Van Court Named Senior VP at Nick and MTVN Kids and Family

NEW YORK, October 13:
Tanya Van Court has been named senior VP, Preschool and Parents Online,
Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group.

The announcement was made
by Steve Youngwood, executive VP, Digital Media, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and
Family Group, to whom she will report.

In her new role, Van Court
oversees strategy and operations, as well as creative and editorial content for
Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group preschool and parents online
businesses. She is responsible for the day-to-day management of Nick Jr.com
(Playtime and Nick Jr. Parents), broadband offerings Nick Jr. Video and Nick
Jr. Parents TV, NOGGIN.com, GoCityKids.com and the newly launched community
site ParentsConnect.com.

"Tanya brings a
wealth of experience to the Nickelodeon digital group, from managing online
businesses, to product development, to working with multiplatform brands,"
said Youngwood. "Her
expertise will lend to maintaining and growing our number-one position with
preschoolers and parents online."

Van Court assumes the role
formerly held by Kyra Reppen, who was recently named senior VP and general
manager of Neopets, the Internet youth community that is part of the MTVN Kids
and Family Group digital offerings.

Most Recently, Van Court
served as VP, New Media Video Products at ESPN, where she led the launch of
ESPN360, ESPN's broadband video and online gaming player. Prior to joining
ESPN, she spent three years at Cablevision Systems where she was responsible
for launching Cablevision's VOIP service, Optimum Voice, and spearheaded
Cablevision's Operations and Customer Experience efforts for their digital
cable product, Interactive Optimum (IO). Van Court also helped to launch DSL in
several international markets while working at Covad Communications.