conversations with industry leaders about the business of media and entertainment. (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.variety.com\/signup\/\"><strong>Please click here to subscribe to our free newsletter.<\/strong><\/a>) New episodes debut every Wednesday and can be downloaded at Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s episode of Variety\u2018s \u201cStrictly Business\u201d podcast, Radial Entertainment CEO Jeff Shultz explains why he\u2019s shopping for content libraries now that the Pluto TV and Paramount alum has taken the reins of the TV and film venture backed by OakTree Capital Management. 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