Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 23, 2001
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 anoverview of things as they are now?
Mr. Rocco: Having been here since just the middle of December, 2000 I'll
give you as