Meeka Bondy
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Film and Television
- New York
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Meeka works with companies at the forefront of media and technology, providing strategic counsel, transactional support, and intellectual property guidance at all stages of the content life cycle.
Meeka Bondy serves as co-chair of the Film & TV industry group, co-chair of the Women in Media and Entertainment group, co-editor of the Age of Disruption blog, and senior counsel in the Technology Transactions & Privacy Law practice. A media industry veteran, she focuses her practice on media, entertainment, technology, and intellectual property law, helping clients navigate media rights and distribution models in the entertainment, gaming, sports, music, social media, digital media, software, e-commerce, and mobile industries.
Meeka structures, negotiates, and drafts a variety of complex commercial transactions involving the development, co-production, acquisition, licensing, distribution, and monetization of film, television, sports, music, video game, print, audio, and video content across multiple platforms, apps, devices, and marketplaces. She advises clients on the legal, contractual, regulatory, and market challenges presented by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; cloud computing; non-fungible tokens (NFTs); interactive entertainment; digital replicas; synthetic media; targeted advertising; the internet; the metaverse; apps; and virtual, augmented, mixed, and immersive reality.
For more than 25 years, Meeka has been a trusted advisor to market leaders pioneering the future of entertainment. She brings a deep understanding of the windowing paradigms and licensing strategies favored by movie and television studios; television networks and programmers; cable, satellite, telecommunications, and digital multichannel video programming distributors (MVPD); and video streaming services, apps, and platforms. Meeka is highly versatile in all forms of traditional and digital distribution of film, television, and video content, including theatrical exhibition; linear television (e.g., pay, basic cable, and broadcast); on-demand television (e.g., SVOD, AVOD, TVOD, and PPV); OTT; TV Everywhere; home video (e.g., EST); FAST channels and services; connected TVs and streaming devices; and stand-alone and bundled streaming services, apps, and platforms.
Meeka is a founding board member of AIM and Future Now Media Foundation, a longtime WICT Network NY board member, and chair of Brooklyn Law School’s Women’s Leadership Circle. She is a frequently sought-after moderator, speaker, and thought leader on the future of entertainment, intellectual property, technology, AI, negotiation, and leadership, including at Digital Hollywood at CES, Game Developers Conference, and WICT’s Leadership Conference, and in Business Insider, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., President, Asian American Law Students Association; Executive Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 1994
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Psychology, 1990
Bar and Court Admissions
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New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Related Employment
- fuboTV Inc., New York, NY, Consultant, 2020-2021
- Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO), New York, NY, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, 2013-2019; Vice President, Legal Affairs, 2010-2013; Vice President and Senior Counsel, 2007-2010; Senior Counsel, 2004-2007
- Time Warner Interactive Group Inc., New York, NY, Vice President, Legal Affairs, 2002-2004
- Time Inc., New York, NY, Associate Counsel, 1998-2001
- Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 1994-1998; Summer Associate, 1992
Professional Recognition
Brooklyn Law School Distinguished Alumni of the Year, Intellectual Property Law Association, 2020
Brooklyn Law School Distinguished Alumni of the Year, Asian American Law Students Association, 2000
Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) Woman to Watch – Programmer, 2019
Brooklyn Law School Distinguished Alumni of the Year, Entertainment Sports Law Association, 2016
Winner, Global Counsel IP Team Award, International Law Office and Association of Corporate Counsel, 2016
Winner, Global Counsel IP Team Award, International Law Office and Association of Corporate Counsel, 2016
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) NY, Board Member, Programming Chair, Secretary
- WICT NY, Prime Access Mentoring Program, Mentor
- WICT NY, Mentoring Circle, Founding Co-Chair
- Copyright Society of the USA – NY Chapter, Programming Committee, Member
- Asian Americans in Media (AIM), Founding Member and Secretary
- FUTURE NOW Media Foundation, Inc., Founding Board Member and Secretary
- Brooklyn Law School, Women’s Leadership Circle, Member
- Brooklyn Law School, Entertainment & Media Group, Mentor
- Asia Society – Global Talent and Diversity Council, Member
- WICT, Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, Graduate
- Stanford Business School, Advanced Leadership Program for Asian-American Executives, Graduate
Community Involvement
- Central Synagogue – Leadership Development Group, Member
- The WICT Network, New York Chapter, Chapter Advisor
