NATPE Announces Recipients of Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards

LOS ANGELES, October 17: Mark Itkin, Peter Roth, Nancy
Tellem and Bob Wright have been named as the recipients of the fifth annual
Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards, to be presented on January 28 during the NATPE
2008 Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas.

Mark Itkin is the executive VP and worldwide co-head of
television and a member of the board of directors of the William Morris Agency.
Peter Roth is the president of Warner Bros. Television. Nancy Tellem is
president of CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group. And Bob
Wright is the vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric.

This year's Award honorees were selected by NATPE's
executive committee. Past Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award recipients are Stephen
J. Cannell, Harry Friedman, Bonnie Hammer, Anthony E. Zuiker, Steven Bochco,
Marc Cherry, Pat Mitchell, Carole Black, James Burrows, Dick Wolf, Gail Berman,
Mark Burnett, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach and Ken Lowe.

Rick Feldman, NATPE’s president and CEO, commented: “I’m
confident that Brandon would be very pleased to know that his friend Bob Wright
and outstanding leaders like Nancy Tellem, Mark Itkin and Peter Roth are this
year’s recipients. This summer marked the 10th anniversary of Brandon's passing
and from my point of view the stature of our 2008 honorees demonstrates our
ongoing commitment to celebrate the qualities of vision and leadership embodied
by the Legacy Awards.”

—By Irene Lew