Entrepreneurship in Media with Larry Namer

<p>We sit down with Larry Namer the co-founder of E! Entertainment, the founding partner of Metan Global Entertainment, and the Chief Operating Officer of Fanvestor. We talk about how he rose through the ranks in cable TV, his international career in entertainment, and what keeps him inspired.</p><p>--</p><p>Larry Namer, President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group</p><p>An entertainment industry veteran with close to 50 years professional experience in cable television, live events and new media, Larry Namer is a founding partner of <a href="http://www.metanglobal.com/" target="_blank">Metan Global Entertainment Group</a> (MGEG), a venture created to develop and distribute entertainment content and media specifically for Chinese speaking audiences in China and abroad. In 2018, the company launched the MGEG Film Fund I and serves as managing partner.  He is also the executive producer on the recently announced feature film “EMPRESS," a new travel series for the China audience titled "Explore The World," and an executive producer of the new crime series "Nova Vita."  He is a co-founder of the recently launched lifestyle platform <a href="https://www.beautykween.com/" target="_blank">https://www.beautykween.com/</a>. </p><p>Mr. Namer is the co-founder of E! Entertainment Television, a company now valued at over four billion USD, and the creator of several successful companies in the United States and overseas. Among those companies are Comspan Communications that pioneered Western forms of entertainment in the former Soviet Union and Steeplechase Media that served as the primary consultant to Microsoft’s MiTV for developing interactive TV applications. </p><p>Early on, he was named the youngest general manager of a major cable system at Valley Cable TV (VCTV) in Los Angeles. His vision and direction garnered VCTV several Emmy and Cable ACE award nominations, as well as recognition by Forbes magazine as the national model for local cable television programming. In 1989, he was awarded the prestigious President’s