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G4 Announces Kassem G as Newest Host ✖ The long-awaited return of G4 is coming later this year, and the company has announced the latest addition to its talent roster: Kassem "Kassem G" Gharaibeh. Kassem G will be part of G4's on-air talent for its comedy programming, including Attack of the Show. The relaunched network has been making a lot of new talent announcements over the last few months, and Kassem G should be a welcome addition for those that have followed his work on YouTube over the years. Kassem G has won numerous awards for his YouTube comedy, so he should prove to be an exciti...

TVKIDS Ynon Kreiz Set for TV Kids Summer Festival ADVERTISEMENT Ynon Kreiz, the chairman and CEO of Mattel, will take part in a keynote conversation during the TV Kids Summer Festival, which is being held from June 7 to 10. Kreiz is chairman and CEO of Mattel, a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children and family entertainment franchises in the world. Mattel engages consumers through its portfolio of iconic franchises, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends and MEGA, as well as other popular brands that it owns or ...

CrashPad will premiere on Dec. 5 – but only a shortened version will stream on YouTube. Part clip show, part talk show and part game show, the series will feature parodist Bart Baker commenting on the week’s viral videos with assists from fellow digital stars. The guest list so far includes Shane Dawson, Jesse Wellens of PrankvsPrank and Maker partners Amy Pham, Iman “AlphaCat” Crosson, Ed Bassmaster and Sam Macaroni. Co-produced by Maker and Drama 3/4 Productions, CrashPad consists of 12 episodes, each 11 minutes in length. New instalments will premiere Fridays on Music Choice and...

Cat Kreidich to the role of executive vp. The New York-based Kreidich will lead ADA’s expanding global footprint and partnerships across international commerce and marketing, along with label/product management and operations, while reporting to Warner Music Group president of independent music & creator services Eliah Seton. A veteran of the music business, Kreidich most recently spent a year-and-a-half at Sony Music Entertainment as senior vp, commerce for legacy recordings, where she oversaw commercial activity for a $900 million group across digital and physical for artists including M...

Andy Vick StudioOne will focus on developing and distributing new original programming and tentpole events across the LiveXLive platform including LiveXLive's OTT linear channel, social media channels, and network. Vick will create and expand digitally native content to drive subscribers, sponsors and new revenue streams across the LiveXLive flywheel - "listen, watch, attend, engage and transaction" - of audio, video, podcast/vodcasts, live-streaming, virtual goods, merchandise and pay-per-views. Podcasts will expand to include video and new scripted shows for the LiveXLive platform as well a...