Fremont Studios

What Fremont Studios does

Fremont Studios is a privately held Seattle-based event venue and full-service production facility operating as a subsidiary of Jonas Jensen EFP, Inc., founded in 1981 by Scott L. Jonas and Michael Jensen. The company's flagship is a standalone concrete-block facility at 155 N. 35th St. in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, comprising Soundstage A (10,000 SF floor area, 100' x 100', with a 14,000 SF raised performance platform rated for 1,900 standing / 700 theater-seated guests), Soundstage B (5,500 SF), Studio D (interviews/headshots), Studio C (under construction for long-term contract tenants), a DaVinci Resolve post-production edit suite, kitchen facilities, a back-stage "Village" with green rooms, loading dock, and production offices. Combined facility egress capacity is 2,813 (limited to 2,200 standing). The CineLive S35 Mobile Unit — a Kenworth T-370 tractor plus 26-foot trailer with eight Super 35 VariCam LT 4K cameras, MultiDyne Silverback SMPTE fiber, Ross Carbonite Ultra 12G switcher, and hybrid 14-hour battery/inverter backup — deploys coast-to-coast for live entertainment acquisition. Pricing is quote-based and a la carte across facility rental ($5,000/day Soundstage A base 4-wall, $2,500/day Soundstage B, $100/hour Studio D, $125/hour Edit Suite), equipment rentals ($1,400/day Grand MA2, $40-$275/day LED fixtures, $125/section staging), production crew (10-hour day rates with 1.5x/2x overtime), and the mobile unit ($5,000/production day plus cameras/lenses/labor/travel at $1.25/mile).

The company serves three primary customer segments: approximately 80% nonprofit/501(c)(3) fundraising organizations hosting galas, charity auctions, and hybrid virtual broadcasts (Allen Institute, Mary's Place, PAWS, Woodland Park Zoo, Special Olympics Washington, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutch, Plymouth Housing); enterprise corporate clients running private events, board meetings, conferences, and brand activations (Amazon, Microsoft, Tableau, Expedia, Brooks Sports, Delta, Holland America, US Foods, Seattle Children's); and film/TV/broadcast production clients including historical credits on A River Runs Through It, Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, Sleepless in Seattle, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, plus touring music acts (Heart, Linkin Park, NSYNC, Dave Matthews Band, Blue Man Group, Farm Aid). Marketing is direct and content-led through the company website (with technical documentation, sample floor plans, PDF drawings, YouTube live-stream samples, and a GETBUTTON ChatGPT widget), a YouTube channel (@fremontstudioslive), and a named-customer reference program. Distribution is entirely direct inside/field sales — phone, email, in-person tour, custom quote — with channel-partner referrals to on-site caterers (Kaspars, Lisa Dupar, Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes, Mischief on Canal) and valet operators (Butler Valet, Red Carpet Valet), from which Fremont receives a sales commission on catering.

Fremont Studios carries 43+ years of industry heritage and is recognized as a backup portal to Seattle network broadcasters via a 24-pair glass fiber loom portal (22 dark lines available for long-term projects), backed by Astound dedicated 2-gig fiber with 16 IP addresses and redundant Starlink and Xfinity Business Class internet. Proprietary acoustic engineering — K-13 spray-on cellulose insulation, NRC-tested wool draperies, custom 45-degree sound traps, and a non-square room geometry — enables simultaneous live recording and event hosting in a venue that is open-flame rated and audience-rated per Seattle Fire Code and Washington State building code for public assembly. CEO Scott Jonas (Bates Technical College, television broadcasting) is a pioneer of the jib arm industry and one of the first US providers of portable electronic camera services (1981). Legal entity: Jonas Jensen EFP, Inc., Washington, USA. No funding rounds, M&A, or leadership transitions are disclosed.

Name

Fremont Studios

Legal name

Jonas Jensen EFP, Inc.

Website

https://fremontstudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fremont Studios is a Seattle-based, privately held full-service soundstage and event venue (founded 1981, subsidiary of Jonas Jensen EFP, Inc.) serving nonprofit fundraising organizations (~80% of events), enterprise corporate clients, and film/TV/broadcast productions with a 40,000+ SF facility and a coast-to-coast Super 35 mobile broadcast unit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Production and Soundstage Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Sound Recording Studios (51224)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Studio Campus / Production Facility Operators (MPADAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Soundstage & Stage Rental (Film/TV) (MPADAIAA), Production Office Space & Support Facilities (MPADAIAD), Event Technical Production Management & Crew (MPAGAKAH), Pro Audio Equipment (Mics, Interfaces, Mixers, Studio Monitors) (MPAIAJAB)

Keywords

• Soundstage rental
• Event venue services
• Mobile broadcast production
• Live event streaming
• Film production equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Facility/Soundstage Rental (Four-Wall Pricing): Hourly/daily venue rental billed in 12-hour use-day windows over a 24-hour day, a la carte with everything else billed as ordered. Soundstage A starts at $5,000/day base 4-wall, Soundstage B starts at $2,500/day base 4-wall, Studio D $100/hour, Studio C by long-term contract only, Edit Suite $125/hour 4-hour minimum.
2. Equipment Rental (Lighting, Grip, Camera, Staging): Day-rental inventory including Grand MA2 console ($1,400/day), Elation/NanLite LED fixtures ($40-$275/day each), Mole-Richardson tungsten movie lights, Martin/Elation intelligent moving heads, special effects machines, staging sections ($125/section), mirror balls, props, and service bars.
3. Mobile Broadcast Unit Production Services: Super 35 CineLive mobile unit deployed coast-to-coast for live entertainment acquisition at $5,000 per production day base plus cameras, lenses, labor, and travel ($1.25/mile plus driver hotel and food); packages typically contracted based on duration and crewed with A-level freelancers.
4. Professional Production Crew and Technical Services: Staff stage manager required during occupancy; technical crew labor billed at 10-hour day rates with 1.5x overtime after 10 hours and 2x after 12 hours; bundled production packages including lighting design, sound mixing, multi-camera switching, recording, and live streaming.
5. Live Streaming and Virtual Broadcast Services: Hybrid live+virtual broadcast packages for hybrid fundraising events, with multi-camera acquisition and live stream distribution to unlimited remote guests; internet capacity 2 gig up/down fiber, 16 IP addresses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fremont Studios operates a multi-purpose soundstage and event facility in Seattle offering soundstage rentals, full-service event production, mobile Super 35 4K broadcast unit deployment, equipment rentals (lighting, grip, cameras), and post-production editing. The company sells facility usage, technical crew labor, equipment, and end-to-end production services for galas, corporate events, fundraisers, film/TV shoots, concert tours, and hybrid virtual broadcasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CineLive 35 Mobile: Super 35 Mobile Broadcast Unit offering nationwide travel with multi-camera filmed assemblies for live entertainment acquisition.

Products and services

• Soundstage A Premier 10,000 SF soundstage (100' x 100') with 20' lighting grid, 24' rigging grid, 100' x 55' cyclorama, silent Trane Voyager 50-Ton HVAC, occupancy of 1,900 standing; Hollywood film set lighting and Las Vegas-style showroom lighting for events, galas, concerts, and productions. Base 4-wall pricing starts at $5,000 per 12-hour use day.
• Soundstage B Approximately 65' x 85' (5,500 SF) soundstage with 24' steel-pan K13-sprayed ceiling, motorized truss with 140+ pin spots, portable staging, occupancy rating of 910 standing, and independent entrances/exits. Base 4-wall pricing starts at $2,500 per 12-hour use day.
• Studio C 30' x 30' x 20' high soundproof studio with a 30' x 15' x 20' control room / isolation booth, 200-amp 3-phase power, available 24/7 independent from Soundstages A and B for podcasting, private access, and long-term contract projects.
• Studio D 30' x 50' (12' ceiling) studio with black-curtain backdrop, 100-amp power, on-set shower, restroom, refrigerator, and Canal Street direct load-in access; ideal for headshot interviews, still photography, and walk-ins. $100/hour during normal business hours with 5-hour minimum.
• Performance Main Stage Approximately 70' wide x 40' deep (2,800 SF) elevated filming platform within Soundstage A, with 18' trim rigging/electrics, Austrian main curtain with 13 DMX motors, traveler curtain, LED-illuminated stairs, and theatrical-effects support (haze, snow, ground fog, CO2 canons).
• CineLive S35 Mobile Unit Super 35mm mobile multi-camera broadcast production unit (Kenworth T-370 tractor + trailer) with 8 VariCam LT 4K cameras, ROSS Carbonite Ultra 12G/3G switcher, Yamaha CL5 5.1 mixing, 64-channel Dante recording, hybrid 14-hour battery inverter backup, and ABonAir wireless camera systems; deployed coast-to-coast for concerts, theater, arena and stadium productions at $5,000 per production day base plus cameras, lenses, labor, and travel.
• Canal Edit Suite Post-production editing suite with DaVinci Resolve Studio (v20.2.1) and Blackmagic Mini Color Grading Panel, Mac Mini M2 PRO with 32GB unified memory, 96TB QNAP NAS RAID, Sony OLED 55" 4K master monitor, Genelec 8341A SAM monitors with 7360A sub, Neumann U-87 Ai, and SSL SiX mixer. Starts at $125/hour with 4-hour minimum.
• Lighting and Grip Equipment Rentals Large in-house inventory of LED-COB set lighting (Elation KL Panels, NanLite FC/FS series, Aura Par moving heads), Mole-Richardson and LTM HMI/Tungsten movie lights, motorized truss rigging (12"x12" aluminum box truss, chain hoists), and special effects (hazers, CO2 canons, snow machines, ground fog); available for in-house event use and external rental.
• Camera Systems Rental 8 Super 35mm VariCam LT 4K camera systems with dual ISO 800/5000 and variable sensor frame rates (1-60fps), Fujinon cine lenses (Cabrio ZK/XK, UA70x), Rokinon Xeen primes, Laowa anamorphic primes, RED Scarlet-W Dragon 5K, 4 Panasonic Lumix BGH1 box cameras, and ABonAir wireless transmission.
• Projection Facilities In-house large-format projection infrastructure supporting live event visuals, presentations, and broadcast graphics within the soundstages.

Named customers62 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stage 47: Los Angeles soundstage and full-service event venue combining film-grade production capability with corporate/private event hosting; closely mirrors Fremont's dual soundstage/event positioning.
• Game Creek Video: Premier mobile broadcast production company serving live sports, entertainment, and concert tours nationwide; directly comparable to CineLive S35 mobile unit in multi-camera remote production and A-level freelancer crew model.
• Cinespace Studios: Operates large-footprint soundstages in Chicago and Toronto with attached production services, crew, and equipment rental; most directly comparable to Fremont's combination of large-soundstage event hosting and in-house production infrastructure.
• Quixote Studios: Multi-city soundstage and production services company with stages in LA, Atlanta, New York, and New Orleans; comparable one-stop-shop model combining stage rental with grip/lighting/camera inventory and crew.
• TNDV Television: Mobile broadcast production company specializing in live entertainment, corporate, and event multi-camera coverage; comparable scale and customer profile to Fremont's CineLive mobile unit.
• Sunset Las Palmas Studios: Hollywood soundstage complex combining production rental with event hosting and on-site services; comparable premium-tier soundstage offering in a high-cost real estate market.

Regional players

• Bell Harbor International Conference Center: Seattle waterfront conference and event venue serving corporate and nonprofit galas in the same Pacific Northwest market; competes with Fremont's Soundstage B for mid-size nonprofit and corporate events.

Broad incumbents

• NEP Group: Largest global provider of outsourced broadcast and live event production solutions with mobile units, studios, and post services; competes with CineLive at the high end of mobile broadcast production.
• Production Resource Group (PRG): Global provider of entertainment and event technology solutions including lighting, video, and rigging; broadly comparable as a full-service production vendor competing for the same event and broadcast customers.

Emerging players

• Big Sky Studios: Boutique soundstage and event venue with full production services; smaller-scale but directly comparable Hollywood/Las Vegas-style venue-and-event positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fremontstudioslive
• Xx.com/fremontstudios
• Facebookfacebook.com/Fremont-Studios-69714846952
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fremont-studios

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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