Sep 18, 2020

JDS Sports Launches RTG Features Production Banner With SLAM And Five-Star Basketball

Deadline

JDS Sports has partnered with magazine-turned-media company SLAMand camp business Five-Star Basketball to launch RTG Features. The production shingle’s projects will focus exclusively on basketball.

The acronym RTG is a nod to SLAM’s original slogan, “Respect the Game.” The company will focus on original development and financing along with adapting articles from SLAM’s 225-plus magazine issues into projects ranging from feature films to documentaries to podcasts.

The company has numerous projects in development with its inaugural project the Stephon Marbury documentary A Kid From Coney Island, which was executive produced by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman and is now streaming on Netflix.

Read full story here