Radial Entertainment Shops for Content Libraries: Strictly Business

Mar 6, 2026 8:08am PT Radial Entertainment Shops for Content Libraries as Pluto TV and Paramount Alum Jeff Shultz Takes Over as CEO Variety's 'Strictly Business' podcast features conversations with industry leaders on the business of media entertainment By Cynthia Littleton Plus Icon Cynthia Littleton Business Editor @Variety_Cynthia Latest LISTEN: Hollywood Gets Ready for Oscars; Hanging With ‘Baywatch’ Hopefuls 19 hours ago LISTEN: Keke Palmer Makes a Career Turn as ‘I Love Boosters’ Heads for SXSW 2 days ago Burning Questions for Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal: Who Does David Ellison Think He Is? What’s Next for Netflix? 2 days ago See All Variety On today’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast, Radial Entertainment CEO Jeff Shultz explains why he’s shopping for content libraries now that the Pluto TV and Paramount alum has taken the reins of the TV and film venture backed by OakTree Capital Management. Radial was formed last year through OakTree’s combination of FilmRise and Shout Studios. Shultz joined the company in January after a decade with Paramount and Pluto TV, the FAST channel pioneer. His range of experience, from startups to one of Hollywood’s biggest studios, is coalescing at Radial Entertainment where he sees enormous potential for growth amid the radical disruption across the global content eco-system. Popular on Variety Related Stories Nine Inch Nails Mastermind Trent Reznor Blends Hits, Film Music and Deep Cuts in Heavy and Adventurous Tour Stop: Concert Review 'Amadeus' Review: Jefferson Mays Shines as a Funny and Frothing Salieri in a Gorgeously Mounted, Essential Revival at the Pasadena Playhouse “Radial is the largest independent catalogue of film and television in the industry. So that’s 70,000 films and shows, classic TV, massive factual and reality catalogs, deep film catalogue and then major new films,” Shultz says. “And by independent I mean we’re not a studio, we’re not a division of a conglomerate. We’re truly an independent player with integrated distribution. So we operate a diversified distribution portfolio, distribute through AVOD, VOD, broadcast, cable, transactional, even physical, theatrical, international. We operate a portfolio of hundreds of fast channels and generate directly billions of streaming hours annually. And then the third part is integrated capital. OakTree is a $200 billion-plus alternative asset manager and is our strategic partner in growing the business.” “Strictly Business” is Variety’s weekly podcast featuring conversations with industry leaders about the business of media and entertainment. (Please click here to subscribe to our free newsletter.) New episodes debut every Wednesday and can be downloaded at Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud and more. Jump to Comments Harry Styles Reveals Album Track List and Does Hand-to-Hand Combat — and Choreography — With a Stranger in ‘Aperture’ Video Harry Styles’ Running Essentials? Nike Revolutions and Oakley Sunglasses, Apparently Harry Styles Announces 2026 Tour Dates, Including 30 Nights in New York City What Eye Mask Is Harry Styles Wearing in His ‘Aperture’ Promo? Our Best Guess Is This One From 111SKIN Harry Styles Set as ‘SNL’ Host and Musical Guest in March After New Album Release Harry Styles Concert to Stream on Netflix on ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ Release Weekend JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...