{"id":2293,"date":"2017-09-08T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-mike-cosentino-lead-content-programming\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:36:47","slug":"bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Media Promotes Mike Cosentino to Lead Content &#038; Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bell Media has made several executive appointments and organizational changes to its senior leadership team, including naming Mike Cosentino to the post of president of content and programming.<\/p>\n<p>In this role, Cosentino will be responsible for the acquisition of Bell Media\u2019s English programming across two top-rated conventional networks, its\u00a0suite of leading specialty channels and its digital properties, including CraveTV. His remit also includes the development, creation and execution of Bell Media\u2019s award-winning original programming. Bell Media\u2019s in-house and independent content divisions are now aligned under Cosentino\u2019s new elevated role.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Stewart Johnston was appointed as president of media sales, marketing and TSN, following the departure of Stuart Garvie, who\u00a0returns to GroupM as Canadian CEO. Johnston\u2019s role has expanded to include the leadership and strategic direction of Bell Media\u2019s local and national advertising sales across all platforms, namely conventional and specialty TV, radio, out-of-home and digital. In addition to his responsibilities leading TSN, Johnston\u2019s portfolio also includes Bell Media\u2019s in-house creative agency.<\/p>\n<p>Nanci MacLean, meanwhile, has become the VP and head of Bell Media Studios. MacLean is responsible for all aspects of in-house production for Bell Media\u2019s conventional and specialty channels, including CTV\u2019s <em>Your Morning<\/em>, <em>The Social<\/em>, <em>ETalk<\/em> and <em>The Marilyn Denis Show<\/em>, among others. In addition to overseeing special productions, MacLean\u2019s responsibilities include Exploration Production. MacLean will work closely with Bell Media President Randy Lennox on developing new content, partnership and business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Stuart Garvie in his new role,\u201d said Lennox. \u201cStuart\u2019s relentless focus on client service and drive for innovation has positioned our sales team for continued success. We look forward to a continued partnership with him at GroupM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith today\u2019s appointments, we\u2019re delighted to recognize the deep wealth of experience and industry respect for Stewart, Mike and Nanci. These three leaders are positioned to drive Bell Media forward in how we collaborate with our partners, create content and deliver results.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bell Media has made several executive appointments and organizational changes to its senior leadership team, including naming Mike Cosentino to the post of president of content and programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":2294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[93,237],"class_list":["post-2293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bell-media","tag-mike-cosentino"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bell Media Promotes Mike Cosentino to Lead Content &amp; Programming - TVCANADA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bell Media Promotes Mike Cosentino to Lead Content &amp; Programming - TVCANADA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bell Media has made several executive appointments and organizational changes to its senior leadership team, including naming Mike Cosentino to the post of president of content and programming.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVCANADA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-08T16:27:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-08T16:36:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/07\/MikeCosentino-BellMedia-917.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/\",\"name\":\"Bell Media Promotes Mike Cosentino to Lead Content & Programming - TVCANADA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-08T16:27:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-08T16:36:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/bell-media-calls-on-mike-cosentino-to-lead-content-programming\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bell Media Promotes Mike Cosentino to Lead Content &#038; Programming\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/\",\"name\":\"TVCANADA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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