Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 23, 2001

Thomas Rocco – Ctn Media Group Inc (uctn)

THOMAS A. ROCCO first joined CTN Media Group, Inc., as President of Sales and was promoted to President in January 2001. Mr. Rocco comes to CTN from Microcast, Inc., a streaming media Internet company, where he was Vice President. Prior to Microcast, Mr. Rocco was Divisional Vice President of Sales, Discovery Networks, US. He joined Discovery as VP, National Sales and was responsible for all regional offices of Discovery Networks, handling sales for Discovery, and TLC following with the launches of Travel Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Health and BBC America. Before Discovery, Mr. Rocco was Vice President of Marketing and Sales Development for the NBC Television Network. Prior to NBC, he was Director of Sales Development at WNYW, the Fox owned and operated television station in New York. Mr. Rocco spent most of his career with the ABC Radio Network, where he worked for 13 years. His last position there was Eastern Regional Sales Manager. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a historical sketch of the company and an

overview of things as they are now?

Mr. Rocco: Having been here since just the middle of December, 2000 I'll

give you as