Bentfield Media
Entertainment & Streaming Consultancy
David Smyth
Founder & Consultant
David is an entrepreneurial C-suite media executive with a broad experience base spanning the entertainment industry across a range of functional areas and disciplines including programming, content distribution, strategy, development, acquisitions and co-production. He has built businesses and teams, and is equally at home in large multinationals as in the independent and start-up space.
He has devised concepts for – and successfully launched – streaming services, and was most recently CEO of Beyond Rights (one of the worlds best-established production and distribution groups) prior to its sale to the Banijay group of companies in 2023.
With David's C-level contacts within the tech, production and distribution sectors, he is uniquely positioned to advise and consult for businesses looking to expand their international content pipelines or launch streaming services of their own.
David lives in the London area.