Sarah Barnett

EDITOR’S NOTE: We continue to spotlight our 2011 CableFAX 100 honorees, who were featured in a special issue of CableFAX: The Magazine published in Dec. 2011. Here is an excerpt from #89.

Title: EVP/GM, Sundance Channel 

Years in Cable: 10 (14 years prior at BBC UK)

Education: BA, Warwick University, UK

Advice: Life’s too short to drink cheap wine.

The one topping that should never be put on a hot dog: marmite.

My best technique for deterring time-wasting office visits from co-workers:  marmite.

Worst thing I’ve ever heard someone say in a meeting: "Let’s socialize that idea."

Favorite sports team: Arsenal FC

Favorite vacation spot: Tulum, Mexico ?

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