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NewBay Media Names Weiss TV Sector Publisher

MCN Staff — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:00:00 +0000

NewBay Media has tapped Charlie Weiss as publisher of its TV Sector brands, with the veteran executive assuming a leadership role with Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable and Next TV.

Weiss, who reports to vice president, group publisher Louis Hillelson, joins NewBay’s TV Sector from the company’s Pro Audio Group, where he managed Mix, Sound & Video Contractor, Pro Sound News, and other leading brands in the portfolio. During his tenure, he helped develop the Pro Audio Group's marketing services, lead-generation programs, social media, and digital product offerings, and launched the Sound for Film event under the Mix brand.

As publisher of the TV Sector, Weiss is charged with shepherding and growing the group's marketing services, advertising, and event sponsorship efforts, and ensuring that the group continues to deliver NewBay’s market-leading TV-focused resources. He will work closely with other NewBay-owned brands, including TV Technology, Television Broadcast Europe, and Broadcast Engineering, to provide a comprehensive resource for marketers to reach the breadth of TV, video, and broadcast professionals.

“I am excited to work with Charlie to take our leading brands and outstanding events to the next level,” said Hillelson. “Charlie’s proven focus on our clients’ needs and innovative approach to custom programs will be a tremendous benefit to our customers looking to increase ROI.”

Noted Weiss: “The television market is a fast-paced, exciting industry, and I am thrilled to be joining both it and these legendary brands. I’m particularly excited to leverage my background and experience in the entertainment space, where I’ve helped customers build business, brand, content and audience across film, television, stage and performing arts.”

Weiss joined NewBay Media from Group FMG, where he was vice president of publishing. There, he managed business development, client media solutions, and digital transition. Prior to FMG, Weiss held executive positions at Backstage, Intellisphere, Nielsen Business Media, and Reed Business Information.

Working out of NBM’s New York City headquarters, Weiss will continue to serve as group publisher of the Pro Audio Group on an interim basis.

Schleiff Monroe, Ostroff, Join NYC TV Week #NYCTVWK #TCS

MCN Staff — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:15:00 +0000

Discovery Communications' Henry Schleiff, National Geographic’s Courteney Monroe and Condé Nast’s Dawn Ostroff have joined the lineup at Multichannel News' and Broadcasting & Cable's NYC Television Week.

The trio will engage in the roundtable discussion “Defining Your Core Brand” at The Content Show Nov.12.

Produced by MCN parent company NewBay Media, The Content Show is a conference and marketplace focusing on programming, development and distribution.

NYC TV week will also feature editions of ongoing event series Advanced Advertising, Next TV Summit & Expo, and the Business of Multiplatform TV, as well as award presentations, networking events and seminars.

Cable veteran Schleiff joined Discovery in 2009 and now serves as group president of Investigation Discovery, Destination America, American Heroes Channel and Discovery Fit & Health, which will rebrand in January 2015 as Discovery Life Channel. Prior to Discovery, Schleiff was president and CEO of Crown Media Holdings, Inc, the parent of the Hallmark Channels. and until 2006 was chairman and CEO of Court TV Network.

Monroe, who is currently CEO of National Geographic Channels U.S., oversees operations for all of National Geographic’s stateside networks, including National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Mundo. Before joining Nat Geo in 2011, Monroe was executive VP of consumer marketing and digital platforms at Home Box Office, where she led marketing efforts for both HBO and Cinemax.

A former Lifetime executive, Ostroff is now president of Condé Nast Entertainment, where she shepherds the development, production and distribution of Condé Nast’s TV, film and digital video properties. Until 2011, Ostroff helmed the CW Network, overseeing the channel’s launch; before that she was in charge of UPN Network.

In the panel moderated by Broadcasting & Cable Editor-in-Chief Melissa Grego, the trio will discuss successful strategies for defining and building network brands beyond the television set.

The Content Show, and all of NYC Television Week, take place at the Affinia Manhattan.

For more information about the event and to register, visit: http://nyctelevisionweek.com.

Sony’s Berger to Keynote Next TV Summit New York

MCN Staff — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000

Sony Pictures Television’s Eric Berger has joined the lineup of the Next TV Summit & Expo New York.

Berger, executive vice president of digital networks and general manager of Crackle, Sony’s multi-platform video network, will speak at the Nov. 12 conference, which is part of New York City Television week, a two-day event presented by NewBay Media, parent of Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable.

Berger oversees Crackle’s operations, including distribution, product, video operations, engineering and ad sales and solutions. He also heads development, production and distribution of Crackle’s original series and features, such as Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and Chosen.

Next TV Summit & Expo is a high-level industry conference, exhibition and networking event.

In addition to Next TV, NYC TV Week includes subsidiary conferences Advanced Advertising, The Content Show, and the Business of Multiplatform TV, as well as award presentations, networking events and seminars.

Next TV Summit & Expo, and all of NYC Television Week, take place at the Affinia Manhattan.

For more information about the event and to register, visit: http://nyctelevisionweek.com/

Next TV: Endemol Beyond’s Keenan: That’s ‘PCN,’ Not ‘MCN’

jessika.walsten@futurenet.com (Jessika Walsten) — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:15:00 +0000

Santa Clara, Calif. — Will Keenan, president of Endemol Beyond, says he doesn’t see the company he leads, the digital arm of global content company Endemol, as a multichannel network (MCN) as they have been known.

“We’re a PCN [premiere content network],” said Keenan during a keynote Q&A with B&C’s programming and digital media editor Dan Holloway Thursday at Next TV Summit & Expo, alluding to the big-name partnerships the company has, such as those with Pitbull and Michelle Phan, for premium content.

The exec also used the term PTN, premiere talent network. “Words sometimes take on different meanings, or they get over-used or they’re out of fashion,” he said, adding, “I don’t think [MCN is] a bad word.”