JEREMY C. MORRISON
Avail-TVN, Vice President, Sales Engineering

JEREMY MORRISON is Vice President of Sales Engineering at Avail-TVN. In this role, he oversees the team responsible for, among other things, technical sales support for all sales efforts; the specification of equipment build-of-materials for each installation; and the technical approval process for each affiliate with Avail-TVN’s programming partners.

Mr. Morrison started in the IPTV space as VP of Business Development at Auroras Entertainment, which was acquired by Avail Media in 2007.

Prior to joining Avail-TVN, Mr. Morrison led Globecomm Systems, as Director of Business Development, in their sales and marketing efforts in the U.S. enterprise market. His roles included business development, marketing strategy, proposal management, vendor negotiations, and account management for the company’s premiere enterprise accounts.

Borja Perez

Senior Vice President, Digital and Social Media

Borja Perez was named Senior Vice President, Digital and Social Media for Telemundo Media in April 2012. Perez is responsible for the evolution of the digital programming team from a website portal-focus into a content creation unit for multiple digital platforms.  Building off the success of the 2011 launch of Social@Telemundo, a new strategic social media unit focused on delivering fans across Facebook and Twitter interactive experiences tied to TV programming, Perez looks for new ways to blend social activity into Telemundo Media’s television programming across all genres, including novelas, news, sports and reality. Additionally, he is responsible for expanding the existing collaboration with Telemundo Studios to increase transmedia storytelling for the network’s original primetime productions. He reports directly to Peter Blacker, Executive Vice President, Digital Media & Emerging Business.

In 2009, Perez was named Vice President of Digital Media & Integrated Solutions for Telemundo. In this role, he was responsible for all 360-degree integrated solutions and multiplatform storytelling strategy at Telemundo Network, driving overall growth of Telemundo’s Digital Media business. Perez worked closely with Telemundo’s Studios, Marketing, Public Relations, Sales, International and Community divisions. He ensured that Telemundo’s digital media programs were truly integrated into the network’s growing “Original Content Strategy.” In addition, Perez was charged with identifying trends and growth opportunities for Telemundo’s online community in the digital media marketplace and delivering this audience best in breed applications, services, and programs. In February 2011, Perez was appointed to lead the new strategic social media unit, Social@Telemundo, and digital distribution for Telemundo.

Previously, Perez was the Yahoo! Telemundo Alliance Leader, responsible for growing the Yahoo! Telemundo virtual joint venture’s target audience and revenue goals.

With more than 10 years of experience in the U.S. and global Hispanic market including Germany and Spain, Perez was Director of U.S. Hispanic and International Business Development, AOL Inc. AOL Media Networks.  In this role, he developed strategic alliances and content partnerships as well as oversaw the execution of all AOL Latino marketing and public relations programs for the U.S. Hispanic market, International and Multicultural markets. Prior to his roles at AOL Inc., Perez held posts at UOL Inc., The Bravo Group (Young & Rubicam), BBDO and Ericsson, where his knowledge and expertise of the global Hispanic market were essential to each client’s strategic market growth.

Perez is Co-Chairman of the IAB Multicultural Committee, a Board Member of the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an Advisor Committee member of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies as well as an active member of the International Advertising Association.

JON LITNER
Group President, NBC Sports Group

Jon Litner is Group President for NBC Sports Group, overseeing the NBC Sports Regional Networks and The Golf Channel businesses.

Prior to his current role, Litner was named President, VERSUS and Comcast Sports Group on February 2, 2011 and oversaw all aspects of VERSUS and NBC Sports Regional Networks, which consists of 14 local networks in the country’s top markets that deliver more than 2,400 live games and comprehensive news and original programming to more than 50 million sports fans.  NBC Sports Regional Networks are Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, SNY, CSS, Comcast Sports Southwest and Comcast SportsNet Houston (launching in October 2012).

Previously Litner served as president of SNY, the official television home of the New York Mets and Jets and produced the largest year-to-year MLB viewership increase in 2006 during its inaugural season.  Before launching SNY, Litner was the executive vice president, chief operating officer of the NHL, where he managed U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, digital media, public relations, special events, new business development, game scheduling and in-house television production.

Litner began his career in sports television at Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., and held several senior-level legal and business positions from 1991 to 1999, including programming acquisitions and talent negotiations.  Litner negotiated ABC Sports’ acquisition of MLB television rights for 1994 and 1995, oversaw ABC’s coverage of college sports, motor sports, boxing and Wide World of Sports programming, and played a leading role in creating the Bowl Championship Series and a college football national championship game.  While at ABC, Mr. Litner worked on the creation of the Baseball Network, a joint venture with NBC, and served as vice president of business affairs for the Baseball Network in 1994 and 1995.

Litner is a 1985 graduate of Yale and earned his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1988.  He has been recognized by publications including BusinessWeek, Sports Business Journal and CableFax for his leadership in the sports media industry.  Litner is a member of the Little League International Board of Directors.

Litner and his wife, Polly, have three children and reside in the Philadelphia area.

Chris Monteleone
SVP, Event Sponsorship Sales and Development
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment

Michael Bishara
VP and General Manager
TV Everywhere
Synacor

TV Everywhere visionary, innovator and boundary-breaker, Michael Bishara, largely credited as the force behind the successful launch of HBO GO, is Synacor’s Vice President & General Manager of TV Everywhere. Bishara’s expertise ensures Synacor’s cable, satellite, telecom and consumer electronics customers have all the content, apps and services they need to deliver breakthrough user experiences.

Prior to his current position, Bishara was Senior Vice President, HBO Broadband /Digital Group where he was responsible for the overall strategy, development and rollout of broadband products, including HBO GO. Before HBO, Bishara held marketing and product leadership roles at industry giants Time Inc. and AT&T.

In 2010, Bishara was named by Multichannel News editors as one of the Visionaries, Innovators, Power Brokers: 40 Under Forty for helping HBO grow and succeed as he oversaw the development and rollout of innovative products like HBO GO, which has become an industry benchmark, helping to shape the future of TV / media.

Susan Cartsonis
Executive Producer and President
Storefront Pictures

The Hollywood Reporter named Susan Cartsonis one of the top five grossing producers of the year for her box office record-breaking film, WHAT WOMEN WANT (Paramount)—the highest grossing romantic comedy of all time at the time of its release, which remains in the number two slot to this day–and WHERE THE HEART IS (20^th Century Fox).  Recently, she produced the teen hits, BEASTLY (CBS Films), AQUAMARINE (20^th Century Fox) and executive-produced NO RESERVATIONS (Warner Bros.), starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Cartsonis, an executive at 20th Century Fox for nearly a decade, rose from script reader to Senior Vice President of Production.  During her tenure at Fox, a few of the many films she supervised include NELL, FRENCH KISS, THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS, FOR THE BOYS, DYING YOUNG, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. The over twenty films Ms. Cartsonis has made as an executive and as a producer have accumulated over $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts–and that box office has been accomplished by making films that women want to see, and that men like too.

She is a member of the Producer’s Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Chair of the Foundation Board of Trustees of Women in Film (overseeing Mentoring, Scholarship, Film Finishing Grants, and the Legacy Program—which produces documentary portraits of iconic women in film). Cartsonis serves on the Independent Producers Committee of the Producer’s Guild of America and has been appointed to Digital Hollywood’s Women’s Board. She is on the Advisory Boards of Wilkes University’s Creative Writing Program, and Chapman University’s Dodge School of Film and Television.  Cartsonis teaches Advanced Producing at USCʼs Graduate Producing Program in the School of Cinematic Arts and has been an annual guest speaker and graduate critique advisor at NYU’s TischAsia Singapore campus (2012, 2013).  Cartsonis consults for Australia’s Screen NSW on the international feasibility and funding of Australian projects.  Recent speaking engagements include The Catalyst Awards and 50^th Anniversary Conference in New York City (2012), and recent publications include the New York Times online Room for Debate “Finance, Track, Research and Promote” http://nyti.ms/N1rZGt (2012). In fall 2012 Cartsonis served as a judge for the Motion Picture Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships and the National Woman’s Political Caucus Exceptional Merit in Media Awards.

Cartsonis graduated from UCLA in Theater Arts, and earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University.

John Pascarelli
Executive Vice President, Operations
Mediacom

Jeff Cuban
EVP
AXS TV and Magnolia Pictures

RONALD FRANKEL, CEO, SYNACOR

Hollywood veteran and Internet pioneer Ronald Frankel has grown Synacor from a startup to a leading provider of next generation Internet entertainment services. Under his leadership, Synacor, which went public in February of this year, has partnered with hundreds of premium programmers – including HBO, Turner Broadcasting, Major League Baseball and Fox. He has also been instrumental in expanding the company’s customer base to include premier brands – Verizon, Toshiba, Charter Communications, Dish Network, WOW! and most of the country’s regional cable and telecommunications companies.

Prior to Synacor, Frankel co-founded and served as CEO of Perks.com, Inc., an early leader in the delivery of loyalty and performance enhancement solutions for corporate clients including CitiGroup, Dr. Pepper, Showtime, Infiniti Motors, Handspring and Sony. Frankel was formerly president of MGM Interactive, Inc. where he oversaw the development and production of games and complementary online services in the interactive entertainment field.

Frankel attended the University of California, Berkeley where he studied International Relations and Computer Science He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California Law Center with a specialty in corporate finance and technology.

Bill Livek
CEO and Vice Chairman
Rentrak