Cooke Pictures, Top Media Production and Consulting Firm, Hires Digital Media Visionary Matthew Phillips

SANTA MONICA, CA — Cooke Pictures, one of the most successful television production companies and respected consultants in religious and non-profit media, today named Matthew Phillips as its new Director of Digital Media. With Phillips, a media visionary, digital entrepreneur and inventor, Cooke Pictures is investing in expertise to bridge the gap between traditional media and the internet.

“Media convergence is the future,” says Phil Cooke, founder and creative director of Cooke Pictures. “While television will continue to be our core business, we’re ready to move our clients beyond traditional media, and into the future.” According to Cooke, “Our goal is to fully explore the potential of the internet, by integrating video, online communities, broadcast television, cell technology, and more, and Matthew Phillips is the key to that expansion.”

As the leader of his Los Angeles based digital media research and design consultancy, Phillips has spent years honing his graduate and post graduate research focused upon interactive media trends converging with traditional media creation and production. Past digital media successes include opening and operating the Santa Monica office for Loudeye Technologies as General Manager and Director of Production, and nearly 7 years with Avid Technology, managing West Coast Support Operations and Critical Accounts in Asia and Latin America. He is also an inventor; his TV & Internet Series is patent pending.

Phillips holds a Masters degree from Pepperdine University in Educational Technology and continues efforts to bridge physical communities with social interactivity on the Internet. His research led to the early development of a number of blogging sites and online social networking communities. He is quickly becoming a leading thinker in the trends that shape the creation and distribution of digital media. Phillips can be contacted in his new position at Cooke Pictures at matt@cookepictures.com or 310-255-0777.

Santa Monica, California based Cooke Pictures is one of the most successful and respected television production and consulting companies in religious and non-profit media today. It provides media consulting, training, television production, directing, editing, and television design services for some of the largest and most successful religious TV stations, networks, churches, ministries, as well as non-profit and humanitarian organizations in America, including Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Paula White, and Billy Graham. Through the power of visual storytelling, its passion is to reach the culture through creativity and innovation, and in the process, impact global audiences with a message of redemption and hope. For more information, visit www.cookepictures.com.

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