Study Group: Television Programming Trend Experts(?)

James Meyers is the Chief Executive Officer at Alpha Media, an entertainment media company with international sales and distribution operations, US sales and distribution operations, cable television assets, plus international production operations. He is responsible for managing corporate strategy...

Andrew Donchin is the Director - National Broadcast at Carat North America, a media specialist agency. He is responsible for managing operations for New York and Los Angeles. Previously, Mr. Donchin was a buyer at Wells, Rich and Greene, and was responsible for managing the account for Procter & Gamble;...

Joshua Pollack is the Chief Executive Officer at NXT, an investment management company focused in the media, sports, entertainment, publishing, video game internet and digital distribution industries. Mr. Pollack recently lead a feature film slate financing with Universal Studios and GE. He also manages...

W. Lawrence Patrick, Ph.D., J.D., is the President of Patrick Communications, a media investment banking and brokerage company with over $6.0 billion in transactions in recent years, including the sale of over 125 television stations and 500 radio stations, since its founding in 1984. Mr. Patrick also...

Kathrin Nothaft is the Owner and Managing Director of TELEBiLD, a German cable and pay TV consultancy and acting Managing Director of two family owned cable companies in Germany and Austria. She has over 15 years of experiencein the consultancy industry. She joined TELEBiLD as Project Manager, Marketing...

Preston Farr is the Senior Vice President - Affiliate Relations at CBS, a broadcast television network. He is experienced in managing operations, communications, and marketing...

Scott Fischer was a Division President at Freedom Communications, an $800 million revenue company with 8,000 associates in 28 states. He had full P&L responsibility for 14 newspapers across the Western United States generating $141 million in revenues. He was a member of the Corporate Operating Committee...

Alan Albarran, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Radio, Television and Film at the University of North Texas. He is also the Director of the Center for Spanish Language Media and Editor of The International Journal on Media Management. He is experienced in consulting in the media and entertainment...