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  • ABC News’ journalist Ted Koppel to open Promax&BDA ’05 seminar

    ABC News’ journalist Ted Koppel to open Promax&BDA ’05 seminar

    MUMBAI: The upcoming Promax & BDA conference, slated for 21 -23 June at the New York Marriott Marquis, has invited ABC News broadcast journalist Ted Koppel to open the edition of the conference, it was announced by Promax & BDA CEO Jim Chabin.

    At the a super on 22 June session that will feature other orators such as NBC Jeff Zucker, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Ron Reagan, Electronic Arts Bing Gordon, Microsoft J Allard, and G4 Charles Hirschhorn, all on one stage besides Ted Koppel.

    The 40-year veteran of ABC News, Koppel was named anchor of Nightline when the broadcast was first introduced in March 1980. Koppel is the principal on-air reporter and interviewer for television’s first late-night network news program in addition to serving as the program’s managing editor, states a media release.

    “We are pleased to present this lineup of high caliber speakers who are sure to leave a lasting impression on our membership,” said Chabin. “From start to finish, this year’s Promax will present an impressive lineup of top speakers and panels designed to help local promotional managers and graphic artists produce winning campaigns in an increasingly fragmented and complicated media world.”

    TVLand/Nick at Nite president and general manager Larry Jones and OLN’s CEO and president Gavin Harvey are among the senior cable executives to participate at this year’s Promax&BDA conference. 

    The other speakers at the sessions include HBO president documentary and family programming Sheila Nevins, ESPN and ABC Sports president and Disney Media Networks co-chairman George Bodenheimer, to name a few.

  • Russell Wolff is ESPN Intl executive VP, MD

    Russell Wolff is ESPN Intl executive VP, MD

    MUMBAI: Russell Wolff has been promoted to ESPN International executive VP and MD.

    The announcement was made by ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer.

    Wolff will continue to oversee all of ESPN’s businesses outside the US. These include television, radio, print, internet, wireless, consumer products, and event management. He and his team from ESPN International will work closely with ESPN’s domestic groups to grow the ESPN brand abroad by launching new businesses and expanding existing franchises.

    Under Wolff’s stewardship, ESPN International has evolved to include ownership, in whole or in part, of 30 television networks, as well as radio and internet businesses, which together extend the ESPN brand to more than 190 countries and territories. In addition, ESPN’s flagship programme SportsCenter has been developed into a franchise that now includes local editions for viewers in India, Canada, Brazil among other countries.

    Recently, Wolff oversaw the launch of a variety of ancillary international businesses including ESPN The Magazine in China, ESPN and X Games-branded consumer products in Japan, and X Games events in Latin America and Asia

  • Bodenheimer to take charge of ESPN, ABC Sports

    MUMBAI: ESPN President George Bodenheimer will assume responsibility for both ESPN and ABC Sports when Howard Katz steps down as president of ABC Sports at the end of next week.
    Bodenheimer has spent 22 years at ESPN, serving as president since 1998. He has been credited with playing a key role in landing last year’s six-year rights deal with the NBA.
    ABC Television president Alex Wallau said yesterday that consolidating control of ABC Sports and ESPN will improve the two networks’ ability to acquire sports rights. The first test of that will come in June, when bidding begins on cable and broadcast rights to the 2010 (winter) and 2012 (summer) Olympic games. Under the new arrangement, both television sports assets of The Walt Disney Company will be under his direction.
    Katz joined ESPN in 1993 and was promoted to president of ABC Sports in 1999. His successes include bringing John Madden to Monday Night Football and securing or extending the television rights to the NBA, the PGA Tour, the British Open, the Indianapolis 500 and the college football Bowl Championship Series.
    Speculation now has Katz joining the NFL Channel, which is headed by Steve Bornstein, former ABC Television president.
    “After the past decade at ABC and ESPN, and more than 32 nonstop years in the TV sports business overall, I feel it’s now time to consider new opportunities,” Katz told press persons after putting in his papers. “The outstanding quality and reputation of ABC Sports is a direct reflection of the many people I’ve been privileged to work with in the sports division.”