Former specialty channel execs going global and hyper-niche with new over-the-top services

By Linda Stuart

TORONTO — Clearly seeing over-the-top as the biggest opportunity currently in the market, several former specialty channel executives have banded together to form a new digital media company that plans to launch a number of niche subscription-based OTT channels in 2016.TableRock Media was founded in Toronto in 2014 but only recently went public with its plans to launch a collection of hyper-niche Internet-based channels, initially targeted at guitar, motorcycle and aviation enthusiasts. TableRock Media’s trio of co-founders are: chief executive officer Jeffrey Elliott (third from left in the photo), former founder and CEO of GlassBOX Television; chief operating officer Joseph...