Vuguru, an independent studio founded by Michael Eisner that develops and finances award winning scripted content for digital and international platforms, and AOL today announced the US premiere of GREETINGS FROM HOME, a family comedy series from BermanBraun. Debuting October 1st on 'AOL On Relationships' and 'AOL On Parenting', "Greetings From Home" is a humorous take on the chaos that ensues when a military dad has to raise two unruly teens while mom is deployed overseas. The 12-episode series is written by Bill Rosenthal, Bill Masters and Michael Davidoff, directed by JarEd Drake and executive produced by BermanBraun's Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
They include the celebrity news site WONDERWALL, which BermanBraun launched in partnership with Microsoft in February 2009. The site is the primary celebrity destination on the MSN network, and currently ranks first in engagement among all competitive sites in entertainment news. The site averages more than 15 million unique users per month and generated over 1 BILLION page views three months in a row from Dec 2011 through Feb 2012. BermanBraun also created and operates the site WONDERWALL LATINO. In April 2010, BermanBraun launched GLO -- a site created in partnership with MSN and Hearst. GLO features an innovative design that creates a unique "digital magazine" experience for women seeking style, beauty and lifestyle content. GLO averages over 5 million monthly uniques and currently ranks first in engagement among competitive sites in its fashion/beauty category. In addition, BermanBraun recently launched the highly-successful sites MANDATORY, PAWNATION, and SKYE with AOL. Mandatory exceeded 200 million page views in August, and has the highest engagement amongst all competing male-oriented sites. Similarly, Pawnation and Skye lead their respective categories in key engagement metrics.
In May 2012, BermanBraun launched mom.me, an online destination for women with advice and inspiration for all stages of motherhood. In April and July, BermanBraun and Rodale Inc. launched "3V," a YouTube channel featuring original fitness and healthy living video programming and "Tasted," a YouTube channel featuring original food and recipe content. A third channel will launch later this year in the movie category. BermanBraun recently acquired Whiskey Media, CNET Founder Shelby Bonnie's media and technology company based in San Francisco that has created a next generation publishing, data and social tools platform. BermanBraun recently launched its first site built on the Whiskey platform - TESTED WITH JAMIE AND ADAM. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are the stars of the hit television show MYTHBUSTERS on Discovery Channel, and have a strategic alliance with BermanBraun to create television and digital content and brands. In television, BermanBraun is producing the new series INFAMOUS (midseason on NBC), the series ALPHAS (currently airing on SyFy); JUNK GYPSIES (currently airing on HGTV); POLYAMORY (currently airing on Showtime) and two additional new series to be produced with MythBusters stars Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage for Discovery Channel. BermanBraun is also producing the pilot REWIND for SyFy. For further information on BermanBraun please go to bermanbraun.com.
About Vuguru LLCVuguru LLC is an independent studio that develops and finances scripted, story-driven content for digital and international platforms. Founded by Michael D. Eisner's Tornante Company and backed by Canada's Rogers Media, the company develops, finances and licenses premium scripted content to a global set of distribution partners with large audiences. Vuguru programming has been distributed in over 40 countries around the world, and in 2010, the company structured a first-of-its-kind international sales & distribution commitment for 10 projects with UK-based Content Media Corporation. In the U.S., Vuguru has multi-project licensing and distribution deals with AOL and Yahoo!. Vuguru's inaugural series Emmy(R)-nominated "Prom Queen" pioneered the online serial space with its unique format and distribution. Most recently in the U.S., Vuguru's "Little Women Big Cars" and "Fetching" launched on AOL to millions of views. The second season of the global hit, "The Booth at the End" launched on Hulu in August and debuts internationally in fall 2012. Additional Vuguru series include "Greetings From Home", "Playdate", "Don't Ask Don't Tell", "Pretty Tough", "The Millionaire Tour", "Nuclear Family", "Off Season", "Crawlspace", "Stan Lee's World of Heroes", "Deep Powder" and the Emmy(R)-nominated "Back on Topps".Videos