Executive Award, Programmer Category | | Stephen Espinoza Executive Vice President, General Manager Showtime Sports and Event Programming
Stephen Espinoza serves as Executive Vice President, General Manager, Showtime Sports and Event Programming, reporting directly to Showtime Networks Inc. Chairman and CEO Matthew C. Blank. As head of SHOWTIME Sports, Espinoza is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the sports and event group, including developing and executing the overall strategy of the group and its pay-per-view unit, managing the network's relationships with distributors, talent and suppliers, and the acquisition and licensing of SHOWTIME and pay-per-view sports and event programming. The network's current hard-hitting sports programming includes SHOWTIME Championship Boxing®, ShoBox: The New Generation, Jim Rome on SHOWTIME, 60 Minutes Sports, and the Emmy® Award-winning INSIDE THE NFL. Learn more |
| Content Distribution Executive Award for Basic Cable | | Sean Cohan President, International and Digital Media, Sean Cohan is President, International and Digital Media, A+E Networks. He was elevated to this newly created role in January 2016. Cohan oversees A+E Networks International Division – the company's brands, content, and services outside the U.S. He manages staff in New York, Los Angeles, London, Rome, Tokyo, and Singapore, and teams across 20 more cities. The Division's activities include branded channels, content sales and digital media distribution. A+E Networks operates 75 branded channel feeds abroad and distributes a 13,000-hour library across more than 200 territories, in 39 languages on a range of platforms. Learn more |
| Content Distribution Executive Award for Broadcast | | Juan Sepúlveda Senior Vice President of System Leadership, As PBS' Senior Vice President, System Leadership, Juan represents the perspective of PBS' independent member stations in the ongoing management and strategic direction of PBS to ensure that PBS programs, products and services support each station's connection to its community and audience. He also works closely with stations, the PBS Board of Directors, station affinity groups and other national public media organizations to focus on issues of sustainability.
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