YouTube turns 20 this week 🎂 🎂 🎂
Our friends at YouTube tapped Portal A to create their 20th anniversary video and we were honored to get the call.
“While most agencies scramble to aggregate creator reach and optimize for impressions, Portal A has spent 15 years building a different approach.
A Night of Shorts featured a lineup of 5 films created by some incredibly talented members of our team:
Two of the biggest gamers in the world. One medieval castle. An epic showdown for the throne. 🏰
We’re very proud of our very own Jeb Barnett for being named to Ad Age’s Gen Zers to Watch. See the full class.
We’re happy to introduce Fault Lines, the new documentary feature from Nate Houghteling and Portal A.
As we look back on Pride 2019, our fearless Head of Production, Elyse Priess, reflects on how brands can better capture the spirit of Pride in production.
https://www.thesfegotist.com/editorial/producing-with-pride-3-steps-brands-can-take-to-capture-the-lgbtq-voice-in-production/
Our very own Nate Houghteling sat down with The Muse for a wide-ranging conversation about our work building original series and digital channels with athletes and celebrities. Learn the method behind the YouTube madness.
We launched a brand new YouTube channel and original series with Olympic superstar and America’s sweetheart, Adam Rippon.
The channel will feature our signature series, Break the Ice, where Adam gets off balance with stars like Lilly Singh, Gus Kenworthy, Todrick Hall, Manny Mua, and more.
Watch the channel trailer, and get more Adam in People and on the Today Show.
We have an official trailer and release date for our first feature film, STATE OF PRIDE.
We took home a Webby for Season 1 of our breakout original show with Stephen Curry and Unanimous Media 5 Minutes from Home. You can see the new season of 5 Minutes From Home, co-produced with our friends at Lyft Entertainment, out now.
Practicing our 5-word speech…[clears throat] “Steph Curry Curry Steph Steph.”
@alexisgzall and her new boo – the 😈 – are Instagram’s hottest duo in our new project “Maybe Today Satan” 💋💋
We are so proud to be named Best Video Agency in the Digiday Video Awards. Thank you to all our incredible partners and friends for helping us become a 2x Digiday Award Winner.
We’re celebrating #LoveYourPetDay with these furry friends from the Portal A fam 🐶😺
…as a finalist in the Shorty Awards! 🎉 Shortys, thank you for recognizing “New Year, New Me” with Brita, Stephen Curry & Rudy Mancuso for Best Influencer & Celebrity YouTube Partnership. 🙌 Help us take home the 🏆 with your vote!
Today, we’re very proud to announce a partnership that marks a new chapter for Portal A.
We are thrilled to be going into business with Wheelhouse Entertainment, a powerhouse media and entertainment venture founded in 2018 by one of the entertainment world’s most widely respected TV producers, Brent Montgomery.
Read the announcement in The Hollywood Reporter and Adweek.
From our first meeting with Brent,
In Adweek, our very own Nate Houghteling breaks down a star-studded trend in YouTube’s evolution: the a-list celebrity creator ⭐
A huge shout-out to the incredible crew who worked tirelessly (and sleeplessly) to bring #YouTubeRewind 2018 to life! 💥