Cablefax 100 2018 Archive

Cablefax 100 Honorees

1

David Zaslav

President & CEO

Discovery

2

Steve Burke

CEO | EVP

NBCUniversal | Comcast Corp.

Michael Cavanagh

Senior EVP & CFO

Comcast Corporation

Dave Watson

President & CEO | Senior EVP

Comcast Cable | Comcast Corp.

3

Bonnie Hammer

Chairman

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Studios

4

Tom Rutledge

President & CEO

Charter Communications

5

James Pitaro

President | Co-Chair

ESPN | Disney Media Networks

Ben Sherwood

President | Co-Chair

Disney/ABC Television Group | Disney Media Networks

6

Josh Sapan

President & CEO

AMC Networks

7

Dexter Goei

Chairman & CEO

Altice USA

8

Brian Sullivan

President & COO

Fox Networks Group

9

John Stankey

CEO, Entertainment Group

AT&T

10

Pat Esser

President

Cox Communications

11

Bob Bakish

President & CEO

Viacom

12

Jack Abernethy

CEO

Fox Television Stations

Suzanne Scott

CEO

Fox News, Fox Business Network

Jay Wallace

President, Executive Editor

Fox News

13

Randy Freer

CEO

Hulu

14

Matt Bond

Chairman, Content Distribution

NBCUniversal

Mac Budill

President, TV Network Distribution

NBCUniversal

Frances Manfredi

President, Television and New Media Distribution, US & Canada

NBCUniversal

15

Richard Plepler

Chairman & CEO

HBO

Casey Bloys

President, Programming

HBO

16

David Nevins

President & CEO

Showtime Networks

17

Chris Albrecht

President & CEO

Starz

Carmi Zlotnik

President of Programming

Starz

18

John Martin

Chairman & CEO

Turner

19

Nancy Daniels

Chief Brand Officer, Discovery & Factual

Discovery

Susanna Dinnage

Global President, Animal Planet

Discovery

Kathleen Finch

Chief Lifestyles Brand Officer

Discovery

20

Frances Berwick

President, Lifestyle Networks

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment

Chris McCumber

President, Entertainment Networks

NBCUniversal

21

Michael Biard

President, Distribution

Fox Networks Group

Joe Marchese

President, Advertising Revenue

Fox Networks Group

22

David Levy

President

Turner

23

Greg Butz

President, Comcast Mobile

Comcast Cable

Greg Rigdon

EVP, Content Acquisition

Comcast Cable

Matt Strauss

EVP, Xfinity Services

Comcast Cable

Tony Werner

President, Technology & Product

Comcast Cable

24

George Cheeks

Co-President | President, Late Night Programming

Universal Cable Productions & Wilshire Studios | NBC Entertainment

Dawn Olmstead

Co-President

Universal Cable Productions & Wilshire Studios

Bill McGoldrick

President, Scripted Content

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment

25

Rita Tuzon

EVP & General Counsel

Fox Networks Group

26

Ed Carroll

COO

AMC Networks

27

Mel Berning

President, Chief Revenue Officer

A+E Networks

David Granville-Smith

COO & CFO

A+E Networks

David Zagin

President, Distribution

A+E Networks

28

Tonia O’Connor

Chief Revenue Officer

Univision Communications Inc.

Jessica Rodriguez

President & COO | CMO

UCI Networks | Univision Communications Inc.

29

Justin Connolly

EVP, Affiliate Sales & Marketing

Disney and ESPN Media Networks

Gary Marsh

President, Chief Creative Officer

Disney Channels Worldwide

30

Charlie Collier

President

AMC, SundanceTV & AMC Studio

31

John Landgraf

CEO

FX Networks & FX Productions

32

Dave Howe

President, Strategy & Commercial Growth

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment

Adam Stotsky

President

E! Entertainment

33

W. Erik Carlson

President & CEO

DISH

Warren Schlichting

Group President

Sling TV

34

Cesar Conde

Chairman

NBCUniversal International & Telemundo Enterprises

35

Daniel York

Chief Content Officer

AT&T DirecTV

36

Andy Albert

SVP, Content Acquisition

Cox Communications

Mark Greatrex

EVP, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer

Cox Communications

37

David L. Cohen

Senior EVP & Chief Diversity Officer

Comcast Corporation

Kimberley Harris

EVP & General Counsel

NBCUniversal

D'Arcy Rudnay

EVP & Chief Communications Officer

Comcast Corporation

38

Rocco Commisso

President & CEO

Mediacom

39

Hakim Boubazine

Co-President & COO

Altice USA

Charles Stewart

Co-President & CFO

Altice USA

40

Christine Driessen

EVP & CFO

ESPN

Ed Erhardt

President, Global Sales & Marketing

ESPN

41

Bruce Campbell

Chief Development, Distribution & Legal Officer

Discovery

JB Perrette

President & CEO

Discovery Networks International

42

Charlie Herrin

EVP & Chief Customer Experience Officer

Comcast Cable

Bill Stemper

President

Comcast Business

43

Eric Shanks

President, COO & Executive Producer

Fox Sports

44

Rob Sharenow

President, Programming

A+E Networks

45

Coleman Breland

President, Content Experiences

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) & FilmStruck

Lenny Daniels

President & GM

Turner Sports

Kevin Reilly

President | Chief Creative Officer

TBS & TNT | Turner Entertainment

46

Savalle Sims

EVP & General Counsel

Discovery

Gunnar Wiedenfels

CFO

Discovery

47

Debra Lee

Outgoing Chairman & CEO

BET Networks

48

Linda Yaccarino

Chairman, Advertising Sales & Client Partnerships

NBCUniversal

49

Courteney Monroe

CEO

National Geographic Global Networks

50

Eric Phillips

President, Affiliate Distribution

Discovery

51

Paul Buccieri

President

A+E Studios & A+E Networks Portfolio Group

52

Jon Steinlauf

Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer

Discovery

53

Christy Shibata

CFO

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment

54

Bruce McClelland

CEO

Arris

55

Donna Speciale

President, Ad Sales

Turner

Rich Warren

President

Turner Content Distribution

56

Claudia Teran

EVP, Business & Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel | General Counsel

Fox Networks Group | Fox Sports

57

Bill Abbott

President & CEO

Crown Media Family Networks

Susanne McAvoy

EVP, Marketing, Creative & Communications

Crown Media Family Networks

Erin McIlvain

EVP, Distribution

Crown Media Family Networks

Kristen Roberts

EVP, Pricing, Planning & Revenue Management

Crown Media Family Networks

Michelle Vicary

EVP, Programming & Network Publicity

Crown Media Family Networks

58

Henry Schleiff

Group President

ID, American Heroes, Destination America & Travel Channel

Kevin Bennett

GM | Group EVP, Programming

ID & AHC | ID, AHC, Destination America & Travel Channel

Jane Latman

GM | EVP, Development and Research

Travel Channel & Destination America | ID, American Heroes Channel & Destination America

59

Sarah Barnett

President & GM

BBC America

Jennifer Caserta

Chief Transformation Officer

AMC Networks

Marc Juris

President & GM

WE tv

60

Matthew M. Polka

President & CEO

American Cable Association

Michael Powell

President & CEO

NCTA

61

Nancy Kanter

EVP, Content & Creative Strategy

Disney Channels Worldwide

62

Lynn Charytan

EVP & General Counsel | SVP & Senior Deputy General Counsel

Comcast Cable | Comcast Corp.

Steve Croney

EVP & CFO

Comcast Cable

Marcien Jenckes

President, Advertising

Comcast Cable

63

Sean Cohan

President, International & Digital Media

A+E Networks

64

Carolyn Bernstein

EVP & Head of Global Scripted Development & Production

National Geographic

Geoff Daniels

EVP & GM

Nat Geo WILD

Tim Pastore

Former President, Original Programming & Production

National Geographic

65

Howard Lee

President & GM

TLC & Discovery Life

Allison Page

President

HGTV & Food Network

66

Chris McCarthy

President

MTV, VH1 & Logo

67

Byron Allen

Chairman & CEO

Entertainment Studios Networks

Janice Arouh

President, Network Distribution & Marketing

Entertainment Studios Networks

68

Brad Schwartz

President

Pop Media Group

69

Peter Blacker

EVP, Digital Media & Emerging Business

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

Beau Ferrari

EVP

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

70

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

President

Univision Deportes

71

Burke Magnus

EVP, Programming & Scheduling

ESPN

Diane Morse

Chief Counsel

ESPN

72

Jeff Krolik

President, Regional Networks

Fox Sports

73

Deirdre Brennan

GM

Universal Kids

74

Kevin Kay

President

Paramount Network, CMT & TV Land

Keith Cox

President, Development & Production

Paramount Network, CMT & TV Land

Frank Tanki

GM

CMT & TV Land

75

David Preschlack

President, Regional Sports Networks & Platform and Content Strategy

NBC Sports Group

76

Andy LeCuyer

SVP, Programming, DISH TV

DISH

Brian Neylon

Group President, DISH TV

DISH

77

Jeff Binder

EVP | CEO

T-Mobile US | Layer3 TV

78

Mark Dzuban

President & CEO

SCTE-IBSE

Vicki Lins

President & CEO

CTAM

Phil McKinney

President & CEO

CableLabs

79

Michelle Wilson

Co-President

WWE

80

Jeffrey Hirsch

COO

Starz

81

David Hagan

Chairman & CEO

Boingo Wireless

Dawn Callahan

CMO

Boingo Wireless

82

Bob Broussard

President, Distribution

AMC Networks

Scott Collins

President, National Advertising Sales

AMC Networks

83

Art Block

EVP, General Counsel and Secretary

Comcast Corp.

Kathy Zachem

EVP, Regulatory & State Legislative Affairs

Comcast Corp.

84

Yvette Kanouff

SVP & GM, Cisco Service Provider Business

Cisco

85

Ken Solomon

President

Tennis Channel

86

Erik Logan

President

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

87

Karen Leever

EVP & GM

Discovery Digital Media US

Bob Scanlon

President

Velocity & Motor Trend Group Video Content

88

Mike George

President & CEO

Qurate Retail Group

Mary Campbell

Chief Interactive Experience Officer

Qurate Retail Group

89

Beth Roberts

EVP, Business Operations

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment

90

Himesh Bhise

CEO

Synacor

91

Ann Carlsen

CEO

Carlsen Resources

92

Rob Kennedy

President & Co-CEO

C-SPAN

Susan Swain

President & Co-CEO

C-SPAN

93

Kent Steffen

President, Ascendon Digital Service & OTT

CSG International

94

Luis Silberwasser

President

Telemundo Networks

Ray Warren

President

Telemundo Deportes

95

Sam Schwartz

Chief Business Development Officer

Comcast Cable

96

Alfred Liggins, III

CEO | Chairman & CEO

Urban One | TV One

Michelle Rice

GM

TV One

97

Dave Shull

CEO

The Weather Channel TV Network

98

Mike McCarley

President, Golf

NBC Sports Group

99

David Royle

EVP & Chief Programming Officer

Smithsonian Networks

100

David Cerullo

Chairman & CEO

INSP

Michael Schwimmer

President & CEO

Fuse Media

Daniel Tibbets

President & GM

El Rey Network

Amy Winter

GM & EVP

UP TV

Regional Honorees

1

Jeff Abbas

President & GM
Buckeye Broadband
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

2

Allan Block

Chairman of the Board
Buckeye Broadband
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

3

Patricia Boyers

President & Vice Chairman
BOYCOM CABLEVISION
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

4

Bill Bridgen

President, Group Leader
NBC Sports Regional Networks
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

5

Kevin Casey

President, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

6

Billy Chambers

EVP, Finance, Fox Sports Media Group
Fox Sports
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

7

Tim Collins

SVP, Heartland Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

8

Michael Connelly

SVP/Executive Producer, Fox Sports Networks
Fox Sports
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

9

Bill Connors

President, Central Division
Comcast Corporation
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

10

John Conrad

VP, General Counsel
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

11

John Crowley

SVP, Greater Chicago Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

12

John Gdovin

CAO
Patriot Media-RCN/Grande
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

13

Robert Gessner

President
MCTV
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

14

Andrea Greenberg

President & CEO
MSG Networks
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

15

Ted Griggs

President, Group and Strategic Production & Programming Leader
NBC Sports Regional Networks
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

16

Princell Hair

SVP & General Manager
NBC Sports Boston
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

17

Jim Holanda

CEO
RCN/Grande/Wave
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

18

Rich Jennings

SVP, Mountain West Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

19

John 'J.D.' Keller

Regional VP, Twin Cities Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

20

Julie Laulis

President, CEO & Chair
Cable ONE
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

21

Rodrigo Lopez

Regional SVP, Oregon/SW Washington
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

22

Amy Lynch

Regional VP, Washington
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

23

Ralph Martinez

SVP, Houston Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

24

Abby Masenheimer

Associate General Counsel
Blue Ridge Cable (Pencor Services)
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

25

DM

Dave Masenheimer

President
Blue Ridge Cable (Pencor Services)
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

26

MM

Mark Masenheimer

GM
Blue Ridge Cable (Pencor Services)
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

27

Mary McLaughlin

SVP, Beltway Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

28

Brian Monihan

President & GM
NBC Sports Philadelphia
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

29

Robert Ormberg

VP, Content & Product Management
GCI
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

30

Michael Parker

SVP, Western New England Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

31

Andrew “Drew” Petersen

SVP, Corporate Affairs
TDS Telecom
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

32

Tina Pidgeon

General Counsel, SVP Governmental Affairs & Chief Compliance Officer
GCI
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

33

Tracy Pitcher

SVP, Greater Boston Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

34

Steve Raab

President
SNY
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

35

Jeff Ross

President
Armstrong Utilities
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

36

Jim Samaha

Regional SVP, Freedom Region
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

37

Kyle Sherman

President, Home Team Sports & Fox Sports College Properties
Fox Sports
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

38

Gary Shorman

President & CEO
Eagle Communications
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

39

Steven Simmons

Chairman
RCN/Grande/Wave
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

40

Craig Sloan

EVP, Home Team Sports
Fox Sports
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

41

JV

John Del Viscio

Associate General Counsel
Blue Ridge Cable (Pencor Services)
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

42

Christine Whitaker

Regional SVP, Keystone
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals

43

Steve White

President, West Division
Comcast Cable
Cablefax 100 – Regionals