“We are definitely still here,” says Andrew Ryan, a Pixel Brothers partner, as he punctures the rumor balloons that have been floating around following company layoffs and switching permanent staffers to freelance.
In fact, “business is currently going strong,” he says, citing a rush of production, TV shows and proprietary projects in the in the pipeline.
“We have not closed our doors,” says Ryan, who acknowledged the relocation of the Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkcos daily syndicated shows to Hartford, Conn., impacted virtually all of the company departments.
The two shows comprised an estimated 40% of Pixel’s business.
Pixel’s partners, Mike Torchia, Dave Moravec and Ryan, all director/DPs, had been shooting field segments for Jerry Springer for 10 of the 17 years the show had been produced in Chicago.
