Mandalay Media / SingShot Media

What Mandalay Media / SingShot Media does

Mandalay Media / SingShot Media is a Santa Monica-based entertainment company operating within Peter Guber's Mandalay Entertainment portfolio. According to available inputs, the company publishes and distributes entertainment content spanning images, video, television programming, and games. It was founded in 1979 and currently has between 101 and 250 employees. The company operates as a subsidiary of Mandalay Entertainment, where Peter Guber serves as Chairman and CEO, and Ian Aaron is listed as President & CEO.

The company's documented strategic posture includes M&A-driven expansion: in 2008 it acquired Twistbox Entertainment (undisclosed consideration) and AMV Holding, extending its footprint in mobile and digital entertainment distribution. Within the broader Mandalay Entertainment parent, the portfolio encompasses film and television (through Mandalay Entertainment's historical Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures executive relationships), music (Casablanca Records lineage), and sports franchise ownership including the Golden State Warriors (acquired 2010 for ~$450 million with Joe Lacob), the Los Angeles Dodgers (acquired 2010 for ~$2.15 billion with Guggenheim Group and Magic Johnson), and the Los Angeles Football Club, plus esports exposure via aXiomatic Gaming and Team Liquid.

The available sources contain no pricing, revenue, product-level technical specifications, API documentation, integrations, or AI/ML capability disclosures for Mandalay Media / SingShot Media. The primary source (peterguber.com) is Peter Guber's personal website and focuses on his leadership philosophy, speaking engagements, and portfolio overview rather than the operating details of the subsidiary. As a result, the company's business model mechanics, product architecture, and revenue model cannot be specified beyond its stated function as an entertainment content publisher and distributor.

Name

Mandalay Media / SingShot Media

Legal name

Peter Guber

Website

https://peterguber.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mandalay Media / SingShot Media is a Santa Monica-based entertainment company that publishes and distributes images, video, television programming, and games, operating as a subsidiary of Peter Guber's Mandalay Entertainment portfolio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Entertainment Media

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Distribution (51212), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Program Format Licensing (Scripted & Unscripted) (MPABANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Entertainment SVOD Platforms (MPACAAAA)

Keywords

• Digital media publishing
• Entertainment content distribution
• Mobile game publishing
• Video content licensing
• Television programming distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mandalay Media / SingShot Media publishes and distributes entertainment content including images, video, television programming, and games for digital platforms. The company has expanded through acquisitions of mobile content and entertainment companies such as Twistbox Entertainment and AMV Holding, operating within the broader Mandalay Entertainment portfolio led by Peter Guber.

Product overview

No product or service information for Mandalay Media or SingShot Media was found in the provided source data. The sources contain content from Peter Guber's personal website (peterguber.com), which focuses on his leadership philosophy, career advice, and personal ventures including Mandalay Entertainment, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Los Angeles Football Club. No technical product intelligence, API documentation, integrations, or AI capabilities for Mandalay Media or SingShot Media were identified in the available content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Entertainment Content Publishing
• Mobile Game Publishing (via Twistbox Entertainment)
• Entertainment Media Distribution (via AMV Holding)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a major film/TV content creator and distributor — broadly comparable as a diversified entertainment content company with both production and distribution across multiple formats.
• Endeavor Group Holdings: Endeavor is a large entertainment, sports and content company with diversified holdings — comparable in combining entertainment content creation, distribution, and broader media/sports investments.

Direct peers

• Zynga: Zynga is a mobile and digital games publisher — directly comparable to Mandalay Media's games distribution business, with the same platform/app-store monetization model and similar target audience.
• Glu Mobile (now part of Electronic Arts): Glu Mobile developed and distributed mobile games including casual and branded titles — directly overlapping with Mandalay Media's mobile entertainment content publishing and distribution model.
• Majesco Entertainment: Majesco is a publisher and distributor of video games and interactive entertainment, directly comparable in distributing entertainment content (including games and video) across digital channels.

Emerging players

• Hands-On Mobile: Hands-On Mobile (formerly iFone/GameSpy) was a mobile games publisher and distributor that worked with carriers and OEMs to deliver casual and branded content — directly comparable to Mandalay Media's mobile distribution business.
• Sorrent (later I-play): Sorrent / I-play was a mobile game publisher in the same era as Mandalay Media's mobile content acquisitions (Twistbox, AMV), serving carriers and app stores with casual mobile games — a comparable mid-2000s mobile-content distributor.
• PlayPhone: PlayPhone operates a mobile games publishing and distribution platform for carriers — overlapping with Mandalay Media's mobile entertainment content distribution activities.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/PeterGuber
• Facebookfacebook.com/peterguber
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/peterguber

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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