Starz Appoints Jeffrey Hirsch Chief Operating Officer
June 21 2016 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
David Weil Elevated to Chief Legal
Officer
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) announced today the appointment of
Jeffrey Hirsch as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
In addition to Hirsch’s appointment, Starz announced the elevation
of David Weil to Chief Legal Officer, with expanded duties
including oversight of Human Resources. Hirsch and Weil will
continue to report to CEO Chris Albrecht.
Albrecht remarked, "We are transforming STARZ into a more
innovative global entertainment brand. Jeff’s talent and experience
will help us accelerate the transformation that began five years
ago. We have made great progress in our programming, brands,
subscribers and shareholder value, and the organization is focused
with an eye to the future.”
Hirsch said, “I am excited to continue to drive innovation
around our award-winning programming to meet the needs of our
growing fandoms and ultimately return more value to our
shareholders.”
In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Hirsch will oversee
Affiliate Sales, Marketing, Programming Operations and Research,
Starz Distribution, and Technology and Product Development. Hirsch
has played a key leadership role at Starz since joining in July
2015 as President of Global Marketing and Product Development. He
oversees development of new Starz products and services for the
company, including the launch of the new STARZ app, the STARZ
network rebrand and the repositioning of the STARZ ENCORE suite of
services.
Hirsch joined Starz in 2015 after serving most recently as
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Residential
Services at Time Warner Cable. In this senior executive role since
2011, Hirsch was responsible for all Time Warner Cable corporate
marketing activities to the company’s residential customers. Hirsch
first joined Time Warner Cable in 1999 and served in various
executive roles including responsibilities in strategic product
development for the Time Warner Cable iPad app, and serving as
President for Residential Services in the Time Warner Cable New
York City, Los Angeles and Rochester, NY regions. Prior to that,
Hirsch’s past experiences included stints at NYNEX Corporation in
product bundling and McCann-Erickson in advertising.
Hirsch was recognized in 2012 as the sole recipient of the
Vanguard Award for Young Leadership and twice ranked by Forbes for
his executive talents and influence in marketing and social media.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the
University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration
from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.
Prior to his elevation to Chief Legal Officer, David Weil was
the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Starz. He is an
accomplished senior entertainment industry executive, with 10 years
experience as CEO of Walden Media/Bristol Bay Productions, where he
oversaw all aspects of the company’s operations, including
strategic planning, production, marketing and outreach, finance,
legal and business affairs. Prior to that, he was a partner at
O’Melveny & Myers for 25 years, where he focused on the
creation, operation and financing of entertainment and media
companies.
Weil graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a
B.A. in Political Science and holds an M.A. in Politics and
International Relations from Brandeis University. He received his
Juris Doctorate at Georgetown Law School.
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global
media and entertainment company with operating units that provide
premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay
television networks (Starz Networks) and global content
distribution (Starz Distribution), www.starz.com. The Starz
Networks operating unit is home to the flagship STARZ® brand with
24.0 million subscribers in the United States as of March 31, 2016,
with the STARZ ENCORESM network at 32.4 million subscribers.
Through STARZ, the company provides high quality, entertaining
premium subscription video programming with 17 premium pay TV
channels and associated on-demand and online services. STARZ is
sold through U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable
operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications
companies, and other online and digital platforms. Starz offers
subscribers more than 5,000 distinct premium television episodes
and feature films every year and up to 1,500 every month, including
STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular movie and
television programming. The Starz Distribution operating unit is
home to the Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Digital, and Starz
Worldwide Distribution divisions. In addition to STARZ Original
series, Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires movies,
television and other entertainment content for worldwide home
video, digital, and television licensing and sales.
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