Global Television's popular broadcast management series, presented in partnership with Shibley Righton LLP, is back. Join WIFT-T and a lineup of leading television executives and industry experts as we explore key management issues in broadcasting.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Kathleen Dore
President, Television& Radio
CanWest MediaWorks Inc.
Kathleen Dore will be interviewed by WIFT-T Board Chair Wendy MacKeigan, and will discuss the future of Canadian broadcasting, trends and multiplatform technologies.
In October 2004, Kathleen Dore was appointed to the newly created position of President, Television & Radio, CanWest MediaWorks Inc. One of the premier media companies in Canada, CanWest has interests in broadcast television, publishing, radio, specialty cable channels, outdoor advertising and Internet websites in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Turkey.
Dore is responsible for the company’s Canadian broadcast assets, including Global Television, a coast-to-coast Canadian broadcasting network and its 11 owned and operated stations; CH, a second network that broadcasts to 65% of English-speaking Canada; eight specialty cable channels, and radio stations in Winnipeg and Kitchener.
Prior to joining CanWest , Dore was a cable television leader and innovator at New York-based Rainbow Media Holdings Inc., where she served as President, Entertainment Services, for U.S. cable networks AMC (American Movie Classics), IFC (Independent Film Channel) and WE (Women’s Entertainment). Among her accomplishments at Rainbow, Dore was responsible for the development, launch and success of the Independent Film Channel and IFC Entertainment, which distributed award-winning independent films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Boys Don’t Cry.
At Bravo, where she served as President from 1996 until 2002, she oversaw the development of the award-winning series Inside the Actors Studio and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. She led Bravo to profitability and built the cable network from a subscriber base of fewer than 500,000 U.S. households to more than 68 million households. During her tenure at Bravo she was instrumental in partnering with Canadian broadcaster CHUM to launch Bravo Canada, and with Alliance Atlantis to launch IFC Canada. Dore joined Rainbow Media in 1982 as Affiliate Marketing Manager. She was named Regional Director in 1986, prior to being named Vice President and General Manager of Bravo in 1988.
In 2003, Dore was named Woman of the Year by the Women in Cable and Telecommunications Foundation (WICT). She is also the recipient of the Lee Salk Goodworks Award for her outstanding contribution to the fields of business and the arts by Theatreworks/USA, and a 2002 Girls Incorporated honoree. In 2003, she was named one of Fast Company’s "Fast 50," the only cable television executive cited in this annual feature on innovative business leaders. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Film Centre as well as the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Location: Shibley Righton LLP, 250 University Avenue, Suite 700 (at Richmond St.)
Time: 5pm - 5:30pm Registration; 5:30pm - 6pm Wine and Cheese Networking; 6pm - 9pm Speaker
Fee: $60 + GST Members; $75 + GST Non-members*
Note: This series is open to managers and senior industry professionals working in broadcasting. Registrant must must include her/his title and name of broadcast organisation.
To register: call (416) 322-3430 x221 or email a completed registration form, along with your resume to wift@wift.com or fax your registration to (416) 322-3703
* Cancellation of registration with up to 3 business days notice is subject to a $25.00 administration fee; for cancellation with less than 3 business days notice, no refund will be given. WIFT-T reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or substitute guest instructors as necessary. Should the workshop be cancelled, WIFT-T will issue a full refund or credit the fee to another WIFT-T Professional Development program.
