Edgar Spielmann

Spielmann has dedicated his career to improving and turning around both traditional and digital media services throughout Latin America, including OTT, Free to Air, Radio, Pay TV and On-Demand TV Everywhere. With deep experience in Latin American cultures, markets, consumption habits, and media regulations, he is currently Managing Partner of Screen Capital, a Venture Capital company for the Entertainment industry targeted to finance films and TV shows for streaming platforms and Co-founder and Managing Partner of 2BE NAMED LLC, a team of experienced people devoted to create and increase the value of companies via direct to consumers media solutions and strategies.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: Pay/Digital TV Keynote & Guest Speaker at Asia Pacific Pay TV APOS Conference, the Interamerican Development Bank’s Media Industry Program, and ICare’s Marketing Circle. Widely published and interviewed expert in pay/digital TV trends.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Served as Professor of Information Technologies and Innovation & Consumption for the Executive MBA program of University Adolfo Ibanez in Chile.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE: Supported the strategy design of a leading video streaming OTT service to penetrate the Latin American market. Strategized a 5-year digital literacy plan for the Ministry of Education in Chile. Advised on the creation and implementation of the 1st public web portal for the Chilean digital National Library community.

ACHIEVEMENTS: One International Emmy Award and 12 nominations. One Zurich’s Golden Eye Award. 5 Martin Fierro’s Awards.