Rick Portin
Vice President, Production

Rick Portin has over 25 years of experience creating innovative entertainment content across multiple technology platforms for cutting edge technology ventures. As owner of Rick Portin Productions, Rick directed and produced global multi-camera entertainment shows for Microsoft and other Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, Rick developed future visions of entertainment at Microsoft Advanced Consumer Technology Research Group for MSN Interactive Television and consulted on broadcast/broadband/interactive television shows.

Prior to joining METAN, Rick held senior executive positions at a variety of entertainment companies. He was part of the original team of founders at Movietime/E! Entertainment Television Hollywood, where he was Vice President of Production. Prior to E!, Rick was Director of Production at Viacom where he created cable network startups, managed network production studios, and developed production and programming for Showtime and MTV Networks. Rick was Vice President of Production at Steeplechase/Television.com, a leader in interactive television and broadband entertainment, where he created the first enhanced network television shows for Hollywood including 500 hours of interactive television programming with the Judge Judy and Baywatch shows. Rick also served as Vice President of Production for Reality 24-7, where he designed innovative reality television production that bridged the line between the web and television.

Rick is the winner of various awards, including Emmy and CableAce Awards, the Broadcast Design Association Silver Award, and the New York Film Festival Award. Rick is commissioned by The American Film Institute as an “Interactive Television Pioneer.”