Julie Simon

SVP, Advanced Services, Affiliate Sales and Marketing
Fox Networks

A veteran executive who has worked on the operator and programmer side, Simon is one of Fox’s top distribution executives, overseeing day-to-day activities for HD, iTV and VOD. She’s also been a vocal force in NCTA’s Battle of the Bands challenge.

Biggest Challenge: “We’re facing increasingly blurring lines across platforms and content delivery mechanisms. My biggest challenge is how to protect our economic ecosystem, affiliate relationships, brand identity and ratings while creating opportunities for growth in a technology climate that’s evolving faster than our collective ability to monetize and measure it.”

Most Recent Book: “I’m re-reading The Elegant Universe – a lay-person’s guide to string theory, general relativity and quantum mechanics. One of these days I may actually understand it!”