AOL Veteran Joins ¡Sorpresa!

NEW YORK, May 1: Juniper Content Corporation’s Spanish-language children’s network ¡Sorpresa! has appointed Kate Condon as executive producer of Sorpresatv.com.

In her new role, based in the Washington D.C. area, Condon will be charged with expanding the network’s online capabilities, digital community and audience reach. She will also focus on growing and integrating the online presence of ¡Sorpresa!’s advertising and programming partners. She will report to Chris Firestone, the network’s senior VP of digital media and broadcast operations.

Prior to ¡Sorpresa!, Condon had 10-plus years of Internet and broadcast television experience, including leading marketing relationships with Cartoon Network and Nintendo while at AOL. Also at AOL, she directed the design vision for its youth web portals that reached more than 1.5 million kids with 100-plus online games. Her work on the youth web portals at AOL, which combined education and entertainment with user participation, garnered two Telly Awards in 2006 and 2007.

Prior to her tenure at AOL, Condon served in a similar capacity at Henninger Media Services, where she worked with Discovery Channel Networks.

—By Irene Lew