Bruce David Klein has been the creative force behind hundreds of hours of high-profile, award-winning non-fiction series and specials, theatrical documentaries, and webisodes. In his capacity as President & Executive Producer of award-winning, NY-based Atlas Media Corp, Mr. Klein has created, written, produced and/or executive-produced series such as DR. G: MEDICAL EXAMINER (Discovery Health/TLC), MARY [...]

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Click above to watch the video interview As senior vice president and general manager of program acquisitions and international development, Harold Gronenthal is responsible for the international management of Rainbow Media’s AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv. He was named to his current post in 2007. In addition, Mr. Gronenthal continues to lead content [...]

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Mark Goldman is the President and CEO of be Network. Prior to this role, Mr.Goldman served as Chief Operating Officer of Current. where he was responsible for overseeing distribution, ad sales, legal and business affairs, as well as technical operations. Nick has been CEO of Blue Chip since its inception in 1998 and oversees all [...]

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As the Vice President of Content Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Adina Pitt is responsible for identifying and successfully negotiating broadcast deals for Cartoon Network as well as its sister channel Boomerang. These deals will be related to acquiring pre-produced series, specials and films. Her role as the key person in determining the influx of pre-produced television [...]

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Theresa Patiri manages original production business affairs, such as deal negotiations, talent contracts, rights and clearances, budgets, international and domestic program sales and day-to- day production operations for WE tv. Click here to go to video interviews section of CABLEU.tv to watch the full interview and find out about We tv’s recent personnel changes and [...]

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CableU.tv is honored to bring you this exclusive interview with William J. Abbott, President and Chief Executive Officer for Crown Media Holding, owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Abbott oversees a team of seasoned executives who manage the day-to-day operations of all facets of the channels, including programming, marketing, ad sales, [...]

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CableU is honored to present Robert M. Ecker, VP Programming / Executive Producer, for the Speed Channel. Note: This is an interview from our archives that we are reposting for you to be included among our main executive interviews on this blog. CU: What is the key element that makes a program right for your [...]

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Note: Katie Ackerman Buchanan is Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions for The Style Network.  She is responsible for the programming and strategy for both the linear network and VOD platform.  Katie manages the programming budget and oversees all acquisitions and co-productions for the network.  She has brokered several high-profile acquisition deals including “Supernanny”, “Extreme Makeover,” [...]

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Note: Debbie Myers is general manager of the Science Channel, and Executive Vice President of Programming for Discovery Emerging Networks. Ms. Myer’s leads the development, production, scheduling, research, marketing and communications efforts for Science Channel, with direct responsibility for driving the revenue and ratings for the brand. We recently spoke with Ms. Myers about what’s [...]

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CU: Tell us a little about the programs either airing or in development you’re most excited about. I caught “Forensics: You Decide” recently and think it’s a great concept. How’d that one come to the network? HS: Investigation Discovery has a close relationship with Sirens Media since both companies are based in Silver Spring, Md. [...]

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