Rick Portin

RICK PORTIN p.g.a., Executive in Charge of Production, Director, Executive Producer and Creator of innovative transmedia entertainment content with studios such as Fox Television Studios, Viacom, Microsoft, E! Entertainment Television, ITV Studios, HighNoon Studios, Metan, Starbucks, Valve, Ubisoft, Charter Digital Cable, Xbox, Warner Bros. As a visionary for eSports, Rick has developed eSports entertainment for Xbox, Halo, Gears of War, 343 Industries, Ubisoft, Valve, Dota2. This included eSports Pre and Post shows plus Championships. He also is a creator of Celebrity Pop Culture Television for The Hollywood Reporter TV and creator of Branded digital interactive programming for major retailers. Rick has developed a series of television shows with HighNoon Studios. He has also created several eSports series for Machinima and NBC. Rick is also a consultant and Executive Producer/Director for Xbox where he has directed interactive, live, entertainment shows with transmedia social experiences including the Halo 4 Global eSports Championships, Gears of War and HaloFest with 343 Industries. He worked with Xbox BigPark Studios Vancouver on the development of the Xbox Production Infrastructure for sports and click to interact LIVE digital television. As Director of 105 live arena interactive eSports Dota2 Championship games for Valve on Steam, he created a high energy entertainment/sports experience combining professional gaming with digital television. Rick has recently served as Vice President Production, Metan Development and The Hollywood Reporter Television where he was Executive Producer developing original Chinese television programming and was in charge of production for reshooting licensed US pop culture content such as "Gossip Girls" creating Chinese television versions. Rick built studios and production teams in LA and Beijing to produce multi platform shows with a seamless server/cloud technology to provide a coordinated production process between multiple studios and countries. Rick is Executive in Charge of hundreds of hours of television, digital, mobile programming in the LA and Beijing studios and Executive Producer of over 100 "Hello Hollywood" shows and digital branded entertainment airing in China to 400 million homes. The live 5 hour "Hollywood Oscars", Rick Executive Produced and Directed, was watched by over 10 million viewers across China. He also created branded programming for brands such as Coach, Tory Burch, LOreal, AVON, MAC, Coke, Ford Rick helped shape future visions of entertainment for MSN and Microsoft Advanced Consumer Technology Research Group. His expertise as Executive Producer at Microsoft has been integral in the development of MSN Interactive Television and he also drove digital, broadcast, interactive television shows, production facilities and digital interactive television teams. The Microsoft ITV/Digital Studio integrated with Hollywood studios such as Rysher Entertainment, Fremantle, Warner, NBC, Paramount Television, Universal, MSNBC, Food Network, PBS, USA Networks, Tribune, Turner and many production companies where Rick Executive Produced enhanced network television shows. At MSN he co-developed a content business plan for digital television. Rick worked with the Windows Platform strategy/Research and Development teams designing, developing Future Home technology. Rick was a member of the original management team and Vice President Production of E! Entertainment Television Hollywood, where he created programming and production to build a global entertainment cable network. As Head of Production he ran development teams, production and strategy to create 20 hours of studio production per day. He also co-created and directed "Live from the Red Carpet". Rick built the production studios, network operations, production teams and developed entertainment programming for the achievement of a worldwide entertainment cable network. Rick directs Microsoft's arena technology entertainment shows, each year focusing on new product innovations and entertainment, streamed and translated live worldwide. He also directs shows for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As Vice President Production for Reality 24-7, Rick designed innovative television production, programming integration and facilities and was Head of Production, Executive Producer The Real Deal, Reality Central News. As Executive Vice President of television.com, Rick developed and launched television.com's original digital and mobile entertainment service. He managed television, software development, code production, content creation and studio where he produced over 500 hours of Interactive Television (Judge Judy, Baywatch, Health E Styles) and short form shows. In addition, he created TV and digital portals and program guides for Paul Allen's Digeo and Charter digital set top box. Rick was Director of Production for Viacom creating local programming, cable network startups and managing cable production studios. As Director, he developed production and programming for Showtime and MTV Networks. In addition, Rick is the winner of Emmy and CableAce Awards, the Broadcast Design Association Silver Award, New York Film Festival Award and is commissioned by The American Film Institute as an "Interactive Television Pioneer". Rick is a member of the Television Academy and The Producers Guild of America.