Lyall Sumner
- Producer
- Production Manager
Lyall Sumner is a Feature Film Producer and Senior TV Executive having been at the forefront of the the transition of the industry from linear television to streaming. He has launched and run multiple Television Platforms, Channels and Programs into multiple international markets. He comes from Sydney, Australia where he first worked as a Producer for the public national broadcaster SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) and started Producing a regular Fashion TV program for community television before building up experience in independent Feature Film and Music Video production. He arrived in the UK in 2000 where he helped launch the interactive TV platform "Homechoice" a world leader in streaming and on-demand viewing, that was the precursor of our modern media landscape and viewing behaviour. In addition to Writing and Directing the theatre production "Out Of The Shadows", he produced the Feature Film "Concealed" with long time collaborator Writer/Director Shane T. Hall, while they were based in London - shooting on location in their hometown of Sydney. In 2010 he moved to The Netherlands, launching the "Horizon" TV platform for cable TV giant Liberty Global, rolling it out to multiple operators in Europe and South America. Most recently he ran The Roku Channel ad funded streaming platform for international markets.