KENNETH DAVID TIVEN

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SKILLS

Decades of managerial leadership creating media organizations using latest technology for production and presentation in a changing information world. Understanding the necessity of quality journalism and how to obtain this within cost parameters that are profitable.

Effective technical and financial skillset to explain the rationale and value of these changes to achieve first mover positioning within a market. Television Information Video (incorporating)

Intelligent Media Consultants, 2003-present

Designed, trained and advised start up television news channels Includes India’s first and most most successful news channel, AajTak, with revolutionary digital automation to support professional journalism skills. Comparable regional news channels for Star India, PULS TV Vienna, Austria, NN24 Nigeria, K24 Kenya, Nation TV Uganda, GEO Pakistan, Dawn News Pakistan, and News 7 Bulgaria.

Principal advisor to STAR SPORTS, India on all technical, workflow and aesthetic aspects of innovative $25 million dollar project. Created an ESPN- style facility of revolutionary design to broadcast and stream sports programming. My designs and advice saved the project $15 million compared to estimated budget.

CNN Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA 1992-2002

Vice President Television Systems, instrumental in second generation expansion of company, launching shift to Internet with CNN.COM and achieving first mover status. Instrumental in creation of CNN Sports Illustrated, CNN FN, and CNN en Espanol. Managed media projects outside USA in Spain, Turkey, Australia, & Germany.

Major accomplishment was to shift thinking of original CNN staff from its analog knowledge base to a transformative digital approach. Achieved, higher quality, speed and saved operating costs. Position required tact and persistence in dealing with resistant founding staff. Reported to CNN vice chairman Burt Reinhardt, founding leader of CNN. We both retired with the AOL-Time-Warner merger.

INNOVATION TO LEAD MEDIA INDUSTRY

Projects from 1986 to 1992 built on experience with existing methods and costs in the media industry. My innovations in technology and workflow increased profitability while encouraging improved journalism and ratings. Both channels combined journalism, management and technical skills because ownership allowed freedom of innovation.

Orange County NewsChannel (OCN), Santa Ana, CA. As VP and GM

(1989-92) this 24/7 regional news channel for a newspaper company became a template. Users included New York 1, Bloomberg Business Radio and TV news channels globally.

WQEX-TV Pittsburgh, PA.1986-1989 achieved instant notoriety winning most innovative TV station award in 1986 from Broadcast Management Engineering magazine. America’s most unusual PBS station combined 30 people with computerization and automation to produce programs and news while avoiding traditional PBS content. Mr.Rodgers Neighborhood used Studio A but QEX16 was entirely in the smaller WQED Studio C. THE FORMATIVE YEARS

NBC Network News, Washington DC 1985-1986

Producer, American Almanac with Roger Mudd.

WQED–TV People’s Business, Pittsburgh, 1984-1985

Bureau Chief, anchorman statewide news magazine program WPXI Pittsburgh, PA News Director 1981-1984

News Director

ABC Network News Chicago, 1978-1980

Bureau Chief & senior producer, Max Robinson: World News Tonight

Senior Management at the following TV channels

KYW-TV, Philadelphia, PA 1975-78 WSB-TV Atlanta, GA 1974-75 WPLG-TV Miami, FL 1972-74 WTOP-TV Washington, DC, 1970-72 The Washington Post, 1969 Editor on the International Desk The Trentonian, Trenton NJ Reporter & editor 1967

The Hartford Courant, Connecticut, Reporter 1963

EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

MS with Honors, 1969, Society of the Silurians award for Investigative reporting, US Army, 1966-1968

Sp4, MOS 71Q20 journalist

Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio

BA Political Science, 1966

Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT

College Track student 1957-1961, Editor high school newspaper REFERENCES

Alan Bell, former President Freedom Broadcasting, CA adwt3m@r.postjobfree.com

Tom Johnson, former President, CNN

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Ken Jautz, Executive Vice President, CNN (NYC)

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Ed Hersh, senior executive, Discovery Group,

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Inderjit Badhwar, Editor in Chief, IndiaLegal Magazine adwt3m@r.postjobfree.com

Uday Shankar, Managing Director, Star India

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Rose Kimotho, former owner/founder of K24,Nairobi. adwt3m@r.postjobfree.com