March 18, 2010, Boston: Powderhouse Productions, a national leader in the development and production of primetime non-fiction television programming, is planning a major redesign and rebuild of it’s current production studios in order to meet increased demand and an expanding creative team.

“We are thrilled to renew our lease and break ground on our redesigned facilities at our
Davis Square, Somerville, headquarters. This location is smack in the middle of one of
the most artistically and technologically sophisticated communities on the planet. The
redesigned facility will not only expand our capabilities, not only let us even better serve
our current and future customers, it’ll be a really cool place to work” said Joel Olicker,
CEO of Powderhouse Productions.
The expansion will make room for a cutting edge new production and postproduction
collaboration platform called AVID INTERPLAY. “We’re one of the few independent
production companies in the country to incorporate INTERPLAY, and it’s an amazing
leap forward in workflow. AVID plans to feature Powderhouse in a new national
marketing campaign,” said Rob Kirwin, VP Post Production at Powderhouse.
Currently Powderhouse has five series in production for multiple cable networks, such as
Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and History Channel, with many
more in development. Last year, Powderhouse produced 36 hours of television and this
year they are on track to deliver at least 45 hours of the best in factual entertainment.
About Powderhouse Productions
Powderhouse is an award-winning cable and broadcast content development production
company based in Somerville, MA. They have produced such hit programs as: Dogs 101, Build it
Bigger, and Extreme Engineering. Powderhouse programs are seen on many of the most wellknown
cable networks in the world, such as Discovery, Animal Planet, History Channel and
Science. Internationally, their series and programs have been seen in over 200 countries.
Powderhouse’s work has been recognized with a national prime time Emmy nomination, The
Director’s Guild Award for Best Reality Program (Build It Bigger), The Beijing International
Science Film Festival Silver Medal, The Houston World Fest Gold Special Jury Award, The
CINDY Award, The National Educational Media Network’s Bronze Apple Award, The
Communicators Award – Crystal Award of Excellence and The Cine Gold Eagle.

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