Turner’s Phil Kent to Deliver NATPE Keynote

LOS ANGELES: Phil Kent, the chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting System, has been lined up to deliver the opening morning keynote at NATPE.

Kent oversees such networks and businesses as CNN, CNN International, CNN.com and HLN; TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and truTV; Cartoon Network and Adult Swin; and Turner Sports. He joined Turner in 1993 as the president of Turner Home Entertainment. He has also served as the president and COO of the CNN News Group and president of Turner Broadcasting System International.

Rick Feldman, the president and CEO of NATPE, said of Kent: “Phil has a broad portfolio. Because of all the content that Turner creates and distributes here and around the world, Phil is in a unique position from which to view the present and the future. He can speak to the creative and business challenges and can also speak to the vast global, multiplatform opportunities which are dramatically changing our business.”