Smithtown Native David DiVona Making His Mark With Proven Entertainment Developmint

Entertainment industry veterans launch Proven Entertainment Development to find the next small screen hit

Multiple Emmy award-winning producer of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has made developing and selling programming easy 

LOS ANGELES – Jan. 14, 2015 – Multi-Emmy award winning reality television mogul Conrad Ricketts (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Fear Factor”) has teamed up with Producer David DiVona (“Tattoo Turnaround and The Last Adventure”) and William Howe, former host of the Playboy Channel and creator of “Bars Pubs and Grub” to create what promises to be one of the brightest development companies. Proven Entertainment Developmint is a strong, direct link from the creative minds who birth concepts, to all of the major networks both on television as well as on the ever-changing second screen of online digital content with heavy hitters such as Amazon, Netflix and Hulu at the helm. Having sold one of Hulu’s biggest shows, “Sons of the Fallen,” Ricketts has been intimately involved in developing web content since the inception of the space.

David DiVona | Producer Producer of The Last Adventure on the Travel Channel, Tattoo Turnaround, and show runner on over 30 shows.Proven Entertainment is made up of a powerhouse trio of a seasoned television vet, an on-air personality & creative guru and a hungry cutting edge producer. Conrad L Ricketts | Producer Conrad is a multiple Emmy Award Winning producer. He has has worked on a wide range of projects including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Fear Factor, Sons of the Fallen and Tattoo Turn Around.Ricketts and DiVona  have worked together on over a dozen reality-based programs and are excited to team up with the creative force of Howe (center). The group has all the tools at their disposal to develop and sell the next generation of engaging television. All the ingredients are there to make this the go-to company for pitching and selling the next generation of television.

The group will filter through the hundreds of ideas they get every week and let the standout concepts work their way on to screens around the world. DiVona stated, “Not every idea brought to us is going be to embraced and we will not risk our well-earned William Howe | Managing Partner Created and sold Bars, Pubs & Grub to a major network, and also has several projects in the hopper, with over 20 years of experience.reputation by taking on every client that comes in front of us. If we feel an idea will sell, our team will develop it, if not, then the partners are going to be up front and turn them away.”

Proven Entertainment will make the entire process, from concept, one-sheets and sizzle reels, all the way through to pitching full decks to their overflowing rolodex of decision makers, easily navigated so that the programs that belong in front of viewers, get their shot.

For more information, please visit http://www.provenentertainment.com