LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Los Angeles, CA-based entertainment company WINDOWSEAT has teamed up with leading media company Gravity Collection, Inc. to produce a thirteen episode television series, titled, "Chasing Giants." The series will cast an energetic eye on the behind the scenes movements and events that make up the thrilling big wave surfing movement. Created by WINDOWSEAT's Jim Reach and Bill Kiely, the series follows a team of the industry's top athletes and equally fearless camera and rescue crew as they journey to remote locations in search of giant swells. The pilot will be directed by Kiely with financing through Gravity Collection and Peregrine Entertainment Capital. Gravity Collection's Harry Vested, Reach and Kiely will act as series Executive Producers.
Established in 2005, Gravity Collection, Inc. has amassed an outstanding library of content in the extreme sport genre and is one of the largest content providers of action sports content. This strategic partnership with WINDOWSEAT provides Gravity Collection with its second Original Series that peers into the high-action lifestyle of water sport activities.
Notes Vested, "WINDOWSEAT's Kiely and his adventurous crew are not afraid of putting themselves into life threatening situations and with 'Chasing Giants' we know they are going to be putting it all on the line. This is exciting television." Adds Reach, "We are confident that 'Chasing Giants' will not only appeal to those in the action sports space but also mainstream viewers looking for an adventurous escape. With the Harry S. Vested, Jr., and the Gravity Collection team we are not tied to pushing a traditional train wreck reality show, but giving the flexibility focusing on exciting characters and story telling. "
About WINDOWSEAT
WINDOWSEAT is a Los Angeles-based Entertainment Company focused on a broad range of content creation opportunities in digital media, commercial production, live events, film and television. With unique structural and operational independence, WINDOWSEAT teams with local producers, global distribution partners, and finance sources to launch each venture. WINDOWSEAT's experienced in-house team is talented in multiple genres, formats, and the latest technology. The company's client list includes a wide range of industry leaders within their respective categories.
About Gravity Collection
Gravity Collection, Inc., a digital media company, was established in 2005, where it began aggregating content in the action sports genre. Since this time, Gravity Collection, Inc., has amassed an outstanding library and is one of the largest content providers of action sports, cross-secting all disciplines such as skiing, snowboarding, motocross, BMX, skateboarding, surfing, mountain biking, B.A.S.E. jumping, hang gliding, wind surfing, rock climbing, kite surfing and much, much more. The Company has approximately 2,000 hours of content under its control in its library. The goal of the networks founders is to create widespread channels of distribution across all media (traditional linier, VOD, PVOD, on-line, wireless, etc.), with programming drawn exclusively from the extreme adrenaline action sports genre, which has consistently delivered a broad audience, with a particular heavy appeal to the hard-to-reach Men/Adults 18-34, which was launched in 2011. The Company has entered into strategic partnerships with numerous Fortune 100 Companies to provide encoded and encrypted content for commercial exploitation as well as produced or co-produced numerous film and television content. The Company growth over the next six to twelve months will clearly establish it to be the leading aggregator in the action sports vertical.