Brendon Thomas is Senior Vice President of Distribution and Business Development at Paramount Global. In his current role, Brendon and his team are responsible for streaming distribution deal negotiation and business relationship management of partnerships with OEMs, platforms, publishers, and other strategic partners. Brendon is integrally involved in setting and executing streaming distribution strategy across Pluto TV, Paramount+, and other Paramount streaming assets, and was part of the Paramount+ launch team. Prior to joining Paramount, Brendon served as head of global distribution for Pluto TV from 2015 through Pluto TV’s acquisition by Viacom in 2019. In this role, Brendon helped set strategy and negotiated industry-leading FAST partnerships across distribution, marketing, and monetization that helped propel Pluto TV past $1B+ global revenue in 2021.
Prior to Pluto TV, Brendon co-founded and served as CEO of Shindig, a crowdfunding platform. Shindig was acquired by content monetization platform provider Okanjo, where he then served as President until joining Pluto TV.