Kerry Samovar
- Executive
Kerry Samovar serves as SVP, Head of Legal and Business Affairs for Fandango, the ultimate digital network for all things movies. In leading the legal and business affairs group at Fandango, he is responsible for structuring and negotiating Fandango's contractual relationships, setting legal policy, supporting M&A activity, litigation, intellectual property, compliance and other legal, administrative and business affairs activities.
Samovar oversees legal and business affairs functions for all properties in Fandango's portfolio, which includes online ticketers MovieTickets.com and Flixster in the U.S.; Ingresso.com in Brazil; and Fandango Latin America, serving more than a dozen Spanish-speaking countries. He is also responsible for world-renowned movie review site Rotten Tomatoes; Fandango Movieclips, the number one destination on YouTube for movie trailers and content; and the fast-growing on-demand video service, FandangoNOW.
Samovar has served in a number of senior legal leadership roles at technology and media companies, including SVP & Deputy General Counsel at Rovi Corporation (now known as Tivo), SVP of Legal Affairs for Gemstar-TV Guide, and SVP of Policy & Legal Affairs and Chief Privacy Officer for Ticketmaster. He has also served as the General Counsel of Styleclick, a publicly traded e-commerce company controlled by IAC, and General Counsel of New.net, an Idealab-funded domain name and search company. Samovar also worked in legal and business affairs at Universal Home Entertainment, Universal Television, and USA Networks, where he was the VP of Business & Legal Affairs, after starting his career at Latham & Watkins. Samovar holds both a JD and BA from UC Berkeley.
Samovar oversees legal and business affairs functions for all properties in Fandango's portfolio, which includes online ticketers MovieTickets.com and Flixster in the U.S.; Ingresso.com in Brazil; and Fandango Latin America, serving more than a dozen Spanish-speaking countries. He is also responsible for world-renowned movie review site Rotten Tomatoes; Fandango Movieclips, the number one destination on YouTube for movie trailers and content; and the fast-growing on-demand video service, FandangoNOW.
Samovar has served in a number of senior legal leadership roles at technology and media companies, including SVP & Deputy General Counsel at Rovi Corporation (now known as Tivo), SVP of Legal Affairs for Gemstar-TV Guide, and SVP of Policy & Legal Affairs and Chief Privacy Officer for Ticketmaster. He has also served as the General Counsel of Styleclick, a publicly traded e-commerce company controlled by IAC, and General Counsel of New.net, an Idealab-funded domain name and search company. Samovar also worked in legal and business affairs at Universal Home Entertainment, Universal Television, and USA Networks, where he was the VP of Business & Legal Affairs, after starting his career at Latham & Watkins. Samovar holds both a JD and BA from UC Berkeley.