Cablefax 100 2020 Archive

Cablefax 100 2020 Honorees

1

Mike Cavanagh

Senior EVP & CFO

Comcast Corporation

Jeff Shell

CEO

NBCUniversal

Dave Watson

President & CEO | Senior EVP

Comcast Cable | Comcast Corporation

2

Tom Rutledge

Chairman & CEO

Charter Communications

3

Bob Bakish

President & CEO

ViacomCBS

4

James Pitaro

President | Co-Chairman

ESPN | Disney Media Networks

Peter Rice

Chairman | Co-Chairman

Walt Disney Television | Disney Media Networks

5

Bonnie Hammer

Chairman

NBCUniversal Content Studios

Mark Lazarus

Chariman, NBCUniversal Television & Streaming

NBCUniversal

Matt Strauss

Chairman Peacock

NBCUniversal

6

David Zaslav

President & CEO

Discovery, Inc.

7

Suzanne Scott

CEO

FOX News Media

8

Dexter Goei

CEO

Altice USA

9

Josh Sapan

President & CEO

AMC Networks

10

Pat Esser

President & CEO

Cox Communications

11

Bob Greenblatt

Chairman

WarnerMedia Entertainment

Jeff Zucker

Chairman

WarnerMedia News & Sports

12

Paul Buccieri

President

A+E Networks Group

13

Julie Laulis

President & CEO

CableONE/Sparklight

14

Matt Bond

Chairman, Content Distribution

NBCUniversal

Mac Budill

President, NBCUniversal TV Networks Distribution, Content Distribution

NBCUniversal

15

Charlie Collier

CEO

Fox Entertainment

16

Dana Strong

President, Consumer Services

Comcast Cable

17

David Nevins

Chief Creative Officer | Chairman & CEO

CBS | Showtime Networks

18

Casey Bloys

President, HBO Programming

WarnerMedia Entertainment

19

Jeffrey Hirsch

President & CEO

Starz

20

Nancy Daniels

Chief Brand Officer, Discovery and Factual

Discovery, Inc.

Kathleen Finch

Chief Lifestyle Brands Officer

Discovery, Inc.

21

Frances Berwick

President, Lifestyle Networks (Bravo, E! Oxygen, Universal Kids)

NBCUniversal

Chris McCumber

President, Entertainment Networks (USA Network & SYFY)

NBCUniversal

22

Cesar Conde

Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group

NBCUniversal

23

Lynn Charytan

SVP & Senior Deputy General Counsel | EVP & General Counsel

Comcast Corporation | Comcast Cable

Kim Harris

EVP | General Counsel

Comcast Corporation | NBCUniversal

Tom Reid

Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

Comcast Corporation

24

Sarah Barnett

President, Entertainment Networks Group & AMC Studios

AMC Networks

Ed Carroll

COO

AMC Networks

Marc Juris

President & GM

WE tv

25

Michael Biard

President, Operations & Distribution

Fox Corporation

26

Ray Hopkins

President, US Networks Distribution

ViacomCBS

Jo Ann Ross

President & Chief Advertising Revenue Officer

ViacomCBS

27

Bill McGoldrick

President, Original Content

NBCUniversal Entertainment Networks & Direct-to-Consumer

28

Vincent Sadusky

CEO

Univision Communications

29

Gary Marsh

President & Chief Creative Officer

Disney Channels Worldwide

30

John Landgraf

CEO

FX Networks & FX Productions

31

Eric Shanks

CEO & Executive Producer

Fox Sports

Mark Silverman

President, National Networks

Fox Sports

32

Jennifer Khoury

Chief Communications Officer

Comcast Corporation

D'Arcy Rudnay

Chief Communications Officer

Comcast Corporation

33

David Granville-Smith

COO & CFO

A+E Networks

Peter Olsen

EVP, Ad Sales

A+E Networks

David Zagin

President, Distribution

A+E Networks

34

Kevin Reilly

Chief Content Officer | President

HBO Max | TNT, TBS and truTV

35

Rita Ferro

President, Disney Advertising Sales

Disney Advertising Sales

36

Bill Stemper

President, Comcast Business

Comcast Cable

Steve Croney

EVP & CFO

Comcast Cable

Greg Rigdon

President, Content Acquisition

Comcast Cable

Kathy Zachem

EVP, Regulatory & State Legislative Affairs

Comcast Corporation

37

John Pascarelli

EVP, Operations

Mediacom Communications

Mark Stephan

EVO, CFO

Mediacom Communications

Italia Commisso Weinand

EVP, Programming & HR

Mediacom Communications

38

Marianne Gambelli

President, Advertising Sales

Fox Corporation

39

Greg Butz

President, Connectivity Services & Consumer Experience

Comcast Cable

Charlie Herrin

EVP & Chief Product Officer

Comcast Cable

Sam Schwartz

Chief Business Development Officer

Comcast Cable

40

Kim Kelleher

President, Advertising Sales and Partnerships

AMC Networks

Josh Reader

President, AMC Networks Distribution & Development

AMC Networks

Linda Schupack

President, Marketing, Entertainment Networks Group

AMC Networks

41

Linda Yaccarino

Chairman, Advertising Sales & Client Partnerships

NBCUniversal

42

Scott Mills

President

BET Networks

43

Jessica Rodriguez

Chief Marketing Officer & President, Entertainment

Univision Communications

44

Monica Gil

Chief Marketing Officer & EVP

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

45

W. Erik Carlson

President & CEO

DISH

46

Hakim Boubazine

President, Telecommunications & COO

Altice USA

47

Noopur Davis

EVP & Chief Product and Information Security Officer

Comcast Cable

Marcien Jenckes

President, Advertising

Comcast Cable

Tony Werner

President, Technology, Product, Xperience

Comcast Cable

48

Bruce Campbell

Chief Development, Distribution & Legal Officer

Discovery, Inc.

Peter Faricy

CEO, Global Direct-to-Consumer

Discovery, Inc.

49

Barry Jossen

President, A+E Studios

A+E Networks

Rob Sharenow

President, Programming

A+E Networks

50

Andy Albert

SVP, Content Acquisition

Cox Communications

Mark Greatrex

EVP, & Chief Marketing & Sales Officer

Cox Communications

51

Christa D'Alimonte

EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

ViacomCBS

52

Courteney Monroe

President

National Geographic Television Networks

53

Chris McCarthy

President of Entertainment & Youth Brands Viacom Domestic Media Networks

ViacomCBS

Brian Robbins

President, Kids & Family Entertainment

ViacomCBS

54

Savalle Sims

EVP and General Cousel

Discovery, Inc.

Gunnar Wiedenfels

CFO

Discovery, Inc.

55

Melody Hildebrandt

EVP, Consumer Products & Engineering/Chief Information Security Officer

Fox Corporation

Claudia Teran

EVP & Corporate General Counsel | EVP & General Counsel

Fox Corporation | Fox Sports

56

Eric Phillips

President, Affiliate Distribution

Discovery, Inc

Jon Steinlauf

Chief US Advertising Sales Officer

Discovery, Inc.

57

Erin McIlvain

EVP, Distribution & Content Strategy

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

Eddie Edwards

President & CEO

CommScope

59

Sofia Chang

President, Distribution

WarnerMedia

Rich Warren

President, Distribution

WarnerMedia

60

Byron Allen

Founder, Chairman & CEO

Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group

Janice Arouh

President, Cable Networks Distribution & Marketing

Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group

61

Henry Schleiff

Group President

Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, American Heroes Channel & Destination America

62

Jennifer Caserta

Chief Transformation & People Officer

AMC Networks

63

Rich Fickle

President & CEO

NCTC – National Cable Television Cooperative

Matthew Polka

President & CEO

ACA Connects – America’s Communications Association

Michael Powell

President & CEO

NCTA – The Internet & Television Association

64

Nina L. Diaz

President, Content & Chief Creative Officer

ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks

65

Peter Kiriacoulacos

EVP & Chief Procurement Officer

Comcast Cable

66

Ray Carpenter

CFO

Xandr

67

Jane Latman

President

HGTV

Howard Lee

President & General Manager

TLC

Allison Page

President

Magnolia Network

Courtney White

President

Food Network & Cooking Channel

68

Gary Levine

Co-President, Entertainment

Showtime Networks

Jana Winograde

Co-President, Entertainment

Showtime Networks

69

Nancy Kanter

EVP, Content & Creative Strategy

Disney Channels Worldwide

70

Marc DeBevoise

Chief Digital Officer | President & CEO

ViacomCBS | ViacomCBS Digital

71

Beau Ferrari

Chairman

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

72

Henry Ahn

President, Distribution & Content Partnerships

Univision Communications

Steve Mandala

President, Advertising Sales & Marketing

Univision Communications

73

Burke Magnus

EVP, Programming, Acquisitions & Scheduling

ESPN

Connor Schell

EVP, Content

ESPN

74

Carolyn Bernstein

EVP, Global Scripted Content & Documentary Films

National Geographic

Geoff Daniels

EVP, Global Unscripted Entertainment

National Geographic

75

Tom Ryan

CEO & Co-Founder

Pluto TV

76

Justin Connolly

President, Media Distribution

ESPN

77

David Preschlack

President | EVP, Content Strategy

NBC Sports Regional Networks | NBC Sports Group Platform & Content Strategy

78

Jon Steinberg

President Altice News & Advertising

Altice USA

79

Steven J. Simmons

Chairman

RCN/Grande/WAVE

80

Teresa Elder

President

WOW!

81

Tina Perry

President

OWN

82

Stephanie McMahon

Chief Brand Officer

WWE

83

Dave Clark

GM

FreeWheel, A Comcast Company

84

Lee Schroeder

EVP, Government & Community Affairs & Chief Diversity Officer

Altice USA

85

Farhad Massoudi

CEO

Tubi

86

Mark Dzuban

President & CEO

SCTE-ISBE

Jana Henthorn

President & CEO

The Cable Center

Vicki Lins

President & CEO

CTAM

Shuanise Washington

President & CEO

NAMIC, Inc.

Pamela Williams

Executive Director

C2HR

87

Kevin Bennett

General Manager | Group EVP, Programming

Investigation Discovery & American Heroes Channel | ID, Travel Channel, AHC and Destination America

Alex Wellen

Global President & General Manager

MotorTrend Group

88

Rob Kennedy

Co-CEO

C-SPAN

Susan Swain

Co-CEO

C-SPAN

89

Ken Solomon

CEO

Tennis Channel

90

David Apostolico

SVP, Platform Expansion & Distribution

QVC & HSN

Jodi Teitelman

VP, US Affiliate Distribution

QVC & HSN

91

Tom O’Brien

President

The Weather Group

Nora Zimmett

Chief Content Officer, EVP

The Weather Channel

92

Clint Stinchcomb

President & CEO

CuriosityStream

93

Karen Leever

President, US Digital Products & Marketing

Discovery, Inc.

Tyler Whitworth

SVP & GM, Direct-to-Consumer

Discovery, Inc.

94

Nicolle Pangis

CEO

Ampersand

95

Leonard Asper

President & CEO

Anthem Sports & Entertainment

96

Tanya Giles

GM & Head of Content Strategy and Programming

ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group

97

Dale Hopkins

CEO

iNDEMAND

98

Michelle Rice

GM

TV One and CLEO TV

99

Fahri Diner

CEO & Co-Founder

Plume

Bill Routt

COO & President

MOBITV

Dave Shull

Senior Adviser

TiVo

100

David Cerullo

President & CEO

INSP

Michael Fletcher

CEO

RIDE TV

Liz Janneman

EVP, Network Strategy

Ovation TV

Regional Honorees

1

Jay Allbaugh

SVP & Northeast Region Manager
Cox Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

2

Sam Attisha

SVP & California Region Manager
Cox Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

3

Allan Block

Chairman, Principal Executive Officer
Block Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

4

Patricia Jo Boyers

President & Vice Chairman | Chairman
BOYCOM Vision | ACA Connects
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

5

Bill Bridgen

President, Group Leader
NBC Sports Regional Networks
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

6

Leslie Brown

SVP & General Counsel
Atlantic Broadband
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

7

Jonathan Bullock

EVP, Corporate Development & Government
Hotwire Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

8

Bret Carroll

CEO
Conway Corp.
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

9

Patrice Carroll

CEO
ImOn Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

10

Kevin Casey

President, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

11

John Cinelli

President & CEO
Metronet
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

12

Timothy Collins

Regional SVP, Heartland Region, Central Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

13

Bill Connors

President, Central Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

14

Kevin Cross

SVP and GM
NBC Sports Chicago
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

15

John Crowley

Regional SVP, Greater Chicago Region, Central Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

16

Matt Dosch

EVP & COO
Comporium
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

17

John Gauder

Regional SVP, California Region, West Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

18

John Gdovin

EVP & Chief Administrative Officer
RCN/Grande/Wave
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

19

Katherine Gessner

President
MCTV
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

20

Jim Gleason

CEO
Vast Broadband and Vexus Fiber
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

21

Andrea Greenberg

President & CEO
MSG Networks
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

22

Ted Griggs

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

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

23

Jason Gumbs

Regional SVP, Big South Region, Central Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

24

Mike Hagg

President & CEO
Horry Telephone Cooperative
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

25

Jim Holanda

CEO
RCN/GRANDE/WAVE
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

26

Kristin Johnson

Co-founder & CEO
Hotwire Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

27

John Keller

Regional SVP, Twin Cities Region, West Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

28

Percy Kirk

SVP & Central Region Manager
Cox Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

29

Jeff Krolik

Outgoing President
Sinclair Regional Sports
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

30

Jon Litner

CEO
YES Network
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

31

Rodrigo Lopez

Regional SVP, Washington Region, West Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

32

Amy Lynch

Regional SVP, Mountain West Region, West Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

33

Brian Lynch

SVP, Broadband
Schurz Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

34

Ralph Martinez

Regional SVP, Houston Region, West Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

35

Dennis Mathew

Regional SVP, Western New England, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

36

Pat McAdaragh

President & CEO
Midco
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

37

Heather McCallion

VP, Products & Programming
Atlantic Broadband
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

38

Mary McLaughlin

Regional SVP, Beltway Region, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

39

Brad Moline

CEO
Allo Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

40

Ben Moncrief

SVP, Strategic Relations
C Spire
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

41

Brian Monihan

President
NBC Sports Philadelphia
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

42

J.D. Myers II

SVP, Virginia Region Manager
Cox Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

43

Michael Parker

Regional SVP, Keystone Region, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

44

Andrew Petersen

SVP, Corporate Affairs
TDS
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

45

Tracy Pitcher

SVP, Comcast Business, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

46

Anthony Pope

SVP, Southeast Region Manager
Cox Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

47

Frank van der Post

President
Atlantic Broadband
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

48

Steve Raab

President
SNY
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

49

Jeff Ross

President
Armstrong
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

50

Jim Samaha

Regional SVP, Freedom Region, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

51

Todd Schurz

President & CEO
Schurz Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

52

Geoff Shook

President
Buckeye Broadband
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

53

Phil Spencer

CEO
Vyve Broadband
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

54

Mark Walter

SVP
Service Electric Cablevision
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

56

Tom Whitaker

VP, Corporate Development
Shentel
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

57

Steve White

President, West Division
Comcast Cable
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner

58

John Wolfe

SVP & Southwest Region Manager
Cox Communications
Regionals

Regionals

Honorable Mentions
Winner