Alki David
| Alki David | |
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 Alki David at the Beverly Hills offices of FilmOn.com. |
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| Born | Nigeria |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, producer, and actor |
| Spouse | Jennifer Stano |
| Website | |
| http://www.filmon.com/ | |
Alkiviades "Alki" David is a digital media entrepreneur whose companies include FilmOn, Battlecam and 9021go.com. David has also appeared in feature films, including The Bank Job, and on UK TV.
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[edit] Background and family
David was born in Nigeria,[1] and educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland.[2] His father, Andrew A. David (1934-2000),[3] was a managing director of Hellenic Bottling Company S.A,[4] which merged in 2000 with Coca-Cola Beverages into Coca-Cola Hellenic.After serving in the British Army, he studied film at the Royal College of Art in London, England, and then moved to Los Angeles, California, where he lived for eight years and was part-owner of a film post-production company.[1] In 1998 he returned to London and co-founded Independent Models, an agency whose models included Helena Christensen.[1]
He was married and divorced twice, having two sons with his first wife.[1][5] He met second wife Emma McAllister in 2004, marrying her in 2007, and separating in 2009.[1] As of 2011 he is married to Jennifer Stano, a swimsuit designer and former model who founded Have Faith Swimwear with David in Beverly Hills, California, in 2010.[6]
In the 2008 film The Bank Job, David played a bank-vault expert hired by Jason Statham to help with a bank heist.[1]
[edit] Business
David's main projects are:
- FilmOn, a video-on-demand website and mobile service which is an extension of his 111Pix distribution venture.
- Battlecam.com, a peer-to-peer video streaming website and community. David advertised for this venture by offering cash to the first person who streaks in a legal manner in front of US President Barack Obama,[citation needed] and by hosting a faked assisted suicide.[citation needed]
- Fight Night and other tournaments built around mixed martial arts, gaming and comedy. These events are streamed in a pay-per-view model.
- 9021go.com, which mixes shopping and entertainment.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Character | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Freediver | Hector | Also producer and writer |
| The Grid | Yussef Nasseriah | TV series (one episode) | |
| 2005 | Opa! | Spiros Kakogiannis | |
| Spooks | Badrak Madjid | TV series (one episode) | |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | Mr. Pappas | TV series (one episode) |
| 2007 | Living with Lew | Co-producer | |
| Flight of Fury | Rojar | Direct-to-DVD | |
| Voyage: Killing Brigitte Nielsen | Villain | Also director, producer, writer, and editor | |
| Fishtales | Captain Mavros | Also director, producer, writer, and editor | |
| 2008 | The Bank Job | Bambas | |
| 2009 | Trial & Retribution | Hikmet | TV series (one episode) |
| Waking the Dead | Coban | TV series (two episodes) |
[edit] Litigations
CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox Broadcasting and their studios won a temporary restraining order against David's FilmOn in November 2010 to prevent unlicensed use of their broadcast signals . David sued CBS, dropped the suit, and sued CBS Interactive in November 2011, alleging copyright infringement due to the CNET website having editorially covered infringing uses of peer-to-peer file-sharing software.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Anstead, Mark (2009-09-28). "Billionaire Alki David loses his wife - and £13m home in the suburbs". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-1216688/Billionaire-Alki-David-loses-wife--13m-home-suburbs.html. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Flynn, Laurie J. (1999-07-12). "Compressed Data; E-Commerce Twist: Full-Service Shipping". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/12/business/compressed-data-e-commerce-twist-full-service-shipping.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ Curran, Patrick D. (2009-11-05). COBRA: The X-Factor in Strategy Execution. Bloomington, Indiana: Authorhouse. p. Dedication page. http://books.google.de/books?id=RCHfWrOwosgC&pg=PR5&dq=%22Andrew+A.+David,+1934-2000%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=RuUCT_OfG8LX0QGXy_SuBg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Andrew%20A.%20David%2C%201934-2000%22&f=false. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Andrew A. David". Businessweek. 2012-01-03. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=53463690&privcapId=46340784&previousCapId=46340784&previousTitle=A.G.%20Leventis%20(Overseas)%20Ltd. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Alki David : a man of many parts". Business XL. 2008-05. http://www.businessxl.co.uk/businessxl-magazine/trailblazers/337731/alki-david--a-man-of-many-parts.thtml. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "About the Designer". HaveFaith.com. 2012-01-03. http://www.havefaith.com/designer/. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "CBS Interactive Again Accused of Contributing to Piracy". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 Nov 2011. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/cbs-interactive-again-accused-contributing-262350. Retrieved 18 Nov 2011.
