GAYLE DICKIE
Producer, Writer
As President and COO of Hey Girl Hey Entertainment LLC, Gayle is a consistent top performer and well respected entertainment executive with solid relationships having 25 years in the business of programming, sales/distribution of television, film, syndication, music, animation, toy licensing, marketing, packaging and producing, as well as raising private equity providing exclusive services to various clients and independent studios worldwide. A former syndicator, Gayle was the first female Vice President for Blair Entertainment, holding executive positions at Viacom, Mattel Television Syndication, a division of Mattel Toys, Inc., Television Program Enterprises, Fries Entertainment and Orion Television Syndication. She regularly syndicated, packaged and distributed movie and television programs to over 210 television stations domestically, working with top broadcast O&O stations (U.S.) managing $25M in advertising and $25M in revenues with some of the most recognizable programs in television.
During her tenure as a domestic syndicator, Gayle helped program hundreds of television stations in the top 150 markets, including first air on stations such as, KPXN-TV, KOFY-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KTXH-TV, KZAT-TV, KSTW-TV, KSAZ-TV, KTVD and KDOB-TV in markets such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, Denver and Bakersfield. These television stations went on to become strong independent stations still continuing in today’s domestic market and some now affiliated with major networks such as FOX and CW.
In the early 90’s she effectively pitched and packaged, “DRAGONBALL Z” to Saban Entertainment, supervising all domestic syndication and marketing efforts. The show sold in more than 150 television markets, became one of the most successful ‘japanimation’ programs in the world with global revenues estimated over $100M. In 1997, her independent movie, “THE GIFTED,” went to Cannes Film Festival with sales over $8M.
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The following two years, Gayle was recruited as a Managing Director/Business Development of Entertainment and Media for Covansys, Inc. She was responsible for $14M in sales of business intelligence for television/film/studio/music companies providing end-to-end solutions and custom development software applications increasing brand visibility to Warner Bros., Fox Filmed Entertainment, Universal, Dreamworks, MGM, Sony, Paramount, E Networks, Disney and DirecTV.
Continuing her independent spirit, she produced and raised $10M in private equity/financing for a feature film in 2009, hiring all above the line talent, (Cloris Leachman, Toni Braxton, Chazz Palminteri, Cary Elwes, and Jamie Presley) successfully recouping Michigan’s 42% of tax credit/spend back to investors.
With numerous TV shows and films in development, Gayle is a member of NATPE & FAME. A former competitive athlete, Gayle set (and still holds) the WORLD RECORD of 13,104 Bent- Knee Sit Ups in 12 Hours on ABC-TV in 1980. It was a World Wide Television Event Program entitled, “The New and Spectacular Guinness Book of World Records.”
As a Producer and Writer, Gayle is a creative consultant on a number of television and film projects for various television cable and broadcast networks. She is currently forming strategic alliances with some of Hollywood’s brightest talent in music, sports and entertainment to develop a new mini-major studio partnership.
MEREDITH C. WALTERS
Meredith is an accomplished dynamic media sales and marketing executive with over 25 years of experience in the Broadcast Television, Cable, and Digital Media industries.
Meredith is considered an innovative sales leader with diverse career experiences at the top networks in Television and Cable, including FOX, UPN, NBC, and COX Media. Throughout her career in Television and New Media, Meredith was instrumental in the launch and introduction of several networks such as FOX, MSNBC, UPN, NETZERO and OHH digital network, SOLUTREA to the advertising marketplace.
During her long tenure in broadcast television, Meredith was responsible for over $ 500MM in advertising revenue. Her experience has included the some of the top billing stations and station groups in the industry including, (FOX, UPN, TRIBUNE, NBC, BELO, COX) in all major markets in the U.S., (NY, LA CHICAGO, PHIL, BOSTON, SF, D.C.) In her position as National Sales Manager at UPN 44, Meredith was part of the launch of the cutting edge UPN network and was responsible for over $31 MM in national revenue. During her tenure at NBC, Meredith developed advertising revenue of over $15 MM and co-created the “Chris Matthews College tour” show, generating $500K in incremental revenue for the fledging network. This show was also a one of a kind integrated sponsorship program incorporating a specialized content. This show is still on the NBC cable networks today. While at FOX, Meredith was hired to reorganize one of the FOX O&O owned and operated) stations group offices and was responsible for over $33MM in revenue, and successfully increasing sales for the office by 18%.
Meredith also has over 9 years of sales management experience at top network rep firms giving her extensive exposure with every major market and all top owned and operated station groups where she was responsible for a combined $64 MM in sales and the management of up to 20 sales reps in 10 offices nationwide. She consistently outperformed competitive market revenue shares by 16 % year-to-year and increased revenues by 20% year to year.
In 2007, Meredith was a founder in a Digital Multi Media startup focused on wireless content delivery networks including OOH digital networks. She was responsible for all strategic alliance and media negotiations and deployment of the distribution networks generating 15 MM in new revenue. Meredith is currently providing consultant services for a start- up OOH Company, as well as music licensing for television stations and advertising agencies.
