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Dog the Bounty Hunter, A&E's hit Real-Life series, is returning with a brand new season beginning Wednesday, July 16 at 9PM ET/PT. Season 5 will pick up where the last season left off - with Duane "Dog" Chapman and his posse capturing fugitives week to week in adrenaline fueled hunts in Hawaii and Colorado.
President and General Manager
Bob DebitettoNumber of Employees 749
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NAICS Code Motion Picture and Video Production: 512110
Recent Events
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Three Cable Networks Combining Into Single Media Company
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Toyota, Scion vehicles recalled
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Fancast.com to Carry A&E Series 'Hammertime' and 'The Cleaner' 24 Hours After Each Show's Premiere
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BREAKING: A&E Television To Acquire Lifetime
A&E Television Networks AETN, the NBCU/Disney/Hearst JV that produces shows like Intervention and runs networks like The History Channel, is acquiring Lifetime Entertainment. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Lifetime will operate as a subsidiary of A&E, with both companies retaining their separate branding.AETN President and CEO Abbe Raven...
A&E taps research guru; Marans Joins Cable Group as Senior VP.
Byline: Jon Lafayette As A&E Television Networks gears up for the upfront advertising market, it has hired noted research executive David Marans. Mr. Marans, previously with ad agency J. Walter Thompson, media agency Mindshare and IAG Research, has been named senior VP...
Mindfreak
Mindfreak Criss Angel A&E Videos c/o A&E Television Networks 235 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017 1422906353, $84.42 www.aetv.com The complete Season 3 of the hit series featuring Criss Angel captures all his stunt performances and mystic episodes from the third season making...
Thumbplay Enables Television Broadcasters to Integrate Mobile Entertainment Content Storefronts into Web Properties
Initial Partners Include Entertainment Tonight and A&E Television Networks NEW YORK -- Thumbplay[R] (www.thumbplay.com), the largest and fastest growing mobile entertainment content destination in the U.S. (Nielsen Mobile, Q3 2007), today introduced a set of self-service, extensible tools to enable television content creators to roll-their-own mobile entertainment content storefronts....
A&E Television Networks Partners with Crisp Wireless to Launch Mobile Websites
A&E Network[R], The History Channel[R], and BIO[R] Expand Multi-channel Distribution Strategy with Crisp-powered Mobile Websites NEW YORK -- A&E Television Networks AETN is partnering with Crisp Wireless, a company that powers mobile businesses for media and entertainment brands, to produce and manage mobile websites for three of AETN's channel...
HEAR VOICES? IT MAY BE AN AD; A&E takes eerie approach with billboard that 'whispers' a spooky message audible only in your head in push to promote its new 'Paranormal' program.(News)(A&E Television Networks)
Byline: ANDREW HAMPP New yorker Alison Wilson was walking down Prince Street in SoHo last week when she heard a woman's voice right in her ear asking, "Who's there? Who's there?'' She looked around to find no one in her immediate surroundings. Then the...
National CineMedia Forms Movie Theatre Marketing Alliance with A&E Television Networks
AETN to Highlight Entertainment Content from A&E[R] and The History Channel[R] in FirstLook NEW YORK & CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- National CineMedia LLC NCM, operator of the largest digital in-theatre network in North America, announced today a multi-year strategic content and marketing agreement with A&E Television Networks AETN to provide...
A&E TV Networks Invests in New Drama.(A&E Television Networks)
By Anne Becker A&E Television Networks AETN pledged to invest more than $600 million in new programming, media and technology at its New York upfront last week. That was up from the $500 million promised at last year's upfront. ...
Phase Three for A&E.
By Mike Reynolds Having Driven Down Demos, Net Adds Dramas New York- With two-thirds of its plan in place, A&E Network is gearing up to bring a dramatic flourish to act three. ...
A&E trains 'Strain': Scotts to adapt Crichton tome for net.(A&E Television Networks, "The Andromeda Strain")
Tony and Ridley Scott are bringing Michael Crichton's 1969 bestseller "The Andromeda Strain" to A&E, as the net increases its push into original programming. Brothers will exec produce the miniseries for the net based on Crichton's story of extraterrestrial germs run...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Debitetto | President and General Manager |
| Gerard Gruosso | CFO & Executive Vice President, Finance |
| Lenny Depaul | Commander, Chief Inspector |
| Melvin Berning | Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales |
| Whitney Goit | Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
| Anne Atkinson | General Counsel & Senior Vice President |
| Libby Haight O'Connell | Senior Vice President, Corp Outreach |
| Melinda McLaughlin | Senior Vice President, Integrated Sales & Marketing |
| Michael Feeney | Senior Vice President, Corp Communications |
| Peter Olsen | Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales |
| Rosalind Clay Carter | Senior Vice President, HR |
| Steve Ronson | Senior Vice President, Enterprises |
| Art Vomvas | Vice President, Finance Planning |
| Isabelle Han-Wollmarker | Vice President, Marketing, Intl |
| Lori Peterzell | Vice President, Consumer Advertising |
| Macie Huwiler | Vice President, Advertising Sales, Midwest |
| Mark Garner | Vice President, Affiliate Distribution and Business Development |
| Michael E Katz | Vice President, Programming and Production |
| Rob Edney | Vice President, Advertising Sales, Eastern |
| Stephen Stander | Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs |
| Colleen Conway | Director, Special Projects |
| Dan Silberman | Senior Director, Publicity |
| Mike Peretz | Director, Advertising Sales Planning |
| Paul Damp | Director, Network Operations & Traffic |
| Valerie Albanese | Director, On, Air Promos |
| Maria Komodikis | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Intl |
| Robert DiBitetto | Executive Vice President & General Manager |
| Andy Gibb | |
| Charles Maday | |
| Federico Merced | Deputized U.S. Marshal, New York State Department of Corrections |
| Greg Holmes | Senior Inspector |
| Jay Silverman | Co-Executive Producer, the Cleaner |
| John Farrell | Illusion Coordinator |
| Jonathan Prince | Executive Producer, Co-Creator, Showrunner, the Cleaner |
| Kara Sullivan | |
| Kurt Ballman | Detective |
| Rasheen Peppers | Deputized U.S. Marshal |
| Robert Munic | Executive Producer, Co-Creator, the Cleaner |
| Robert Sharenow | Executive |
| Roxanne Lopez | Deputized U.S. Marshal |
| Tommy Kilbride | Supervisor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Zaslav | Board of Directors |
| Ronald J. Doerfler | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | President and General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | CFO & Executive Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Commander, Chief Inspector | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The History Channel | Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Sales Executive | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | General Counsel & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President, Corp Outreach | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President, Integrated Sales & Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President, Corp Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President, Enterprises | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Finance Planning | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Marketing, Intl | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Consumer Advertising | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Advertising Sales, Midwest | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Affiliate Distribution and Business Development | Current |
| IP Media Conference & Expo | Vice President, Affiliate Distribution and Business Development | Current |
| IP Media Conference & Expo | Board of Directors | Current |
| New York Chapter | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Programming and Production | Current |
| History Makers 2008 | Vice President, Programming and Production, Aetn International, USA | Current |
| History New Zealand Ltd. | Vice President, Programming & Production, Aetn International | Current |
| The World Congress of History Producers | Current | |
| History Makers 2008 | Board of Directors | Current |
| New York Style | Line Executive | Former |
| WABC-TV Inc. | Executive Producer | Former |
| Tulane University | BA Degree In English | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Advertising Sales, Eastern | Current |
| The History Channel | Vice President, Advertising Sales, History Espanol, Vice President, Sales Strategy & Development | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Director, Special Projects | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Director, Publicity | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The History Channel | Vice President, Integrated Advertising Sales & Strategic Partnerships | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Director, Advertising Sales Planning | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Director, Network Operations & Traffic | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Director, On, Air Promos | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Intl | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Executive Vice President & General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The History Channel | Senior Vice President of Programming | Current |
| History New Zealand Ltd. | Senior Vice President Programming, the History Channel | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Current | |
| Wned | Manager | Former |
| Wmht | Program Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Deputized U.S. Marshal, New York State Department of Corrections | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Senior Inspector | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Co-Executive Producer, the Cleaner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Illusion Coordinator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Executive Producer, Co-Creator, Showrunner, the Cleaner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Yoga | Instructor | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Current | |
| Smith College | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Detective | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Deputized U.S. Marshal | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Executive Producer, Co-Creator, the Cleaner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Deputized U.S. Marshal | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A&E Television Networks | Supervisor | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NBC Universal, Inc. | President, Domestic TV, New Media Distribution & NBC Cable | Current |
| National Broadcasting Company, Inc. | President, Cable | Current |
| The Cable Center | Current | |
| TiVo Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cable Com Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fordham University | adjunct professor | Former |
| Boston University | J.D. degree | Former |
| Boston University School of Law | J.D. Degree | Former |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | B.S. degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Hearst Corporation | Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lifetime Entertainment, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| A&E Television Networks | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Hearst Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lazard Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Oprah Winfrey Network slow to get off the ground
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Two Top Programming Execs Out at Oprah's OWN
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Two Top Program Execs Out at Oprah's OWN
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3-D Makes Its Way Toward Home TVs
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Discovery Communications Joins Comcast OnDemand Online Trial
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