Conveyor Media

What Conveyor Media does

Conveyor Media is a Los Angeles-based unscripted content production company founded in 2014 by Colin Whelan (formerly VP Alternative at Syfy and Executive Producer at TLC) and Jay James (formerly a development executive at Wilshire Studios). The company develops, produces, and delivers reality television, docuseries, podcasts, branded digital content, and live gaming events to a roster of more than 13 major outlets, including Netflix, HGTV, WEtv, ALLBLK, Investigation Discovery, Magnolia, Discovery+, Amazon, Comedy Central, Reelz, YouTube, and Twitch. Its catalog includes shows such as 'Bargain Mansions,' 'Cooking on High,' 'Joe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up,' 'Keke Wyatt's World,' and 'Ranch to Table,' as well as a podcast division launched in 2021 with 'The Chosen Ones' and 'Trafficked.'

The company's go-to-market is sales-led: its leadership pitches original concepts directly to network and platform development executives, leveraging long-standing industry relationships and prior executive roles at major networks to access commissioning decisions. Production work is delivered through negotiated production deals with these commissioners, with revenue derived from production fees and content licensing rather than from any publicly disclosed pricing schedule. The business also generates ancillary revenue from branded content partnerships (e.g., Autograph Collection Hotels on 'The Individualists') and from podcast distribution.

Core technology and operating model are traditional media production — content development, physical production, post-production, and delivery — with no proprietary technology stack, no AI or ML capabilities evidenced, and no software products. Conveyor Media is privately held, founder-owned, and operates with a small team of approximately 7 employees. It has no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investors, and is structured as Conveyor Media, LLC.

Name

Conveyor Media

Legal name

Conveyor Media, LLC

Website

https://conveyormedia.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Conveyor Media is a Los Angeles-based unscripted production company developing reality TV, podcasts, and digital content for networks and streaming platforms including Netflix, HGTV, Investigation Discovery, and Magnolia. Founded in 2014 by former Syfy and Wilshire Studios executives, it earns revenue through production fees and licensing deals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Television and Digital Production Services

NAICS

Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Distribution Feeds & Syndication (Partner Delivery, APIs, Feeds) (MPAHALAJ), Title Mastering, Packaging & Deliverables (IMF, DCP, AS-11, Artwork) (MPAHALAH)

Keywords

• Unscripted television production
• Reality TV production
• Podcast production services
• Digital content production
• Documentary series production

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Television Production Fees: Conveyor Media produces original unscripted programming for television networks and streaming platforms, generating revenue through production fees and licensing agreements with networks such as Netflix, HGTV, WEtv, Investigation Discovery, Comedy Central, and others.
2. Podcast Production: The company operates a podcast division producing shows such as The Chosen Ones and Trafficked, distributed through platforms like Spotify.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Conveyor Media is an unscripted content production company that develops, produces, and delivers reality television series, digital short-form content, podcasts, and live gaming events. The company pitches and sells original programming concepts to television networks and streaming platforms, handling end-to-end production through to delivery. Content has appeared across 13+ networks and platforms including Netflix, HGTV, WEtv, ALLBLK, Investigation Discovery, Discovery+, Magnolia Network, Amazon, YouTube, Twitch, and Comedy Central.

Product overview

Conveyor Media is a media production company that creates compelling reality television, digital content, podcasts, and gaming events. The company operates across multiple content formats and distribution channels, producing unscripted television series (such as Bargain Mansions for HGTV, Cooking on High for Netflix, Joe Exotic for Investigation Discovery), podcasts (The Chosen Ones, Trafficked), live gaming events (Robokong), and award shows (The American Influencer Awards). Content has appeared on Netflix, HGTV, WEtv, ALLBLK, DIY, Reelz, Twitch, Comedy Central, YouTube, Investigation Discovery, Discovery+, Magnolia, Amazon, and other major platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Joe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up A three-hour investigative special examining the disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband Don Lewis, featuring exclusive jailhouse interviews with Joe Exotic, produced for Investigation Discovery.
• Bargain Mansions Home restoration reality series starring Tamara Day, who specializes in restoring neglected large homes in Kansas City for DIY Network and HGTV.
• Cooking on High The first competitive cannabis cooking show on Netflix, featuring two chefs preparing marijuana-infused dishes for celebrity judges.
• Gritty To Pretty

Quantifiable outcome

• GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Reality Program for New Girls on the Block

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• CAA (Creative Artists Agency)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 June 2014Conveyor Media is represented by CAA for industry representation, including agents Alan Braun, Matt Horowitz and Katie Zwick at the agency.
• Autograph Collection HotelsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConveyor Media produced The Individualists series for Autograph Collection Hotels, a branded content partnership featuring stories from film industry leaders.
• BC Live and Station 22minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConveyor Media partnered with BC Live and Station 22 to co-produce and live stream the first ever American Influencer Awards in 2017.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sharp Entertainment: Unscripted production company producing across lifestyle, true crime, and competition formats for cable and streaming buyers, similar in scale and genre breadth to Conveyor Media.
• Magical Elves: Boutique unscripted production company behind Top Chef and other premium cable reality franchises, operating with a similarly lean team and the same project-based, network-commissioned business model as Conveyor Media.
• High Noon Entertainment: Denver-based unscripted producer of Cake Boss and Fixer Upper-adjacent lifestyle shows, with comparable headcount and a similar reliance on cable/streaming commissions.
• 51 Minds Entertainment: Unscripted TV producer known for VH1 franchises and lifestyle/relationship programming, directly comparable to Conveyor Media in genre mix, network relationships, and boutique scale.
• Bunim/Murray Productions: Pioneer unscripted producer (The Real World, Project Runway) operating in the same reality-TV production category, though larger; a useful reference for what scaling in this category looks like.
• Authentic Entertainment: Boutique unscripted shop behind home and lifestyle formats including Flip or Flop, comparable to Conveyor Media's renovation and lifestyle slate for HGTV and similar buyers.
• Shed Media: Unscripted/docuseries producer with credits across cable and streaming, closely comparable in offering structure and buyer mix to Conveyor Media's reality and docuseries work.
• 25/7 Productions: Unscripted producer of long-running Kardashians franchise and similar celebrity-reality content, a close peer in business model and genre coverage of pop culture and lifestyle.

Broad incumbents

• ITV Studios America: US arm of UK-based ITV Studios producing unscripted formats for American networks and streamers, comparable in production category and buyer set, with the resources of a large international incumbent.
• Fremantle: Global unscripted and scripted content powerhouse (American Idol, Got Talent franchise) whose North American operations overlap directly with Conveyor Media's buyer relationships and production category, but at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/conveyormedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conveyormedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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