Brendon Thomas

Bio:

Brendon Thomas is the Chief Revenue Officer at Radial Entertainment, a global entertainment company backed by Oaktree Capital Management and distributor of the largest independent film and television catalog in the industry. In his current role, Brendon sets Radial's overall revenue strategy and aligns its key revenue-generating functions — distribution, licensing, advertising, business development, and new market expansion — across the company's 70,000+ title library, recent acquisitions, and expanding global content portfolio.

Brendon joins Radial at a pivotal moment for independent content: platforms need catalog scale, advertisers are seeking premium AVOD inventory, and global FAST distribution remains in its early innings -- Radial's strategic focus is on capturing that convergence across its 70,000+ title library.

Prior to Radial, Brendon spent more than a decade in streaming distribution. He served as Senior Vice President of Distribution and Business Development at Paramount Global, where he led partnerships with major OEMs and platforms across Paramount+, Pluto TV, Showtime, BET+, and other assets representing $8 billion in annual revenue, and was part of the Paramount+ launch team. Earlier, as Head of Global Distribution for Pluto TV from its early days in 2015 through the service's 2019 acquisition by Viacom, Brendon helped scale the platform to more than 80 million users while negotiating the industry-leading FAST partnerships that helped Pluto TV cross $1 billion in annual revenue by 2021. Prior to Pluto TV, he co-founded and served as CEO of Shindig, a crowdfunding platform. Shindig was acquired by content monetization platform provider Okanjo, where he then served as President until joining Pluto TV.

Brendon joined Radial to apply his experience at a moment he sees as inflection point for independent content, where catalog scale, premium AVOD demand, and global FAST expansion are converging.