Paul Kosuth

Experience

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  Midwest Teleproducitons

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1987

  Technical Director/Editor

  Technical operator for in-house video facility at the Richfield Coliseum. Director, technical director, editor, graphics operator and camera operator for various live arena events including the Cleveland Cavs providing live visiting TV feeds.

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  SportsChannel Ohio

  Jan 1987 - Jul 1993

  Producer/Director

  Produced and directed over 500 Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball (NBA) games and over 600 Cleveland Indians Baseball (MLB) games.

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  KBL Sports Network

  Aug 1993 - Aug 1996

  Producer/Director

  Produced and directed over 320 Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey (NHL) games including pre and post-game programming.

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  FSN Pittsburgh

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2006

  Executive Producer

  Provide overall strategic vision, planning, scheduling and execution of live event and studio production with the goal of optimizing advertiser and affiliate sales. Responsible for $9.0M budget and over-seeing the production of over 550 events per year, live and taped studio production and magazine-style programming including Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball (MLB) and Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey (NHL) and daily studio shows for both Pittsburgh and St. Louis markets. Oversee local programming department including the integration of network and local schedules, programming contracts and local time-buys. Supervise 50 person staff including talent, freelance production personnel, studio and administrative staff. Responsible for the Pittsburgh Penguins Radio Network from 1996 to 1999. Show less

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  NBC Sports

  Jun 1996 - Sept 1996

  Freelance Producer

  Freelance producer of NBC’s coverage of Women’s Soccer during the Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad.

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  Bright House Sports Network

  Feb 2008 - Feb 2015

  General Manager

  Manage and direct Bright House Sports Network for Bright House Networks. Strategic planning and oversight for a 24-hour regional sports channel in the Tampa Bay and Central Florida markets. Supervise all station operations, including finance, programming, ad sales, marketing, engineering, remote production and human resources. Provide staff with positive motivation, direction and insight. Committed to the creation of new programming and revenue strategies with a focus on the station brand. Developed strategic plans for the station's future growth in technology and multi-platform content delivery. Provided professional, positive, visible leadership both inside the station and with advertisers, viewers and the community at large. Responsible for all aspects of financial statements; $9M operations and capital budgets; a staff of 70 including freelance talent; two studios in Pinellas Park and Orlando, Florida; company owned remote production trucks, ENG/SNG and live news trucks. Show less

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  GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.)

  Jan 2014 - now

  Council Member, Expert Consultant: Live Sports Production & Programming

  GLG is the world’s leading platform for professional learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn in short- and long-term engagements from a membership of more than 425,000 experts. Clients partner with GLG to address their most complex strategic challenges, make better business decisions, and advance their careers through conversations, mentorships, small group convenings, surveys, and other interactions - all within a rigorous compliance framework. My focus is on sports television programming and production. Show less

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  The University of Akron

  Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

  Director, Multimedia Services - Athletics

  Supervise and direct all video and multimedia efforts the Akron Athletics Department has while assisting with various multimedia productions for the University Communications and Marketing departments.Coordinate production of and manage the game-day production staff for over 50 live video events on various ESPN channels and other broadcast platforms. Produce high-quality video features to highlight the University’s student-athletes. Maximize the use of new and existing content over multiple platforms, digital channels and across departments. Serve as a liaison to television networks that broadcast Akron Athletics home events. Show less

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  United States Equestrian Federation

  Sept 2022 - now

  Managing Director of Broadcast & Digital Media

  Lead and manage the USEF Network strategic partnership including content, programming, and media rights strategy while providing leadership and oversight into the planning, analysis, and execution of the schedule, budget, production, and contracts.Develop and manage strategic partnerships maximizing the long-term value of the USEF media properties and growing membership and equestrian sport.Work closely with internal and external partners to develop new sport and media properties to maximize the engagement and reach of equestrian sport while growing revenue.Support cross department and cross functional video content development for USEF platforms including but not limited to social media, USEF Network, website and the Learning Center. Show less