50 Women to Watch in the Digital Entertainment Business 2026

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Kapouranis leads international sales, distribution, acquisitions and marketing for Lionsgate’s global distribution business. She licenses films, television series, Starz original series, Lionsgate Alternative series and the studio’s more-than-20,000-title library to more than 250 buyers around the world. Kapouranis helped close a multiyear licensing agreement that will bring the first four series of the successful “Power” franchise to Netflix, with the original “Power,” “Power Book II: Ghost,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” and “Power Book IV: Force” arriving on Netflix

internationally beginning in November. She also spearheaded international sales of the breakout hit “The Hunting Wives,” which is heading into its second season, to nearly 15 territories around the world. Kapouranis has led numerous multi-territory licensing deals, including the studio’s theatrical output agreement with Amazon Prime Video for the company’s franchise-driven theatrical slate. Kapouranis joined Lionsgate from MGM Studios in 2011, initially overseeing international SVOD, and was promoted to president of international television and digital distribution in 2018.

Alanna Powers

SVP, Worldwide Marketing
Paramount Home Entertainment

Powers leads worldwide marketing for Paramount Home Entertainment, overseeing campaigns designed to connect movies with consumers across digital platforms and retail channels. Her work increasingly relies on audience data to sharpen media spending and reach viewers more effectively. Powers has led campaigns for major Paramount releases and franchises including Top Gun: Maverick and “Mission: Impossible,” while also finding new ways to market enduring catalog titles such as The Godfather and Titanic. Powers joined Paramount in 2016 as VP of international marketing and was promoted to her current post in 2019. Her role has since expanded and grown more important as Paramount continues to refine how films move from theaters into digital ownership and rental. Earlier in her career, Powers held senior marketing positions at Redbox and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, and began her career at FCB Advertising.

Alisa Bowen

Bowen was named CEO of Fubo in July 2026, taking charge of the Disney-controlled streaming company after nearly a decade at The Walt Disney Co. Fubo operates three streaming services: the sports-focused Fubo, the entertainment-focused Hulu + Live TV, and French streamer Molotov. The company was significantly enlarged by Disney’s combination of Hulu + Live TV with Fubo, which gave Disney a controlling stake and created a major player in live streaming television. As CEO, Bowen oversees strategy across the combined businesses, including subscriber growth, advertising, content partnerships and profitability. She previously served as president of Disney+, overseeing subscriber and revenue growth, content scheduling and business operations. A founding member of Disney’s streaming leadership team, Bowen helped spearhead the global buildout and scaling of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. She joined Disney in 2017 after holding product, digital technology and management roles at Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones and News Corp.

Alison Hoffman

Hoffman oversees content acquisitions and key network operations across Starz’s U.S. and Canadian businesses, including distribution, marketing, publicity, product development, analytics and program planning. This year, she expanded Starz’s distribution footprint through several strategic partnerships, including launching Starz as Peacock’s first-ever add-on subscription, introducing a Crunchyroll bundle, and debuting a three-service offering with AMC+ and MGM+ on Prime Video. Hoffman also helped bring Starz’s programming slate to market, using viewer insights to shape marketing and direct-to-consumer strategies that contributed to the company’s second-highest customer engagement quarter on record and helped make “Fightland” the network’s second-highest-rated new IP launch ever. Under her oversight, Starz also delivered OTT revenue growth and record-low churn despite a rate increase. Hoffman was one of the key executives behind the Starz app and previously served as chief marketing officer. She joined Starz in 2012 after serving as AMC Networks’ VP of creative and brand strategy.

Amy Jo Smith

President and CEO
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group

Smith leads DEG, the trade association representing more than 80 companies across streaming, digital entertainment, content distribution, technology and home entertainment. She has headed the organization since 1997, guiding it from its origins as a DVD advocacy group through successive shifts to digital transactions, streaming, FAST and other direct-to-consumer models. DEG enters its 30th year with a newly elected board chaired by Prime Video’s Jude Fitzmorris and including representatives from Disney, Peacock, Tubi, Fandango, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Discovery, Plex and Runway. Smith is also overseeing DEG’s newest initiative, the DEG.AI Alliance, launched in December to help members navigate artificial intelligence across production, localization, distribution, accessibility and other areas. The alliance now has a steering committee drawn from AWS,

Google, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Runway and Disney. Smith also oversees DEG’s research, events and industry alliances, including D2CA, ACDA and the Canon Club.

Amy Reinhard

President, Advertising
Netflix

Reinhard leads Netflix’s advertising business, which has emerged as an important pillar of the streamer’s growth strategy. At Netflix’s May 2026 Upfront presentation, she announced that the ad-supported service had surpassed 250 million global monthly active viewers, with more than 80% of ad-plan members watching every week. Netflix plans to expand the ad tier into 15 additional countries in 2027. In August, Reinhard said Netflix nearly doubled U.S. Upfront ad commitments for the second consecutive year, while continuing to expand its in-house Netflix Ads Suite, programmatic buying, measurement and interactive creative capabilities. Reinhard assumed her current post in October 2023. She joined Netflix in 2016 in content acquisition and subsequently led consumer products and studio operations, overseeing global production and creative services. She also managed acquisitions including Scanline VFX and Animal Logic. Previously, Reinhard spent more than a decade at Paramount Pictures, ultimately becoming president of worldwide TV licensing and distribution.

Andrea Downing

Downing leads PBS Distribution, the global commercial distributor of public media content, overseeing a business spanning SVOD, FAST, AVOD, TVOD, physical media, educational and international licensing, theatrical releases and in-flight entertainment. Under her leadership, PBS Distribution has evolved well beyond its traditional home entertainment roots, building seven subscription channels and a FAST portfolio approaching 20 services, including PBS Antiques Roadshow, PBS Nature, PBS Travel and PBS Food. More recently, the company has expanded its role in content investment and production financing while continuing to broaden its feature documentary business. PBS Distribution is handling North American distribution of Frontline Features and BBC Storyville’s One in a Million, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Downing, who helped spearhead PBS Distribution’s early transition into digital streaming, also oversees PBS America in the United Kingdom and is eyeing other international commercial opportunities for public media programming. She was recently elected secretary of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group for the 2026-28 term.

Anjali Sud

Sud has led Tubi since September 2023, overseeing a period of accelerating growth for Fox’s free ad-supported streaming service. Tubi now counts more than 110 million monthly active users, generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue and recently posted the highest-revenue quarter in its history. Sud says the platform’s audience grew 14% while time spent viewing increased 17%, a sign that engagement is rising even faster than reach. Under Sud, Tubi is broadening its ambitions beyond on-demand movies and television, with a growing emphasis on sports, creator-driven programming, original content, and podcasts through Red Seat Ventures. The service is also becoming an increasingly important part of Fox’s advertising strategy, offering marketers digital entertainment and sports inventory beyond traditional television. Before joining Tubi, Sud spent six years as CEO of Vimeo, where she helped transform the company into a video software platform and led its 2021 spinoff as a publicly traded company.

Bela Bajaria

Bajaria oversees Netflix’s content organization worldwide, spanning series, films, unscripted programming, and an expanding slate of live events and sports. Under her leadership, Netflix continued to broaden its programming ambitions in 2026, adding more NFL games, including the league’s first regular-season game in Australia, and the Westminster Dog Show, while expanding its year-round live-event strategy. She also oversees a content engine that has produced franchises such as “Stranger Things,” “Squid Game,” “Wednesday” and “Bridgerton,” along with the breakout film phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters. This year, Bajaria also helped bring AI filmmaking company InterPositive into Netflix, emphasizing that emerging technology should expand rather than replace creators’ artistic choices. Bajaria joined Netflix in 2016, initially overseeing unscripted programming and licensing, and later led local-language originals and global TV. Before becoming chief content officer in 2023, she was head of global TV. Previously, Bajaria spent five years at Universal Television, ultimately serving as president.

Briana Larsen

VP, Content Strategy and Business Development
Xperi

Larsen leads global content partnerships and business development across Xperi’s smart-TV, pay-TV and in-car entertainment businesses. Her role has become increasingly centered on TiVo OS, where she has helped secure major streaming services for smart TVs powered by TiVo while expanding premium video offerings for connected cars. Larsen manages relationships with services including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max and YouTube, and oversees negotiations spanning subscription, ad-supported, transactional and vMVPD streaming. More recently, she has been helping shape TiVo’s content-first strategy across connected-TV, pay-TV and automotive as the company incorporates AI-driven discovery and adapts its user experience for increasingly fragmented viewing habits. Larsen has also been recognized as one of Parks Associates’ Top Leaders in Technology. Before the Xperi-TiVo merger, she led TiVo product partnerships with streaming services, platforms, OEMs and technology vendors. She holds degrees from Stanford University and the Pepperdine University School of Law.

Chase Brisbin

EVP, Global Channels
Lionsgate

Brisbin leads Lionsgate’s global channels business, encompassing FAST, SVOD add-on and free-to-air channels. A 14-year Lionsgate veteran, she has grown the studio’s portfolio to more than 50 FAST channels worldwide, including MovieSphere, the first FAST channel to be ranked by Nielsen, and 50 Cent Action, created with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. This past year, Brisbin oversaw the launch of MovieSphere Gold, an all-movie digital network reaching more than 30 million households, further expanding Lionsgate’s presence in ad-supported streaming. She also struck a deal making FreeWheel the exclusive ad-serving partner for Lionsgate’s U.S. FAST portfolio, giving the studio greater control over advertising sold around its programming. Brisbin has expanded Lionsgate’s SVOD add-on channels into more than 22 markets, including the U.S. launch of Lionsgate+ in April. Brisbin was appointed to her present position in March. She was previously EVP of international SVOD sales and head of global channels. Brisbin has been at Lionsgate for 14 years.

Cindy Holland

Chair, Direct-to-Consumer
Paramount Skydance

Holland oversees the strategy, operations and performance of Paramount’s streaming platforms — Paramount+ and Pluto TV. Over the past year, the former Netflix executive has helped reshape Paramount’s streaming strategy, expanding its programming slate and third-party content while sharpening the focus on technology, personalization and subscriber engagement. Paramount+ recently reached 81.6 million subscribers, while direct-to-consumer revenue rose 9% to $2.47 billion. Holland is also making Pluto TV more central to Paramount’s streaming strategy, expanding its free on-demand and linear offerings, particularly for younger viewers. Before joining Paramount just before its August 2025 merger with David Ellison’s Skydance, Holland advised Skydance on streaming and was CEO of independent studio Sister. She previously spent 18 years at Netflix, including nine as VP of original content, helping establish its original programming strategy and overseeing teams behind “House of Cards,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Stranger Things,” “The Crown” and “Ozark.”

Courtenay Valenti

Head of Film, Streaming and Theatrical
Amazon MGM Studios

Valenti oversees all films for Amazon MGM Studios across streaming and theatrical. Over the past year she has helped turn the studio’s theatrical ambitions into a consistent slate, with Amazon MGM reaffirming plans to release at least 15 films annually. Recent momentum includes Project Hail Mary, one of 2026’s top-grossing films, alongside such releases as Masters of the Universe, Verity, How to Rob a Bank and The Thomas Crown Affair. Valenti also remains involved in the next James Bond film, with Denis Villeneuve directing, Amy Pascal and David Heyman producing, and “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight writing the screenplay. At CinemaCon, she said the studio is taking its time in choosing the next Bond actor. Valenti joined Amazon MGM in 2023 after more than 33 years at Warner Bros. Pictures, most recently as president of production and development, where she helped oversee a wide range of major studio films.

Elizabeth Stone

Chief Product and Technology Officer
Netflix

Stone was promoted to chief product and technology officer in February 2026, adding product to her oversight of engineering, data science and technology. She helped lead the rollout of a mobile experience featuring streamlined navigation and “Clips,” a personalized vertical-video feed designed to help subscribers discover films, series and other entertainment. Her organization continues to develop Netflix’s TV experience, personalization technology and infrastructure supporting live programming. Stone played a role in Netflix’s acquisition of InterPositive, Ben Affleck’s AI-powered filmmaking technology company, describing the deal as an investment in tools designed to support creators. She joined Netflix in 2020 as VP of product data science and engineering, later becoming VP of data and insights before being named CTO in October 2023. Stone previously served as COO at healthcare technology company Nuna and VP of science at Lyft. She began her career in finance and is a graduate of MIT and Stanford.

Erica Marie Dionne

SVP, Global Business Operations
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Dionne leads UPHE strategy across release planning, partner services and business transformation, overseeing the end-to-end launch of film and television content across digital platforms worldwide. She drives operational excellence and scalable systems across NBCUniversal’s evolving distribution landscape, coordinating complex workflows with global partners including Amazon,

Apple and Google. With more than two decades of experience in media operations, digital distribution and supply-chain transformation, Dionne has built and led teams focused on timely, strategically aligned launches at scale. She joined UPHE in 2009 as manager of product development and strategy, and has steadily expanded her remit. Beyond Universal, Dionne serves on the America On Tech National Board and represents NBCUniversal on the CTA Content and Entertainment Council. She is also a Girl Scout leader and

Bramnick leads strategic distribution initiatives across Sony Pictures Entertainment’s film and television portfolio in the United States and Canada, spanning SVOD, AVOD, FAST, traditional linear and physical home entertainment. Over the past year she played a key role in landmark multiyear agreements bringing in-season episodes of “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” to streaming audiences for the first time, with next-day availability on Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and Peacock in the United States, and Crave in Canada. Bramnick manages teams in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, and has licensed some of Sony’s best-known properties, including “Seinfeld” and “Breaking Bad.” She joined Sony Pictures Television in 2002 as VP of strategic operations and subsequently held increasingly senior positions in strategic operations, business development and sales. Prior to joining Sony, Bramnick was VP of business development and strategic alliances at Belo Interactive. She also served on the Grand Jury of the 2026 Rockie Awards. Bramnick is planning to leave the company by the end of the year to spend more time with her family.

Hilary Hoffman

EVP, Global Marketing
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Hoffman leads strategic marketing for UPHE across feature films, library titles and television properties worldwide. She shapes global go-to-market strategies and oversees brand, creative, digital content, media, publicity and consumer insights, with an emphasis on data-driven marketing and emerging platforms and technologies. Over the past year, Hoffman and her team brought to the home entertainment market a slate of high-profile Universal releases including Jurassic World Rebirth, Wicked: For Good and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Hoffman has guided some of Universal’s most successful home entertainment campaigns and played a pivotal role in industry innovations, including the launch of premium digital. Her remit also spans the evolving ways consumers discover, purchase and engage with entertainment across transactional and digital platforms. She joined UPHE in 1994 and has held a succession of domestic and international marketing posts, including SVP of brand and digital marketing. Prior to joining Universal, Hoffman worked in marketing at Disney.

Jen Neal

EVP, Live Events and Specials, NBC and Peacock
NBCUniversal

Neal leads strategy, creative development and operations for live events and specials across NBC and Peacock, with a growing emphasis on programming that can bring large audiences to the streaming service. Her portfolio includes “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” and the six-time Emmy-nominated Wicked: One Wonderful Night. In 2025, NBC and Peacock’s holiday programming reached 87 million viewers from Thanksgiving week through New Year’s Day, demonstrating the appeal of major live events across both broadcast and streaming. Neal’s 2026 slate includes the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and NBC’s live 100th anniversary special. As Peacock expands its live programming lineup, Neal’s work gives the service high-profile events that can attract viewers in real time while extending NBC’s biggest franchises beyond traditional television. Her role also reflects Peacock’s increasing use of live programming to complement its growing lineup of original and acquired entertainment.

Jennifer Caprow

EVP, Global Content Strategy and Planning
Lionsgate

Caprow was recently promoted to lead

Lionsgate’s global content strategy and

planning team, expanding her responsibilities from the United States to the studio’s worldwide television and digital distribution business. She oversees sales initiatives, release and placement strategies for Lionsgate’s film and television library, as well as the systems and day-to-day operations supporting the distribution group. Her team helps determine how and where Lionsgate content is sold across transactional digital, SVOD, AVOD, FAST and traditional television platforms around the world. The job takes on added importance as Lionsgate finds new outlets for a library that recently generated more than $1 billion in revenue over a 12-month period. Caprow joined Lionsgate in 2011 as a sales planning coordinator and steadily rose through the organization, becoming manager, director, executive director, VP and SVP before her latest promotion. In 2022, Media Play News named Caprow to its 40 Under 40.

Jennifer Curtis

SVP, Global Marketing
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Curtis leads global marketing for Sony Pictures Entertainment’s home entertainment business, overseeing new releases, transactional television and catalog titles, including franchises such as “Spider-Man,” “Resident Evil,” and “Jumanji.” Her responsibilities span lifecycle campaigns, brand marketing, and creative advertising, with a focus on helping audiences discover and engage with Sony’s movies and TV shows across digital and traditional retail platforms. Curtis leads the studio’s home entertainment marketing approach as viewing habits continue to shift, finding new ways to support titles well beyond their initial release windows. She works across the marketing and commercial teams to build campaigns that drive digital purchases while keeping Sony’s library titles visible and relevant. Her role reflects the growing importance of sustained, flexible marketing as studios look to get more value from both new films and established franchises.

Jerrlyn Iwata

EVP, Global Digital Distribution
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Iwata oversees business development and distribution for Universal Pictures’ digital home entertainment arm, leading the studio’s commercial licensing team for the digital transactional business, including PEST, PVOD, EST and TVOD. She also manages Universal’s global airline content licensing business, and strategic partnerships focused on emerging technologies shaping the future of film and television distribution. A member of UPHE’s executive leadership team, Iwata serves as executive sponsor of the division’s internship program and is active in employee engagement, mentoring and talent development initiatives across the organization. She joined Universal in 2011 as VP of digital distribution and was promoted to SVP in 2015, helping guide the studio through the evolution of digital distribution and consumer viewing habits. Prior to joining Universal, Iwata spent six years at Verizon Communications, where she held content acquisition roles spanning linear television, broadband, mobile and OTT platforms, giving her broad experience across traditional and emerging distribution channels.

Jill Allen

SVP, Global Digital Transactional
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Allen leads Sony Pictures Entertainment’s worldwide transactional digital business across electronic sellthrough and VOD platforms, overseeing monetization of new releases, television programming, catalog titles and major franchises including “Spider-Man,” “Jumanji” and “Resident Evil” in more than 140 territories. She works with major global retailers and local partners to expand the reach and value of Sony content, while helping shape release strategies and premium windows as digital ownership and rental continue to evolve. This year, Allen also participated in DEGI’s London and Paris roadshows, discussing the future value of video and the continued importance of transactional entertainment in an increasingly global marketplace. A 20-year Sony veteran, Allen joined the studio in 2006 and has held a succession of sales, business development and digital distribution roles. Previously, she worked in international sales planning at The Walt Disney Co. She began her career at Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Allen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jill Broek

Senior Director, Growth Marketing
Plex

Broek leads growth marketing at Plex, a streaming platform that lets users discover where to watch movies and TV shows across services while also offering its own free ad-supported movies, shows and live channels. Broek’s expertise is in brand narrative and performance. At Plex, she oversees efforts to attract and retain users worldwide through connected-TV, creator campaigns and live events. This past summer, Broek spearheaded Plex’s “Friday Night Lights” 20th anniversary roadshow with ATX TV, bringing cast members and fan screenings to cities across the country. The campaign also showcases Plex’s new Discussions feature, which lets viewers post and comment directly on movies and shows, extending the events to fans online. Broek joined Plex in 2024 and was promoted to her current position in June 2025. Previously, she spent nearly five years at Sourced Craft Cocktails, rising to SVP of sales and marketing, and held positions at Chive Media Group, Atmosphere, PopSugar and DreamWorks Animation.

Kate Hurl

EVP, Distribution Strategy and Operations
Lionsgate

Hurl helps shape strategy for Lionsgate’s worldwide distribution business, overseeing library acquisitions and renewals and managing relationships with key third-party content partners. Hurl helps monetize Lionsgate’s vast catalog, including recently renewed and expanded rights to a number of Quentin Tarantino and Tyler Perry films and television series. She also played a key role in restructuring Lionsgate’s distribution organization around a global planning model designed to better coordinate traditional licensing with growing AVOD, FAST and other digital businesses. Before joining Lionsgate, Hurl held strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and content planning positions at eOne, where she helped lead major

integration efforts following Hasbro’s acquisition of the company. Lionsgate subsequently acquired eOne from Hasbro in December 2023. Hurl joined eOne in 2017 in Toronto as manager of strategic initiatives, and rose to SVP of strategic planning and operations. Hurl began her career in 2012 at Corus Entertainment, a Canadian media and content company.

Kate Nexon

President, Domestic TV and Digital Distribution
Lionsgate

Nexon oversees North American sales, strategy and planning for Lionsgate’s first-run film and television pipelines and library, spanning SVOD, AVOD, FAST and linear platforms. Most recently, she helped secure a major licensing agreement bringing the first four series in the “Power” franchise to Netflix, beginning with the original “Power” in the United States and all four series internationally this November. She previously helped bring “The Hunting Wives” from Starz to Netflix in the United States, where it became a breakout hit, with a second season coming later this year. Nexon also led negotiations on a multifaceted Prime Video deal expanding “The Chosen” globally and helped secure Lionsgate’s multiyear theatrical output agreement with Prime. Nexon plays a key role in Lionsgate’s efforts to monetize a library that recently generated more than $1 billion in trailing 12-month revenue. Nexon joined Lionsgate in 2009 and was promoted to president in December 2023.

Katherine Pond

Pond leads business development and partnerships at Vizio, now part of Walmart, overseeing teams that negotiate, launch and market deals with major media and technology companies. Since joining Vizio in 2012, she has helped build and monetize businesses spanning content distribution and acquisition, advertising, data, IP licensing, and app partnerships, including the growth of WatchFree+. Her responsibilities have expanded to include platform partnerships, content and app onboarding, product marketing, programming, analytics, and distribution of third-party streaming services. Pond has struck deals with companies including Netflix, Google, Disney, Sony and NBCUniversal, and continues to play a central role in shaping Vizio’s connected-TV ecosystem. More recently, she has focused on expanding WatchFree+ programming and strengthening Vizio’s partnerships as Walmart integrates the smart-TV platform more closely into its broader advertising, commerce and entertainment strategy. She also co-founded Vizio’s Ascend Women’s Network and mentors students at Concordia University Irvine.

Kathryn Busby

President, Original Programming
Starz

Busby leads programming and development for Starz, overseeing the streaming platform’s mandate to deliver narratives by, about and for women and other under-represented audiences. This year she helped pivot Starz toward an owned-IP strategy, with “Fightland” becoming the network’s second-highest-rated new IP launch ever. Busby also expanded signature franchises with “Outlander: Blood of My Blood,” “Power: Origins” and “Power: Legacy,” while guiding the final seasons of “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” “Power Book IV: Force” and “Outlander” to record audience performance. She secured adaptations of “The Wolf King” and “All Fours,” and is moving into production on Starz’s second fully owned series, the Untitled Black Rodeo project, and “You Are Here,” co-produced with the BBC. Before joining Starz in 2022, Busby was EVP of Sony’s TriStar Television and previously held executive posts at Sony Pictures Networks, TBS, New Line Cinema and Carsey-Werner. She started her television career as director of comedy development for Universal Television.

Kelly Day

Head of International
Prime Video

Day oversees Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios’ international businesses, including teams producing original movies and series in more than 20 countries. She also oversees Prime Video’s international subscription, transactional and Channels businesses, as well as MGM+ and global distribution of MGM scripted television. Her responsibilities include content strategy, marketing, greenlight decisions and overall business performance across more than 200 countries and territories. This year, Day helped put a greater spotlight on programming produced outside the United States, opening Prime Video’s first International Originals showcase in London. Among Prime Video’s biggest successes was the Spanish-language “Culpables” movie trilogy, which has topped 100 million viewers worldwide and reached No. 1 in more than 170 countries, with more than 90% of its audience coming from outside Spain. Day joined Amazon in 2022 as VP and head of international for Prime Video. Previously, Day held senior positions at ViacomCBS, Discovery, AwesomenessTV and AOL.

Kim Granito

Chief Marketing Officer
AMC Global Media

Granito oversees marketing, media, brand strategy, creative, digital and social efforts across AMC Global Media’s television networks and streaming services, including AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder and the company’s major franchises. This year, much of her work has centered on building audiences and fan engagement around “The Vampire Lestat” and the third season of “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” both streaming on AMC+. Granito’s team turned “Lestat” into an event extending beyond the series itself, including a live performance at New York’s Beacon Theatre that subsequently became an AMC+ special, along with brand partnerships and a major Comic-Con presence. Granito also oversees integrated marketing and Content Room, AMC’s branded-entertainment operation, and helps shape campaigns that connect streaming premieres with in-person fan experiences. She became CMO in 2023 after two years as EVP of Content Room and marketing. Granito joined AMC in 2011, initially working at IFC, after earlier marketing roles at MTV Networks and NBCUniversal.

Kim Kelleher

President and Chief Commercial Officer
AMC Global Media

Kelleher oversees AMC Global Media’s advertising, distribution and content licensing businesses, putting her at the center of the company’s efforts to make its programming available across streaming, linear television and FAST platforms. She added the title of president in March, reflecting her growing role as AMC shifts more of its business toward streaming and outside distribution partners. Over the past year Kelleher’s team renewed agreements with four of the five largest U.S. pay-TV distributors — Comcast, DirecTV, Dish and YouTube — covering linear networks, streaming services and FAST channels. She has also been closely involved in expanding AMC’s relationships with streaming platforms, including the new $500 million global Netflix agreement for “The Walking Dead” universe, and expanded distribution of services such as All Reality on Roku and Apple. Kelleher joined AMC in 2019 after holding senior business and advertising positions at Condé Nast, Time and Sports Illustrated, building a broad background in media partnerships and revenue strategy.

Kristin Dolan

Dolan leads AMC Global Media as it continues its shift from a traditional cable programmer toward a studio-driven business increasingly centered on streaming. Streaming became the company’s largest source of domestic revenue in 2025, and AMC has continued expanding distribution of AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder and its other targeted services through partnerships and bundles. This year, Dolan oversaw a major expansion of AMC’s relationship with Netflix, striking a five-year, $500 million deal giving Netflix co-exclusive global streaming rights to all seven series and 371 episodes in “The Walking Dead” universe, while retaining those rights for AMC+. AMC also renewed distribution agreements with Comcast, DirecTV, Dish and YouTube over the past year, helping preserve broad access to its networks and streaming services. Dolan became CEO in 2023 and joined AMC’s board this year. Previously, she founded audience measurement firm 605 and spent 16 years at Cablevision, ultimately serving as COO.

Laura Florence

SVP, Global Channels
Fremantle

Florence oversees Fremantle’s global channels business, including linear and on-demand FAST services, ad-supported content and advertising sales, reaching more than 200 million viewers worldwide. Fremantle, headquartered in London and part of the Bertelsmann-owned RTL Group, has continued expanding its free streaming footprint under her leadership. This year, Florence and her team launched three channels on Samsung TV Plus built around some of Fremantle’s best-known game-show franchises: “Family Feud: Steve Harvey,” “Family Feud Classic” and “The Price Is Right: Bob Barker.” She also oversees BUZZR and channels featuring such Fremantle properties as “Baywatch,” “America’s Got Talent” and Jamie Oliver programming. Florence joined Fremantle in 2023 after serving as SVP and GM of digital at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, where she oversaw the Redbox and Crackle+ digital businesses. Earlier, Florence led North American sales and marketing at indie film distributor Gravitas Ventures, and held roles at Millennium/

Alchemy and Comcast/E! Networks.

Lauren Tempest

Head of Content Planning and Partnerships, Direct-to-Consumer
The Walt Disney Co.

Tempest was promoted in 2026 to lead content planning and partnerships for Disney Entertainment’s direct-to-consumer services, shaping the global content strategy for Disney+ and Hulu. Her expanded role comes as Disney moves toward a more unified streaming operation and broadens the types of programming offered across both services. This year, Tempest helped extend Hulu’s live-music strategy globally, bringing livestreams of Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits to Disney+ subscribers outside the United States. She also helped expand Disney’s anime offering through new licensing agreements, and recently announced an iHeartMedia partnership to bring selected podcasts and video podcasts to Disney+ and Hulu. Tempest previously served as Hulu’s GM and EVP of DTC content partnerships, overseeing Hulu and global licensing for Disney’s streaming services. She joined Hulu in 2015 after six years in program acquisitions at NBCUniversal’s USA Network.

Lexine Wong

EVP, Global Multichannel Distribution Marketing
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Wong leads marketing for Sony Pictures Entertainment’s home entertainment and television distribution businesses worldwide. She oversees campaigns for new movies and television programs as well as Sony’s extensive library, with responsibilities spanning advertising, media, digital marketing, publicity and promotional partnerships. A growing part of her job is finding new ways to keep older movies and television shows in front of consumers long after their initial release, particularly as digital platforms create new opportunities to promote and sell catalog content. A Sony Pictures veteran, Wong has led marketing for some of the studio’s biggest franchises and television properties, including “Spider-Man,” “Jumanji,” “Breaking Bad” and “Seinfeld.” She was promoted to lead global multichannel distribution marketing in October 2020 after serving as senior EVP of worldwide marketing for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In that role, she oversaw marketing for some of the studio’s biggest films. Wong began her career in 1988 at advertising agency Young & Rubicam.

Lindsey Green

SVP, Content Sales and Distribution
The Walt Disney Co.

Green oversees licensing of Disney’s film and television programming to third-party platforms, drawing on more than two decades at the company and extensive experience in digital distribution. Her work spans content from Walt Disney Studios and Disney’s television businesses, helping determine how Disney programming reaches consumers beyond the company’s own streaming services. Green has spent much of her career navigating the shift from traditional pay-TV and home entertainment to digital transactions and streaming. Prior to assuming her present role in March 2021, Green held senior positions in platform distribution and pay-TV and digital sales. This year, Green also made industry history when she was elected the first female vice chair of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, the trade association representing more than 80 companies across streaming, digital entertainment, distribution and technology. Green joined Disney in 2005 as a sales trainee after graduating from the University of Southern California.

Lisa Honig

Senior EVP, Program Distribution, North America
Fremantle

Honig leads North American distribution for London-based Fremantle, the global production and distribution company behind a broad slate of scripted, unscripted and entertainment programming. Based in New York, she oversees teams in multiple offices across the region, managing program sales, partner relationships and new business across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Her responsibilities span SVOD, AVOD, TVOD and FAST, an increasingly important part of Fremantle’s distribution business. Honig has helped expand the audience for such recent series as “Sullivan’s Crossing” and “Big Mood,” while growing Fremantle’s owned-and-operated FAST and AVOD presence across major streaming platforms. During her tenure at Fremantle, Honig has played a key role in adapting the company’s distribution strategy as the television marketplace has shifted from traditional broadcast and cable licensing toward streaming. Her work increasingly involves finding new outlets and audiences for Fremantle’s extensive library as well as its current programming around the world.

Marcy Magiera

Executive Director
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group

Magiera works closely with DEG president and CEO Amy Jo Smith to oversee the trade association’s programs, research, events and communications as the organization enters its 30th year. Magiera is DEG’s lead event producer, spearheading programming and marketing for EnTech Fest since its inception in 2022, as well as the EnTech Awards and Hedy Lamarr Awards. She also plays a key role in DEG’s industry intelligence, overseeing its reporting on consumer spending across streaming, digital transactions and physical media, and curating the daily DEG Den newsletter and DEG Q. This year, her work includes supporting the newly launched DEG.AI Alliance, focused on artificial intelligence’s impact on entertainment and media. She also works across DEG’s D2CA, ACDA and Canon Club initiatives. Before joining DEG, Magiera spent more than 20 years as a journalist covering entertainment, media and marketing, including positions at Video Business, Variety and Advertising Age.

Maria Ferreras

Global Head of Partnerships
Netflix

Ferreras oversees all partnerships for Netflix, an increasingly important role as the streamer expands its reach through relationships with telecommunications, pay-TV and media companies around the world. Recent initiatives include Netflix’s landmark agreement with France’s TF1, which beginning in 2026 brings TF1’s live channels and on-demand programming directly to Netflix members in France, and an expanded Canal+ distribution partnership covering 24 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ferreras was named global head of partnerships in February 2021 after nearly four years as VP of business development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She joined Netflix in 2017. Prior to joining Netflix, Ferreras spent 10 years at Google, most recently as director of partnerships for YouTube in Southern Europe and emerging markets. She previously held leadership and senior management roles at Lycos, Orange and Telecom Italia. In 2022, Bloomberg Línea named Ferreras one of the year’s 100 most influential Latinos worldwide.

Marian Lee

Chief Marketing Officer
Netflix

Lee oversees Netflix’s global marketing organization, spanning series, films, games, social media, consumer products, live experiences and partnerships. She has helped turn Netflix hits into cultural franchises, with KPop Demon Hunters becoming an example of the company’s effort to extend fandom beyond the screen. Netflix has expanded the property through partnerships with Mattel and Hasbro, merchandise, games and other consumer products. At Licensing Expo 2026, Lee delivered the opening keynote on the “Netflix Effect,” outlining how the company uses storytelling, marketing and licensing to build fandom. She has also overseen marketing around major Netflix franchises and events including “Stranger Things,” “Wednesday” and “Squid Game.” Lee was named chief marketing officer in March 2022 after joining Netflix the previous year as VP of marketing for the United States and Canada. Previously, she spent nearly eight years at Spotify in senior marketing and music roles, and earlier worked at Condé Nast and J. Crew.

Meri Hassouni

SVP, Global Sales and Marketing, Giant Worldwide/Matchpoint
Cineverse

Hassouni joined Cineverse’s Matchpoint earlier this year when it acquired Giant Worldwide, which provides digital services to media and entertainment companies. Over more than 20 years, she has helped guide Giant from a boutique digital facility into an international operation with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Warsaw. Her work has helped broaden the company’s services beyond digital delivery and disc authoring to include master quality control and localization. Hassouni oversees revenue and marketing strategy, manages key client relationships, and works with the executive team on growth initiatives. She has also been a strong advocate for women in entertainment and technology, serving for five years as co-chair of DEG’s Canon Club. In that role, she supports mentorship, education and networking programs, and serves on the voting committee for the Hedy Lamarr Awards. Hassouni also advises the DEG board on the Canon Club and is an active member of OTT.X.

Michele Edelman

EVP, Technology, and
GM, Matchpoint
Cineverse

Edelman leads go-to-market strategy, sales, marketing and day-to-day operations for Matchpoint, Cineverse’s automated media supply chain platform. She works with content owners, distributors, streaming services and technology partners to improve how entertainment assets are managed, prepared, delivered and monetized. Edelman also helped shape Cineverse’s broader technology strategy and was a key driver behind its acquisition of Giant Worldwide, which expanded the company’s service capabilities and strengthened Matchpoint’s position in the market. Before joining Cineverse, she was head of growth at Premiere Digital, where she led marketing, brand positioning and business development. Earlier, Edelman was EVP of marketing and content strategy at Vubiquity, overseeing marketing, communications and content strategy. She began her career at Warner Bros., spending 20 years in senior roles across digital distribution and home entertainment, including worldwide marketing, programming, acquisitions and direct-to-consumer marketing. Edelman is a frequent industry speaker on streaming, technology, leadership and the changing entertainment business.

Pia Barlow

VP and Head of Series Marketing
Amazon MGM Studios

Barlow leads marketing for Prime Video’s U.S. and global original series, shaping campaigns for the streamer’s growing slate of programming and franchises. She was appointed to the newly created role in August after spending six years at HBO Max, where she most recently served as EVP of originals marketing and oversaw campaigns for “The Pitt,” “House of the Dragon,” “Hacks” and the upcoming “Harry Potter” series. Her move to Amazon triggered a high-profile lawsuit from Warner Bros. Discovery, which alleges Amazon knowingly induced Barlow to leave more than 16 months before her WBD contract was set to expire in October 2027. Amazon has disputed the claims. Previously, Barlow held senior marketing positions at Netflix and 20th Century Fox on Deadpool 2, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Greatest Showman and Love, Simon. She began her entertainment career in 2003 at HBO, where her early campaigns included “Girls,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Silicon Valley” and “The Newsroom.”

Renae Batty

SVP, Global Client Experience
Deluxe

Batty leads global commercial strategy and client partnerships at Deluxe, a media-services company that helps studios, streamers and content creators prepare, localize, master and distribute movies and television programming worldwide. Deluxe’s services span digital distribution, cinema, streaming, mastering, asset management, subtitling, dubbing, captioning and audio description. Batty works with major entertainment clients as they adopt new technologies and rethink how content moves from production to audiences around the world. Her current focus includes responsible use of artificial intelligence, next-generation localization and media-production workflows, and expanded accessibility services designed to reach more viewers. She also helps translate

Srinivasan leads the technology strategy behind Amagi, which has grown into a major provider of cloud-based infrastructure for broadcast, streaming and FAST television. Its technology helps media companies launch, manage, distribute and monetize live, linear and on-demand programming, and now powers more than 9,000 channel deliveries, 500,000 hours of content and 26 billion ad impressions across more than 300 distributors worldwide. In January, Amagi became a publicly traded company, listing on India’s BSE and NSE exchanges. Srinivasan is also helping drive Amagi’s expansion into artificial intelligence, including new AI agents designed to automate such tasks as metadata enrichment, artwork generation, ad-break placement, captioning and localization. Amagi says its customers include 45% of the world’s top 50 media and entertainment companies. Srinivasan began her career as a software engineer at Texas Instruments and previously co-founded wireless audio technology company

ImpulseSoft, which was later acquired by SiRF.

Sue Kroll

Head of Global Marketing, Film and Series
Amazon MGM Studios

Kroll oversees global marketing for Amazon MGM Studios’ films and series, leading campaigns across Prime Video and the studio’s growing theatrical business. She has helped market some of Amazon’s biggest streaming properties while navigating a strategy in which theatrical releases increasingly become major titles on Prime Video after their cinema runs. Kroll joined Amazon in 2022, initially as a consultant to lead marketing for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which became Prime Video’s biggest series premiere at the time. She subsequently took charge of global marketing for both film and series and has continued building out the operation, most recently adding former HBO Max and Netflix executive Pia Barlow as VP of series marketing. Previously, Kroll headed Kroll & Co. Entertainment, and served as president of worldwide marketing and distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures, overseeing campaigns for Argo, Dunkirk, Mad Max: Fury Road, Inception and the “Harry Potter” films.

Susan Chun

EVP, Business and Legal Affairs — Content Distribution
Paramount Skydance

Chun leads business and legal affairs for the worldwide distribution of Paramount’s films and television series across the theatrical, transactional and licensing businesses. She also oversees the acquisition of select content rights and serves as the senior legal adviser to Paramount’s global distribution operation. For nearly two decades Chun has been closely involved in negotiating many of the company’s largest and most complex licensing agreements, while helping develop new ways to structure deals and generate revenue from content. Her role spans legal, business and strategic issues as Paramount adapts to changing distribution models and viewing habits. Chun also works closely with the company’s strategy, marketing and analytics teams and oversees a large global staff. Before joining Paramount in 2008, she spent more than a decade in private practice as a business litigator, representing major media companies in a number of high-profile cases.