Extreme Reach Expands Canadian Talent and Payroll Operations to Service Growing Entertainment Industry

TORONTO, Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Reach today announced the expansion of its entertainment-related services in the Canadian market, a move that addresses the needs of the country's growing TV and film production industry and the accompanying advertising needs for those productions.

Extreme Reach Crew Services, the third largest Employer of Record (EOR) in North America, is adding Toronto-based operations for the first time. The division, which offers payroll, health services and accounting solutions that address the unique needs of production companies and crew, will be led by entertainment agency veterans Paul Thorpe and Olimpia Shuster. Thorpe has over 20 years of production payroll experience, most recently serving as Director of Payroll Operations for Ease Entertainment. Shuster, formerly Director of Canadian Operations for Ease Entertainment, has spent 20 years in the film and television industries supporting clients across Canada in all aspects of payroll.

In addition to adding Crew Services to the Toronto team, Extreme Reach has expanded its Canadian Talent division that manages Talent & Rights and Business Affairs for brands and their agencies. The two new members of the Talent team, Rebecca Torres and Veronica Ly, come to Extreme Reach from Talent Payment Services (TPS). Torres and Ly will serve as Senior Account Manager and Talent Account Manager, respectively.

"With major entertainment companies like CBS increasingly opening production facilities in Canada, we knew our best path to serving their needs is to put boots on the ground in the country," said Tim Hale, Chief Talent Officer of Extreme Reach who leads Talent Rights and Business Affairs. "We're proud to have Paul and Olimpia on the team. Their experience and industry leadership make them perfectly suited to continue our growth in the region."

"Canada continues to be an incredibly attractive location for the advertising and entertainment industries. This ongoing growth requires a strong infrastructure, and that's the role our Crew Services and Talent teams play," said Darren Stokes, Vice President and General Manager, Canada. "We see this expansion of our services in Canada as the first in what we believe is a huge area of growth for Extreme Reach."

About Extreme Reach Crew Services
Extreme Reach Crew Services is led by a team of industry veterans who believe the business aspects of content production are overdue for modernization. What began with the launch of Linx, the industry's first digital onboarding and time card solution, has grown into a full suite of products including Luca, the most advanced and easy-to-use production accounting software available. ER Crew Services is a division of Extreme Reach, a market-disrupting company founded in 2008 and known for transforming old industry ways and workflows into new, faster and better ways.

The team is powered by can-do experts who stop at nothing to help content producers succeed, services all forms of production, including live events, commercials, scripted and unscripted TV and theatrical films. As an Employer of Record (EOR), the company provides complete payroll management, production accounting software, residual payments, benefits administration, insurance and incentive tax credit services.

About Extreme Reach
Extreme Reach is revolutionizing the business aspects of content production and creative asset management for the media, entertainment and advertising ecosystem.

In addition to being the leader in commercial Talent & Rights management and the 3rd largest EOR in the US, ER has transformed the way advertisers control the deployment of their creative and how the media sources those ads to execute campaigns. The company's creative asset workflow platform, AdBridgetm, is built upon a decade of innovation and integrates all the paths and processes required by today's complex media landscape.

The company proudly serves the best and biggest brands, studios, agencies, production companies, media destinations, performers and rights owners. With over 200,000 platform users, $2 billion in payroll annually and nearly four million creative assets in its care, ER frees content producers and the teams involved in ad campaign execution from the mundane so they can make magic happen.

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