UPDATES

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June 25, 2025 --  Tracy Swedlow's TVOT conference returns to San Francisco and it is a who's who of thought leaders in streaming and advanced television. Mike Nagle will moderate the panel focused on the changing world of content monetization in the age of streaming. Panelists include:

Alexis Gai (CLEENG), Eric Mittleman (Fluffy White Dog), Rick Bergan (Stingray), Ribinne Elder (Starz) and Thomas Ashley (Invincible Entertainment).

May 21, 2025 --  Michael Nagle moderated the Streaming Media Connect panel on Sports on Streaming platforms. 

Panelists included:
Cathy Rasenberger of Rasenbergerer Media LLC and Sports Studios, H. Robert Muzac of HRM Media Int'l and Producer of Lacrosse Legends, Tom Buffolano from The Switch, Pamela Duckworth from Fubo and Christy Tanner from Swerve Sports

Nagle served as GM of USA TODAY Sports and has also worked with Slopes TV, XFC MMA and Country Box from Jimmy Adams Productions.

April 5, 2025 --  The "Made In Huntington Film & TV Festival" has added Michael Nagle to their Industry Day panel focusing on distribution. The panel is moderated by Mark Robichaux and also features Kino Lorber President, Ed Carroll.  Saturday, April 5th is "Industry Day". The festival runs April 3-6, 2025, at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, Long Island.

More details available at.
www.madeinhuntington.com
or www.cinemaartscentre.org

April 3, 2025 --  GALXY TV is hosting a webinar "Transforming Audience Engagement Into Investment Opportunity." The webinar is hosted by Investment Strategist, Amanda Sokol. The panel features Invincible's Founder and CEO, Thomas Ashley and COO, Winston Wu. Also featured in Michael Nagle, CEO of Ashling Digital.

March 14, 2025 --  The "Made In Huntington Film & TV Festival" has named Michael Nagle as one of their judges who screened 36 titles to be presented Thursday through Sunday April 3-6, 2025, at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, Long Island. The panel of judges is comprised of leaders in a variety of roles in the film & TV industry including executives, educators, marketers, publicists, casting directors, producers, talent and distributors.

Buy Tickets Now Online.
www.madeinhuntington.com
or www.cinemaartscentre.org

February 27, 2025 --  Michael Nagle is now a featured writer for Business Rockstars.  You can read his newest featured article on their website HERE. The piece, "Positive Reinforcement Is Hard To Find Despite the Low Cost and the High Value," focuses on management styles in the era of hybrid working arrangements.

February 25, 2025 --  Michael Nagle proposes that the future of FAST channels may more closely resemble basic cable than it does today. Will platforms offering FAST access begin to charge a fee to users of the platform? Read the article here. Thanks to TVOT for featuring this piece.

January 16, 2025 --  Michael Nagle joins a panel of television industry tastemakers to recap highlights from the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show. Simon Applebaum ("Tomorrow Will Be Televised"), Chris Pfaff, Bobbi S., Subhashish Dasgupta from Kantar round out the panel which is moderated by industry expert, Colin Dixon.

December 6, 2024 --  InspirePlay announced that The Grid Championship, a groundbreaking long-drive golf event originating from Johannesburg, South Africa, at 5 PM ET on December 7, 2024. The event features dynamic personalities for head-to-head showdowns, captivating audiences with a fresh, fan-first take on golf entertainment. The Grid Championship will stream globally including on Inverleigh’s UNBEATEN Sports Channel: Broadcasting on premier FAST platforms with 700M+ users globally. Viewers can tune in across major platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Samsung TV Plus, DAZN, Sling TV, Plex, and Fubo. This partnership was developed by Ashling Digital.

November 4, 2024 --  Michael Nagle will moderate a panel focusing on advertising in streaming at the upcoming "TV of Tomorrow" conference being held in New York City. The panel features participants from Revry, Stingray, Revolt, Haystack News and more.

August 23, 2023 --  Michael Nagle moderates a panel at the Stream TV conference. 

Winning the Ad Game: Targeting, Tech and Beyond will feature Panelists: Alex Boras, Commercial Platform Lead, Samsung Ads / Jennifer Hess, Vice President, Ad Operations, Fubo / Aulden Kaye, Head of Ad Partnerships, Philo / Rose McGovern, Head of Programmatic and Digital Ad Sales, DIRECTV Advertising / Steve Sklar, VP of Advertising & Monetization, Frndly TV. 

August 10, 2023 -- Parks Associates' Future of Video conference will feature keynotes from leading players in the streaming media ecosystem, including LG, Google, XUMO, and USA Today and USA Today Sports. Confirmed event keynotes represent streaming, hardware, and tech giants:

• Michael Nagle, GM, Streaming, USA Today and USA Today Sports
• Matthew Durgin, VP Content and Services, LG
• Albert Lai, Global Director, DTC/OTT Streaming for Media & Entertainment, Google
• Stefan Van Engen, VP, Content Programming and Partnerships, XUMO

March 16, 2023 -- Talk Back to Television welcomes Mike Nagle, GM of Streaming for USA Today News and USA Today Sports. USA Today is a new co-distributor of Talk Back to Television, along with Tracy Swedlow’s itvt.com. Mike lets us peek under the hood of the USA Today FAST channel, including content acquisition and distribution.

September 5, 2023 --  Michael Nagle, Adjunct Instructor of Marketing Communications, and GM of Streaming for USA Today, shared his knowledge of the streaming industry at several conferences this summer. In early June, Nagle spoke at the fourth annual Connected TV Advertising Summit, hosted by Videonuze, on the role of innovation in the connected TV industry and the outlook for the market in the next few years. 

March 23, 2021 -- Invincible Entertainment Partners and Xtreme Fighting Championships (OTC: DKMR) announced the launch of their broadcast venture, www.XFCTV.com, a mixed martial arts (MMA) linear streaming network. The channel went live in time for the XFC's next MMA event, YoungGuns 1, on March 27 at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, OK. The service will be offered in Portuguese, Spanish and English, with potential to reach an audience of over 100 million MMA fans worldwide. XFCTV brings combat sports fans a vast catalogue of archived fights, fighter profiles, live events, behind-the-scenes content they can't find anywhere else, and much more. Ashling Digital will assist with distribution for the service.

January 5, 2021 -- Invincible Entertainment Partners formalized an agreement to bring programming to platforms served by Comcast-owned XUMO. XUMO provides content to Vizio, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Hisense and many more smart TV brands. Internationally, XUMO has a presence in Mexico, UK, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy and more countries. This partnership was initiated by Michael Nagle of Ashling Digital. Ashling has provided services for Invincible since 2015.

December 15, 2020 -- Invincible Entertainment Partners, an independent production and distribution company, has acquired Business Rockstars — a producer of video programming featuring CEOs and entrepreneurs — for $20 million in stock. Thom Beers and Steve Lehman, both longtime media execs and principal partners of Business Rockstars, sold the company to Invincible. With the pact, the duo will join Invincible’s board.

December 1, 2020 -- Ski TV, the snow, ski and snowboard channel which debuted in Australia, has now arrived in the UK via Freeview.

Winter sports enthusiasts can now watch a wide range of programming including lifestyle, sport, weather, interviews with athletes, resorts overviews and more. Channelbox is a multi-channel OTT platform available on Freeview 271 and accessible via TV sets connected to the aerial and the internet. SkiTV is the first sports channel represented on the platform.

October 30, 2020 -- DistroTV and Invincible Entertainment Partners agreed to terms bringing IEP's multichannel suite to the streaming platform in time for Halloween. This makes Watch It Scream and FrightFlix available to the FAST channel platform. Also added were channels Cinepride, Dungeon TV, GALXY, ScreenDreams, Watch It Scream and FrightFlix. The partnership was initiated by Ashling Digital.

October 30, 2020 -- SKI TV has joined the channel lineup for DistroTV. As part of the recently completed partnership with Invincible Entertainment Partners, DistroTV adds the channel that bills itself as "The Coolest Channel" and features snowboarding, Alpine and skiing at worldwide destinations. The partnership was initiated by New York-based Ashling Digital Inc.

July 1, 2020 -- EVOCA and SKI TV agreed to terms bringing the skiing-centric service to the new platform in time for their debut. EVOCA debuts in Idaho, Nevada and Utah beginning September 1st. 

April 1, 2020 -- SKI TV joins Invincible Entertainment's new streaming platform GALXYtv in an agreement that includes both carriage on the soon-to-launch FAST channel platform. Additionally, Invincible will serve as an uplink for SKI TV's new linear ad supported feed to be distributed globally. Ashling Digital initiated the partnership between the two brands. 

June 1, 2020 -- Michael Nagle (Ashling Digital Inc.) has joined DocuBay as Head of Distribution for North America. Michael previously ran distribution for Bloomberg Television, Playboy TV and NatureVision TV. He will serve as liaison for both DocuBay Premium and also the linear FAST channel and AVOD services.

July 1, 2015 -- NatureVision TV has enlisted Michael Nagle and Ashling Digital Inc. to oversee distribution for the new relaxation brand. NatureVision TV offers a linear channel, SVOD and VOD products centered around stress reduction. Nagle has overseen distribution for Playboy TV Networks for the past decade.

March 2, 2005 -- Playboy Enterprises Inc.  named Michael Nagle as Vice President of National Accounts. He previously ran Global Sales and Product Development for Bloomberg Television. In his role, Michael will oversee sales and affiliate marketing for Playboy's 16 channels of linear, SVOD and VOD content.