[January 29, 2013]

Fullscreen Hires Former MTV Executive to Head East Coast Sales

Fullscreen, the #1 independent YouTube (News - Alert) network in unique viewers according to comScore, announced today that it has named Justin Danko as Vice President of Sales and Brand Strategy, East Coast. Danko is the latest addition to Fullscreen's growing executive team, joining former Ustream (News - Alert) executive and new Fullscreen Senior Vice President of Sales, Jonah Minton.

"We are thrilled to welcome Justin to our team," says CEO and Founder George Strompolos. "He is tremendously talented and passionate about innovating brand solutions for the future of video. We look forward to taking Fullscreen's overall brand strategy to the next level by leveraging Jusin's deep experience in branded entertainment."

Danko will lead brand strategy and sales in the east coast from Fullscreen's new New York office, expanding the company's Los Angeles-based team. In this capacity, he will oversee all efforts to provide creative solutions for brands looking to succeed on YouTube through channel management and optimization, large-scale talent integrations, hyper-targeted media buys and more.

Most recently, Danko was Vice President of Branded Entertainment at Viacom (News - Alert) Media Networks where he developed solutions for brands across the MTVN Music Group and MTV Entertainment Group. Danko also served as head of Comedy Central's Integrated Solutions (News - Alert) team and Integrated Marketing Manager at USA Network.

About Fullscreen

Fullscreen is a next-generation media company that offers innovative technology and premium services for content creators and the world's leading brands to thrive on YouTube. Fullscreen's global network generates over 1.8 billion monthly video views and reaches over 100 million subscribers. Fullscreen was founded in January 2011 by CEO George Strompolos, a co-creator of the YouTube Partner Program. Fullscreen is headquartered in Culver City, California.

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