WB's Studio 2.0 Puts Four New Series Online

Alphabird to distribute to video portal Dailymotion

By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/19/2010 4:15:30 PM

Warner Bros.' digital venture, Studio 2.0, is partnering with online video syndicator AlphaBird to distribute four Web series to Dailymotion, an independent Web video portal.

Those four series are the comedy Downers Grove, reality show High Drama 2: Against All Oz, thriller Exposed and actioner Chadam.

Downers Grove follows four friends who stayed home while everyone else went away to college. The show is executive produced by Anne Kenny and Eric Wilker, and was created by Justin Becker, Michael Blaiklock, David Horwitz and Elisha Yaffe.

Reality show High Drama 2 takes viewers backstage to Freedom High School's production of The Wizard of Oz, which is far more dramatic behind the scenes than it is on stage. The series comes from Bombo Sports & Entertainment and is executive produced by Steve Bram, Paul Doyle, Jr., Bob Potter and Studio 2.0's Rich Rosenthal.

Exposed comes from McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision, and it follows what happens when a handsome Ivy League pre-med student starts receiving cryptic texts that order him to carry out increasingly dangerous tasks or risk having his mysterious past revealed. Exposed is executive produced by McG (Charlie's Angels, The OC) and co-executive produced by Blake Calhoun and Mike Maden.

Chadam is an animated action-adventure story about a hero who learns that he can use his imagination to physically change his environment and save the world. The show was created by artist Alex Pardee and is realized in 3D animation via the Unreal Engine 3, which also is used to create video games for Xbox, Playstation 3 and PC platforms. Chadam is executive produced by Jace Hall.

AlphaBird operates as a digital syndicator, bringing media companies to digital outlets to distribute their content over Web, mobile and social media platforms. AlphaBird also is a next-gen talent agency, packaging and distributing online video content for studios, agencies and brands.