About Us
Achilles Media Ltd.
Achilles Media is the management organization for Just Comedy, and also manages nextMEDIA – The Future of Digital Content, the Banff World Television Festival, History Makers: International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers and NATPE Mobile++ . Achilles Media undertakes the organization of prime international events as well as training and development opportunities for content creators and other professionals in the television and new media industries. Our team of professionals combines creative event management with industry expertise. The focus of Achilles Media is to develop and support current and future leaders of our industry worldwide.
Contact us at info@achillesmedia.com
Just for Laughs
Just For Laughs is active in many areas of entertainment production including Festivals, Television, Theatre and Touring. Its inaugural festival 25 years ago is now the world's largest and most prestigious comedy event welcoming over 2 million people each summer. During its 25 years, the Montreal Festival has featured some of the top comics in the world, including Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Ray Romano, Dane Cook, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson and Tim Allen. Each year, over 1,000 industry representatives are drawn to Montreal for what is considered the hottest breeding ground for new talent. In the spring of 2006, the company’s French division launched the Festival Juste pour rire Nantes Atlantique in France and in 2007, Just For Laughs launched the Just For Laughs Toronto Festival, both to great success. The company also successfully tours across the globe bringing some of the Festivals’ best talent to Canada, the U.S., Bermuda and Asia and has personal management offices in Los Angeles, Paris, London and Montreal. Just For Laughs television shows are seen in over 125 countries and on over 95 airlines around the world, in the past have been seen on MTV, Showtime, HBO, BBC America and Fox in the US. Just For Laughs is currently seen in Canada on CBC, as well as The Comedy Network and its popular hidden-camera Gags show is currently seen on ABC in the U.S.
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