BURBANK,
Calif., Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sphere
Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) announced today that Glenn Derry, an Academy Award winning
technologist with over 30 years of industry-defining entertainment
technology experience, has joined the Company as Executive Vice
President of MSG Ventures.
In this role, Mr. Derry will oversee a wide range of technology
initiatives across MSG Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Sphere Entertainment focused on developing advanced technologies
for live entertainment. MSG Ventures also supports Sphere Studios,
the immersive content studio dedicated to creating multi-sensory
entertainment experiences exclusively for Sphere, and the Sphere
platform overall, including future Sphere venues. Mr. Derry will
work across the organization to deploy both new and existing
technologies that enhance Sphere's live entertainment and
experiential content, which has been redefining immersive
experiences since the first Sphere opened in Las Vegas in September
2023. He will be based at Sphere Studios in Burbank, and report to Jim Dolan, Executive Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Sphere Entertainment.
"Our vision for Sphere was to combine cutting-edge technologies
with storytelling – bringing audiences together to share in
experiences they cannot experience anywhere else," said Mr. Dolan.
"Glenn is a creative technologist whose work has had a significant
impact on the entertainment industry. His expertise will be an
asset to Sphere as we continue to build on this next generation
entertainment medium and reinforce our position at the forefront of
immersive experiences."
"Throughout my career I have focused on developing technologies
in service of creative visions that expand the possibilities of
entertainment, and there is no better opportunity to continue that
work than at Sphere," said Mr. Derry. "Sphere sets a new standard
for immersive experiences, and together with my colleagues across
the organization we look forward to creating new tools and
experiences that push creative boundaries and drive innovation
across the industry."
As one of Hollywood's leading
technological innovators, Mr. Derry brings to Sphere extensive
experience from various facets of the film and gaming industry,
where he is credited with introducing the concept of "virtual
production." He joins Sphere Entertainment from AGBO, an Academy
Award winning independent film, television, and gaming studio,
where he served as President of Production Technology. In this
role, he helped lead the establishment of AGBO's innovative virtual
production and animation pipelines that service transmedia
explorations of the company's intellectual property.
Prior to joining AGBO Mr. Derry served as Vice President of
Visual Effects at 20th Century Fox Studios following the
acquisition of Technoprops, an R&D firm specializing in motion
capture and emerging visual production technology. Mr. Derry was
the founder and CEO of Technoprops, and over nearly 20 years he
built the company into a force recognized for redefining creative
and technical innovation in the film industry. Among Technoprops'
achievements was developing a state-of-the-art head-mounted camera
system widely adopted for capturing an actor's facial movements.
Mr. Derry and his team received an Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences Technical Achievement Award for the groundbreaking
design and engineering of this system. Over the course of his
tenure at Technoprops, Mr. Derry was involved in some of the most
technically ambitious projects in film and video games, including
Avatar, Star Wars: Rogue One, Avengers – Age of Ultron,
Zero Dark Thirty, The Jungle Book, Minority Report, and
Halo 4, among many notable others.
Mr. Derry began his career in the film industry creating
practical effects, including advanced puppets for movies, before
transitioning into his work in visual effects and virtual
production.
About Sphere Entertainment Co.
Sphere
Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) is a premier live entertainment and
media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation
entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to
redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue opened
in Las Vegas in September 2023. In addition, the Company includes
MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment
networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a
direct-to-consumer and authenticated streaming product, MSG+,
delivering a wide range of live sports content and other
programming. More information is available at
sphereentertainmentco.com.
Contact:
Sphere Entertainment
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