Anne Sweeney Named President of ABC Cable Networks Group and President of Disney Channel Worldwide.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com. BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 Anne Sweeney Anne Sweeney, born November 4, 1957, in Kingston, New York, is the Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney-ABC Television Group. Sweeney graduated from College of New Rochelle and Harvard University. She earned a BA degree and an Ed. M. degree. has been named president of the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Cable Networks Group and president of Disney Channel  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Worldwide, it was announced today
by Robert A. Iger, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company. Sweeney has held the title of president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks and president of Disney Channel since 1998, with responsibility for ABC's interests in Lifetime, A&E, the History Channel and E! Entertainment Television, and overseeing the operation of Disney Channel in the U.S., Toon Disney, the all-animation channel, and SoapNet, the 24-hour soap opera soap opera Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style. network. She now assumes the added responsibility of overseeing all Disney Channels worldwide and all Disney-branded blocks of programming on cable and network television. David Hulbert, president, Walt Disney Television Walt Disney Television is the television production division of The Walt Disney Company with Walt Disney name. Until 1983, Disney shows were aired under the banner of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions. International, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Diego Lerner, president and managing director, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. for Walt Disney International, will now report to Sweeney. "Anne is a highly creative business executive who has done a superb job of managing and growing the Disney Channel," Iger said. "She created and developed popular, top-quality programming that has achieved high ratings. Additionally, she has enhanced our relationships with our other cable partners." Sweeney will now oversee 13 International Disney Channels, including those in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, the Middle East and Latin America. Sweeney was named president, Disney Channel, and executive vice president, Disney/ABC Cable Networks, in February 1996. As president of Disney Channel, Sweeney headed one of the fastest-growing networks in cable, the only full-time general entertainment television network designed for kids and families. Under her leadership, Disney Channel has grown its subscriber base from 14 million to more than 66 million homes with its mix of family entertainment, original series, movies and specials. In April 1998, Sweeney oversaw the successful launch of the all-animation channel Toon Disney, and in January 2000, she oversaw the launch of SoapNet. Sweeney joined the company from FX Networks, Inc., where she had been chairman and chief executive officer since 1993. During her tenure at FX, Sweeney presided over the launch of two basic cable networks: FX, an entertainment network representing the most successful basic cable launch in history; and FXM FXM Fiber Optics Expansion Module : Movies from Fox, Hollywood's first studio-based movie network. Prior to joining Fox in 1993, Sweeney spent 12 years at Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, where she was most recently Senior Vice President of Program Enterprises. At Nickelodeon she oversaw program acquisitions, sales, co-production, and syndication of Nickelodeon programming. She also oversaw international expansion, which included establishing Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom through a joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. . Active in cable industry affairs, Sweeney is a board member of the Walter Kaitz Foundation, which supports minorities in cable television. A founding member of Women in Cable and Telecommunications, Sweeney was named the organization's Executive of the Year in 1994 and Woman of the Year in 1997. In 1995, she received the prestigious STAR Award from American Women in Radio and Television. Sweeney was the 1998 recipient of the Advocate Leader Award, the highest award given by the Southern California Chapter of Women in Cable and Telecommunications. Sweeney is a member of the Board of Directors for Special Olympics. She received a B.A. degree from the College of New Rochelle and an Ed.M. degree from Harvard University. Sweeney and her husband, Philip Miller, an attorney, and their two children reside in Los Angeles. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.101000/bb1 |
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