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50. BRIGHTER STARZ
Chris Albrecht
Title: CEO, Starz
Carmi Zlotnik
Title: Managing Director, Starz
Years in Cable: 31
Education: On sets and stages imparted by
DP's, AD's, grips & gaffers
51. TRIPLE THREAT
Bill Haase
Title: SVP & CFO,
Comcast Spotlight
Years in Cable: 14
Education: Michigan
State University
Hank Oster
Title: SVP & COO,
Comcast Spotlight
Years in Cable: 30+
Haase, Thurston and
Oster are responsible
for generating more
52. QUALITY CONTROL
Courteney Monroe
TItle: CEO, National Geographic Global Networks
Years in Cable: 18
Education: BA, Williams College; MBA, The
Wharton School
One Word that Best Describes Me: Determined
Under Monroe, Nat Geo has a renewed mission
for epic, audacious programming that more
closely aligns with National Geographic Society's
mission. She is committed to developing
and producing content in collaboration with
A-level creative. Examples of her premium programming
initiatives from the past 12 months
include " Breakthrough, " " The Story of God, "
and " He Named Me Malala. "
Last show I watched not on my network(s):
" Billions " on Showtime
My first job: Assistant account executive at
BBDO New York
Favorite charity event you work with: FARE
(Food Allergy Research & Education) and the
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A record-setting performance for " Outlander " in
its second season return and budding hit " The
Girlfriend Experience " are just two of the recent
chapters in Albrecht's and Zlotnik's success story.
The Starz executive duo also oversaw the recent
company rebrand with a new logo and the tag
line " Starz: Obsessable, " the repositioning of Starz
Encore under the Starz master brand plus the
launch of a single Starz app for TVE and digital/OTT
subscriptions. Business is looking bright, indeed. ■
than $2.5 billion in revenue, representing 35
million households. And thanks to the work put
in by this trio, Comcast's top categories-auto,
political, digital and sports-experienced a
bump in revenue and an increase in political
share. The company's I+ platform launched in
new markets, enabling more local impressions
for advertisers, and the team has leveraged
addressability, interactivity and data insights to
attract new advertisers to cable.
Charlie Thurston
Title: President,
Comcast Spotlight
Years in Cable: 36
Education: Williams
College ■
Allergy & Immunology Department at Children's
National Medical Center in Washington, DC
If this election year was a reality TV series,
it would be called... SO many great answers to
that question, but none that I think you can print!
Hoverboard, driverless car or drone: That's
easy-driverless car-think about how much
work I could get done on my commute!
I watch the majority of programming on
this device: Big screen Connected TV
My Starbucks order:
Decaf Tall Soy Latte (extra hot) ■
53. ACCELERATED VELOCITY
Jeff Lucas
Title: Head of Marketing & Partner Solutions, Viacom
Lucas last year assumed an expanded role
overseeing ad sales and integrated marketing for
both Viacom's Music and Entertainment Group
and Kids and Family Group, making him the first
to lead a unified sales team across the Viacom
portfolio. And he's run with the role, pioneering
the successful launch of in-house powerhouse
Viacom Velocity, creating data-driven predictive
ad solution Viacom Vantage, and launching the
Velocity Products Group, a new division within
ad sales designed to bring multiplatform social
partnerships, products, and services to clients-
just to name a few.
My first job: Ocean lifeguard
What was the last costume that you wore
and why? " Game of Thrones " Whitewalker-
for Halloween
Best way to spend a Saturday night:
With my family
New favorite binge: " House of Cards "
I watch the majority of programming on this
device: Phone ■
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