The CTAM Chairman may, at his or her discretion, select certain CTAM members for receipt of a special Chairman's Award, citing them for extraordinary contributions to CTAM and/or the industry. In those years in which it is given out, the Chairman's Award is awarded by the current chairman at the annual CTAM Summit. Prior to 1988, the Chairman's Award was called the President's Award.
2010 Honoree
Sean Bratches, chair, CTAM Board of Directors, and ESPN Inc.’s executive vice president for sales and marketing, recognized Michele Edelman, vice president, worldwide marketing, programming and acquisitions, Warner Bros., and Peter Intermaggio, senior vice president, marketing and communications, Comcast, with the Chairman’s Award.
Both Edelman and Intermaggio were instrumental in producing the $30 million Movies On Demand campaign, on behalf of eight studios and eight MSOs. They also led the 140 volunteers who contributed to its success.
Past Honorees
2008
CTAM Chapters
2007
David N. Watson
Executive Vice President, Operations
Comcast
2006
Kevin Leddy
SVP, Strategy & Development
Time Warner Cable
2005
Josh Sapan
President & CEO
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
2004
Julian A. Brodsky
Co-Founder, Director and Vice Chairman
Comcast Corporation
2003
Dr. Richard R. Green
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
2001
John J. Sie
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Starz Encore Group
2000
James O'Brien
1999
Charles Ellis
EVP
Time Warner Cable
1998
No award given
1997
John F. Gault
EVP
Time Warner Cable
1996
Ginny Overbagh
VP Marketing
Time Warner Cable National Division
Steve Raymond
VP Affiliate Sales & Marketing Western Division
ESPN
1995
On-Time Guarantee Advisory Group:
Jeff DeLorme
EVP
Continental Cablevision
Dennis Wilkinson
SVP Marketing & Programming
PrimeStar
George Bodeheimer
SVP Sales & Marketing
ESPN
Eric Brown
Director of Regional Marketing
Century Southwest Cable TV
Bruce Clark
President
Colony Communications
Sharan Wilson Stover
SVP
Tele-Communications, Inc.
Lynn Yaeger
SVP
Time Warner Cable
1994
No award given
1993
Joel A. Berger
Publisher
MultiChannel News/Cablevision Magazine
1992
Ruth Otte
President/COO
Discovery Networks
1991
Matthew Blank
President /COO
Showtime Networks, Inc.
Lee Clayton
Vice President
Bortz and Co.
1990
Lowell Hussey
SVP of Sales, Marketing & Programming
Warner Cable Communications
1989
John Reardon
President
MTV Networks
Lowell Hussey
Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Programming
Warner Cable Communications
1988
David Van Valkenburg
1987
Rod Thole
Executive Vice President, Telecommunications Group
Heritage Communications
John Reardon
Executive Vice President & General Manager, Affiliate Sales &
Marketing
MTV Networks, Inc.
1986
Ajit Dalvi
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Programming
Cox Cable Communications
1985
Char Beales
Vice President, Program & Marketing
National Cable Television Association
1984
Douglas Wenger
Storer Cable
1983
Gail Sermersheim
Vice President & General Manager of Southern Region
Home Box Office
Toni Augustine
President
Communication Trends, Inc.
Ted Turner
Turner Broadcasting
(received President’s Award for Marketing Excellence)
1982
Gail Sermersheim
Vice President & General Manager of Southern Region
Home Box Office
Andy Goldman
Executive Vice President for cable
Spanish International Network
Titles and companies are not meant to reflect current status, only position at the time the award was received.