Thunderbird Entertainment Appoints Director to Lead Marketing and Communications

Seasoned industry professional Lana Castleman takes on the role of Director, Marketing & Communications

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV:TBRD, OTC:THBRF) (Thunderbird or the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lana Castleman to the role of Director, Marketing & Communications.

Reporting to Richard Goldsmith, President of Global Distribution and Consumer Products, Castleman is responsible for leading all trade marketing and communications across Thunderbird’s production divisions, including Atomic Cartoons, Great Pacific Media and Thunderbird Scripted, and internal/external communications efforts around their related properties.

In this newly created role, Castleman will be tapping into her extensive global network of television industry connections and deep reservoir of industry knowledge to promote and continue to grow the presence of Thunderbird, its divisions and properties.

“Lana’s industry knowledge, acumen and marketing savvy are an incredible asset to the company. We are beyond happy to have her expertise at our table,” said Goldsmith.

“Thunderbird is an amazing, dynamic company with a skilled and respected executive team. It’s also a true multi-genre producer, making and distributing an impressive breadth of best-in-class animated, factual and scripted content. These production companies are poised for more incredible growth and I am so very excited to join Thunderbird and Richard’s team,” said Castleman.

She will be based in Toronto. Most recently, Castleman served as Director of Communications for the Writers Guild of Canada, working to promote the national industry and cultural policy interests of its more than 2,500 professional screenwriter members. Prior to that, she was most notably the long-time editor & content director of market-leading B2B kids & family information brand, Kidscreen. There, she led all content strategy, development and execution across Kidscreen’s publishing and live-event platforms, and was instrumental in cementing Kidscreen’s reputation as the best in the business.

In 2021, Thunderbird established its Global Distribution and Consumer Products Division to partner with its production companies to increase company-owned intellectual property, expand content sales around the world, and establish consumer brands. The company has a robust development pipeline and has several new television series in various stages of financing and production.

ABOUT THUNDERBIRD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, factual, and animated programming for the world’s leading direct-to-consumer platforms, as well as Canadian and international broadcasters. Thunderbird’s vision is to produce high-quality, socially responsible and meaningful content. The Company develops, produces, and distributes its content through its various divisions, including Thunderbird Kids & Family (Atomic Cartoons), Thunderbird Factual (Great Pacific Media) and Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella include The Last Kids on Earth, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell and Kim’s Convenience, among others. The Company also has a division dedicated to global distribution and consumer products. Thunderbird is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @tbirdent. For more information, visit: www.thunderbird.tv.

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