September 13, 2011

CTAM Names 2011 Rainmaker and TAMI Recipients

• James Finn, senior vice president, 20th Century Fox – for guidance and creative input, underpinning the accomplishments of the 2010 and 2011 Transactional Movies on Demand PR campaigns.
• Barbara Gee, vice president, e-commerce and mover sales, Comcast – for her multi-year leadership of CTAM mover programs as chair, guiding force and champion.
• Stacie Gray, chief creative officer, iN DEMAND – for leading the development of the Movies on Demand creative for the 2011 TMOD campaign.
• Russell Howard, senior vice president, communications worldwide, National Geographic Channels – for ongoing support and candid insights contributing to the success of the cable Television Critics Association tours, particularly during the 2011 tour management transition.
• Barry Kay, director, on demand product management, Cablevision Systems Corp. – for guiding the On Demand quality committee efforts that led to the formation of an MSO-only working group that delivered CTAM's first CableLabs engineering request for change.
• Doug Ohlandt, vice president, programming promotion, iN DEMAND – for managing the complex scheduling of the 2010 and 2011 Transactional Movies on Demand initiative and strategic oversight of the 2011 On Demand PR campaign.
• Todd Smith, director, media relations, Cox Communications – for extraordinary contributions to the successful Solutions for Small Business PR initiative and for supporting industry educational sessions that built understanding of, and visibility for cable’s business services.

• Artie Bulgrin, senior vice president, research and analytics, ESPN, INC. – for once again bringing his superstar skills and connections to the table, and revolutionizing the focus and intensity that helped set new records for the CTAM Insights Conference.
• Todd Cunningham, senior vice president, strategic insights and research, MTV Networks – for transforming data into powerful insights that raised the sophistication of the CTAM Co-op studies to new heights, and for his razor-sharp direction reinvigorating the 2011 CTAM insights Conference.  
• Michael Diamond, senior vice president, marketing strategy and intelligence, Time Warner Cable – for his visionary work refocusing, reformatting and reenergizing the 2011 CTAM Insights Conference shattering previous year’s ratings.
• David Gray, regional vice president, Time Warner Cable – for co-leading the CTAM Chapters Council and the 2011 chapter transition, including advising chapters on developing effective strategic business and educational programming.
• Danielle Mintz, vice president, distributor marketing and strategy, AMC Networks – for sharing her enthusiasm, strategic thinking and industry knowledge in developing the 2011 CTAM Wired event series.