Like Minded Entertainment Announces the Acquisition of Canadian Tech Company Vantrix

Like Minded Entertainment’s (LME) founder, filmmaker and actor Mark Kassen announced during the Toronto International Film Festival that his Hollywood-based production company has completed the acquisition and integration of Vantrix Technology Corporation into its Like Minded portfolio, forming new entities Like Minded Media Ventures (LMMV) and Like Minded Labs (LML).As a place for the integration of production and technology, Like Minded Media Ventures is building upon Vantrix’s current technology to empower actors, musicians and sports figures with the ability to create their own purpose-built, end-to-end distribution systems for both recorded content and live event streaming.
With over a billion users worldwide, Vantrix’s rich portfolio of 300+ patents and market leading proprietary media and camera technology has been embedded in most major wireless service providers and media distribution systems since 2004; including AT&T, Sprint, Bell Canada, Vidéotron, O2 and Vodaphone among others.Jean Mayrand will continue to serve as CEO of the Montreal-based Vantrix and its new technology incubator Like Minded Labs, supported by RBC and based in Montreal. Sal Alvarez will continue as Head of Production for Like Minded Entertainment. Technology pioneer and Kassen’s LME partner Joe Kiani will join the boards of all Like Minded entities.