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Erin Calhoun serves as Executive Vice President of Communications for Showtime Networks Inc. She is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of all global public and media relations initiatives enhancing the corporate and programming interests for Showtime Networks. She oversees programming publicity, media and talent relations, events, photography, awards, film festivals, philanthropy, sports and corporate branding. As the chief press officer for SHOWTIME, Calhoun supervises all corporate and business press outreach, as well as serving as the company's communications liaison with parent company ViacomCBS Inc.
Calhoun joined SHOWTIME in 2017 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications. In that role, she was responsible for corporate communications initiatives on behalf of the company in areas including marketing, digital media, research, consumer products, distributor relations and new business development, as well as the network's stand-alone streaming service. She also managed long-range communications strategies to raise the profile of the network and its executives.
Calhoun previously served as Vice President of Corporate Communications for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, where she managed trade and business strategies and internal communications for USA Network, SYFY and Chiller. In her role, she oversaw communications for the networks' marketing and digital initiatives, ad sales, corporate social responsibility and business development. She also provided executive support for speaking engagements and industry events for their executives.
Prior to joining NBC, Calhoun worked for six years at Discovery Communications, where as Vice President of Communications she performed similar corporate PR functions while managing communications teams in both New York and Silver Spring, Maryland. Previously, she spent 10 years as an independent consultant for various clients including TNT, TBS, Disney Channel, Discovery and GSN (Game Show Network) supporting their original films and programs. Before that, Calhoun worked at TNT for three years as a Unit Publicist and Press Project Manager, overseeing unit publicity for TNT original films. Calhoun began her career at The Today Show as an Executive Assistant and Talent Coordinator.
Calhoun is a graduate of Texas Tech University.- Producer
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Gary Levine serves as President of Entertainment for Showtime Networks Inc. He is responsible for developing and supervising all aspects of Showtime Networks original programming across all genres, including comedy, drama, unscripted, documentaries and films.
Under his creative leadership, SHOWTIME has become an acclaimed source of distinctive and provocative series including: SHAMELESS, HOMELAND, DEXTER, Sacha Baron Cohen's WHO IS AMERICA, BILLIONS, PATRICK MELROSE, THE CHI, SMILF, THE AFFAIR, RAY DONOVAN, NURSE JACKIE, WEEDS, EPISODES, THE L WORD, BLACK MONDAY, THE TUDORS, HOUSE OF LIES, PENNY DREADFUL, CALIFORNICATION, KIDDING, CITY ON A HILL, THE LOUDEST VOICE, ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, THE CIRCUS, DESUS AND MERO, the return of TWIN PEAKS, and ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA.
Prior to joining Showtime Networks, Levine served as President of Icebox, a pioneering Internet entertainment programming company. Previously, Levine headed development at Warner Brothers Television, Witt-Thomas Productions and ABC (drama), resulting in several memorable primetime series including The West Wing, Blossom, and the inimitable Twin Peaks.
Levine began his professional career in theatre and was a producer with New York's Roundabout Theatre, The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, and served for five years as the Managing Director of the acclaimed Williamstown Theatre Festival.- Jana Winograde serves as President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. She is responsible for developing and supervising all aspects of Showtime Networks programming across all genres, including comedy, drama, unscripted, documentaries and films. In addition, Winograde oversees the company's production, program operations, business affairs, casting, scheduling, research and home entertainment, and serves as liaison to CBS Corporation's international and domestic distribution groups. She works closely on all programming related matters with the network's marketing, creative, digital media, acquisitions and entertainment communications departments. Winograde also serves on the board of Smithsonian Networks(TM).
Winograde joined Showtime in 2017 as President, Business Operations, West Coast, and had oversight of business affairs, production, distribution operations and the financial and business strategy relating to the acquisition, development and distribution of Showtime content. She also held key responsibilities with respect to the development of new business models and content monetization domestically and internationally.
Winograde previously spent 23 years at ABC Entertainment in numerous senior roles, most recently as Executive Vice President, Head of Business Operations. There, she oversaw the network's business endeavors, including managing the network's operating, development and programming budgets and playing a key role in strategic planning. She also oversaw business related to the development and acquisition of all primetime, daytime and late-night programming for the ABC Television Network and first-run syndication, as well as all related deals and agreements, including marketing, digital and music. Prior to joining ABC, Winograde was an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson. Born and raised in California, Winograde graduated Order of the Coif from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters. - Executive
Kim Lemon is Executive Vice President, Research, Program Planning and Scheduling for Showtime Networks Inc. He is responsible for overseeing all research on behalf of the company including Programming, Marketing, Product Development and SHOWTIME Sports®. Lemon also manages all program planning and scheduling for the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) and FLIX®, the network's multiplex channels, as well as SNI's stand-alone streaming service, and On Demand and authenticated services, including SHOWTIME ANYTIME®, SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL® and Smithsonian Earth(TM).
A SHOWTIME veteran, Lemon has held leadership positions at the network in research and programming for over 25 years including most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Research, Program Planning and Scheduling. During his tenure, Lemon was an integral part of the launch and development of SUNDANCE CHANNEL® and SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL. Previously, he worked as Vice President, Research for Showtime Networks Inc., a position he held since September 1994. In these roles, Lemon implemented innovative studies which monitor programming performance and the communication of this information. He steadily rose through the ranks at the network since he joined the company in 1988.
Prior to SHOWTIME, Lemon served as a Market Research Analyst at Malarkey-Taylor Associates, an industry consulting and research group based in Washington, D.C.
Lemon earned his bachelors degree in Advertising/Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Public Affairs from The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. He works out of the company's corporate headquarters in New York City.- Michael Crotty serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI). Crotty is responsible for all financial matters relating to Showtime Networks' businesses, including oversight of the finance and strategy areas for the network's divisions, which encompasses budgeting, planning, forecasting and accounting of all the business segments within SNI. Crotty also serves as one of SNI's primary liaisons to the ViacomCBS Corporation.
Crotty returns to Showtime Networks after serving as Chief Financial Officer of The Players' Tribune since 2016, where he had oversight of the company's finance, operations, sales and marketing, branded production, corporate strategy, and legal departments. He was also responsible for all board management and investor relations. Crotty lead the growth and scale of the organization post Series A funding - quadrupling the company's staff and growing revenue across diversified business lines in advertising, licensing and original production. During his tenure, he added oversight of the commercial side of the business focused on revenue growth, operational margin improvement, client renewals, establishing distribution partnerships and creating sustainable sales packages in digital video, editorial, audio and social products. He also successfully raised $40M in Series B from top private equity and venture capital firms, millions in debt facilities, led the TPT acquisition of Unscriptd and led the successful acquisition of TPT by Minute Media.
Crotty previously served as Senior Vice President, Affiliate Revenue and Business Operations for SNI. While at Showtime, he led three teams that were responsible for the financial oversight and business operations management of the company's distribution revenue platform and sales, marketing, new product development and creative expenses, and guided strategic analysis on issues pertaining to distribution and growth on traditional and non-traditional affiliate accounts. Prior to this, he was one of the key executives that launched Smithsonian Networks, serving as Vice President, Finance, Business Development and Operations. In this role, he oversaw finance, revenue growth, financial, broadcast and VOD operations and business development. He first joined SNI as a Business Analyst in 2002.
Crotty previously held roles at Arthur Andersen LLP and at Altria Group, Inc., previously Philip Morris Companies Inc. He has an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, and has a B.B.A. from Baruch College, where he majored in Accounting. He has also served as Treasurer and Board of Director for non-profit organization Creative Alternatives of NY. He will be based in Showtime Networks' New York offices. - Additional Crew
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Michael Engleman joined Showtime Networks Inc as Chief Marketing Officer in July 2019. Engleman oversees the network's marketing, creative advertising and digital media divisions, including consumer and distribution marketing, promotions and media. He also manages day-to-day operations of digital platform marketing, broadband, mobile, emerging platform initiatives and multiplatform content for Showtime Networks. He is based in Los Angeles but works bi-coastally.
Prior to joining Showtime, Engleman served as Chief Marketing Officer for TBS and TNT, where he was responsible for overseeing all branding and marketing initiatives - including social and digital content - in support of those networks, as well as the creation of a new content marketing group designed to maximize opportunities presented by a fast-changing media landscape. He also worked hand in hand with the networks' development, programming, ad sales, research and publicity teams to define and execute key entertainment business strategies and initiatives.
Over the past three years, Engleman helped launch several prominent series, including The Alienist, The Last O.G., Claws, Drop the Mic, Animal Kingdom and Full Frontal. In the digital space, he supervised product development and platform management of a suite of more than 20 streaming products for TBS/TNT. He joined Turner in 2016 as Executive Vice President of Entertainment Marketing and Brand Innovation, after having served as Executive Vice President, Marketing, Digital and Global Brand Strategy for Syfy and Chiller, where he oversaw U.S. branding and marketing activities as well as Syfy's expansion in 87 countries.- As Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Robert A. Rosenberg is responsible for all of the company's legal affairs, including its programming and distribution transactions, intellectual property, compliance, litigation and regulatory issues, and other legal policy matters. He also oversees legal aspects of all technology-related transactions for Showtime Networks.
Prior to joining Showtime, Rosenberg specialized in intellectual property and corporate law, with an emphasis on internet and technology matters for Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Before beginning his law career, Rosenberg spent seven years in the advertising industry, most recently serving as Account Supervisor for Ogilvy & Mather while attending Brooklyn Law School at night.
Rosenberg received his B.A. from Cornell University. He works out of Showtime Networks' Manhattan headquarters. - Producer
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Stephen Espinoza serves as President, Sports and Event Programming, reporting directly to President And Chief Executive Officer, Showtime Networks Inc., David Nevins.
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.
Prior to joining SHOWTIME, Espinoza was a partner in the firm of Ziffren Brittenham LLP. At the firm, he specialized in representing athletes and sports personalities, including professional boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Mike Tyson, who generated a total of over $500 million in pay-per-view revenues under his representation. Espinoza has served as lead counsel for De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions since the formation of the company. Through his representation of Tyson, De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions, Espinoza has been directly involved in several of the highest-grossing pay-per-view boxing events in the history of the sport. Other notable former sports clients include former NFL star and current broadcaster Michael Strahan and mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano.
During his tenure at Ziffren Brittenham, Espinoza also represented a variety of established and emerging performers and filmmakers, including actors Keanu Reeves, James Spader, Vanessa Hudgens and Kevin McHale, musical artists Alicia Keys, Eminem, Shakira and Snoop Dogg, writer/directors Tyler Perry and Matthew Vaughn, director Barry Sonnenfeld, and producers Scott Rudin and Gavin Polone, among many others.
Espinoza has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating distribution, financing, debt and equity arrangements for independent television and motion picture companies. He was personally responsible for closing over $100 million in debt and equity deals from 2009 to 2010. Some of his deals included Tyler Perry Studios in connection with the television series "House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns," Revolution and Cubevision in connection with the television series "Are We There Yet," and Everest Entertainment in connection with the motion pictures "127 Hours" and "Win-Win."
He began his legal career in the entertainment department of Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger, where he was directly responsible for many of the firm's highest-profile accounts, including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Joel Silver and Playboy TV International. Espinoza previously worked at the Law Offices of Steinberg & Moorad, one of the nation's preeminent sports law firms.
Espinoza earned a B.A. in Communication from Stanford University and received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law. An active community volunteer, he previously served as the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Echo Park Boys and Girls Club, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA).
He is based in Showtime Networks' New York offices.- Executive
Tom Christie serves as Chief Operating Officer for Showtime Networks (SNI). He reports to David Nevins, President and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. With over 25 years of service at the Company, Christie leads Showtime Networks' distribution, sales, affiliate marketing, network operations and new business development teams, and the SHOWTIME® streaming service product group. Additionally, Christie has oversight of the planning and execution of future strategies and new business ventures.
Christie previously served as President, Distribution, Business Development and Network Operations. Under his leadership, Showtime Networks has grown subscribers by 70 percent in the past decade to currently boast over 23 million subscribers through cable, DBS and telco providers. With this oversight, SNI launched a new stand-alone streaming service last year, which is now available through Amazon, Apple®, Google and Roku, as well as through Hulu, Sony PlayStation Vue and Amazon Prime Video. Since its launch, the service has grown consistently, more than doubling streaming subscribers since the fall of 2015.
Christie previously served as Executive Vice President, Sales and Affiliate Marketing for Sundance Channel, and Vice President of National Accounts, Western Region for Showtime Networks.
Christie holds an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from The Tuck School at Dartmouth College.- Vinnie Malhotra serves as Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming for Showtime Networks Inc. An Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning executive, he oversees the development and production of the network's growing slate of original unscripted and documentary programming, as well as all documentary theatrical releases at SHOWTIME. Malhotra is in charge of developing and producing scripted programming about real events and real-life newsmakers, such as the Golden Globe®-winning limited-series THE LOUDEST VOICE, based on Roger Ailes, as well as THE GOOD LORD BIRD, starring Ethan Hawke. He also develops and produces sports documentaries including the Emmy Award winning film DISGRACED and the recent docu-series OUTCRY, in partnership with Stephen Espinoza, President, Showtime Sports and Event Programming.
Malhotra arrived at SHOWTIME in 2015 in the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Documentaries, Unscripted and Sports Programming, where he spearheaded the development of the Showtime Documentary Films portfolio including multi-part docuseries THE FOURTH ESTATE, SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE, THE TRADE, THE CIRCUS, the Peabody Award-nominated and Television Academy Honors recipient 16 SHOTS, the Emmy-nominated WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, the Grammy®-nominated SHANGRI-LA, COUPLES THERAPY and MURDER IN THE BAYOU. Malhotra's oversight led to the celebrated news series VICE coming to SHOWTIME for new stories in 2020. He has also steered critically acclaimed documentaries that focused on the lives and legacies of culture-defining and at times controversial figures, including ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS, WHITNEY. "CAN I BE ME," THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS, the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner WEINER, RISK and XY CHELSEA.
Previously, Malhotra served as Senior Vice President for Development and Acquisitions at CNN Worldwide. He joined CNN in March 2012, where he was responsible for leading development and co-production opportunities for CNN's platforms. In this role, he launched CNN Films, a production unit created to produce and acquire documentary films, and to leverage distribution opportunities for those films at film festivals and in theaters. Malhotra managed the day-to-day operation of CNN Films, and worked directly with filmmakers to develop original projects. His efforts have led to successful partnerships with multiple award-winning filmmakers including Steve James and Alex Gibney, as well as the acquisition, co-production, or commission of more than two dozen films for broadcast on CNN and distribution via its digital platforms. Those films included Blackfish, Our Nixon, Life Itself, Ivory Tower, Dinosaur 13, Whitey: The United States v. James J. Bulger, The Hunting Ground, Fresh Dressed, and STEVE JOBS: The Man in the Machine, among others.
Malhotra also handled the development and production of CNN original series, including the three-time Primetime Emmy award-winning Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man, This is Life with Lisa Ling, High Profits, Finding Jesus, Somebody's Gotta Do It with Mike Rowe, Chicagoland and Death Row Stories from Sundance Productions and Robert Redford, The Sixties and The Seventies, from Playtone and Tom Hanks. In 2015, Malhotra launched a partnership with CNN Digital Studios to acquire and stream documentary shorts. The premium short-form films were created by new and emerging filmmakers and acquired at prominent film festivals prior to streaming via the network's digital platforms, including CNN.com and CNNgo.
A former program development executive at ESPN and ABC News producer, Malhotra began his career with ABC News in 1997. There, he worked on several of the news organization's signature programs including Nightline and World News Tonight, and served as a producer for Peter Jennings for three years. Malhotra later worked with co-anchors Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff and was part of the convoy in Iraq when Woodruff and a cameraman were hit by an IED in January 2006. He was uninjured. During his 13 years at ABC News, he covered major global events including the Iraq War and the inauguration of President Barack Obama. From 2007 to 2010, Malhotra was Executive Producer of ABC News' weekend news content, including World News Saturday and World News Sunday, and oversaw the weekend editorial content and production for ABCNEWS.com and ABC News Now, among other ABC News digital platforms.
In 2010, Malhotra joined ESPN as Vice President and Executive Producer for Content Development. In this position, he was responsible for the development of films that include Everything in Between: The Tim Tebow Story, The Color Orange, The Brady 6, and The Marinovich Project. He also developed scripted and non-scripted series for the network, and was part of the development team that created the new ESPN Quarterback rating "Total QBR" that is now being used in association with all NFL coverage on ESPN.
Malhotra has received numerous industry honors for excellence in journalism including three Primetime Emmy Awards, six News and Documentary Emmy Awards, a Peabody and an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award.
Malhotra is based in the SHOWTIME offices in Los Angeles.