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Joseph Townley currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of MY
Entertainment.
Mr. Townley has more than two decades of experience in the entertainment
and sports television sectors. Mr. Townley spent seven years at Clear
Channel Entertainment Television (CCETV) rising to the position of
President in 2004. During his tenure as President,
Mr. Townley expanded the division's business to generate over $25 million
in annual revenue. In this regard, he shifted the division's strategy to include
program development and ownership of content. This resulted in the
development of original programming for A&E (Biography), CBS (Top
Spin), Discovery Channel (Vegas Turns 100) and Spike TV (Pros vs. Joes).
During this period he also oversaw the division's strategy with Clear
Channel Entertainment's Sponsorship and Marketing Divisions to assure
seamless integration of brand objectives into the development of original
media content. He also negotiated innovative distribution and production
deals with companies such as Simmons Lathan Media Group (co-founded
by Russell Simmons), Ventura Home Entertainment, Reach Media (Tom
Joyner's multi-media company) and Granada Entertainment, which brought
CCETV into arenas of television and home entertainment.
In addition, Mr. Townley brought CCETV into a major leadership role within
the sports programming and production community and acted as chief
television sports consultant with many major sports franchises including the
Championship Auto Racing Team (CART), United States Tennis
Association (USTA), National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Pro Cycling
Tour and United States Ski Association (USSA).
Prior to joining CCETV, Mr. Townley served as station manager of WBIS-TV
CH 31 in New York, which he joined after spending 10 years at Madison
Square Garden Network (MSG). He began working at MSG as Producer of
Original Programming prior to being named Vice President of
Programming and Executive Producer of the network. A graduate of the
University of Maryland, Mr. Townley began his career in local news at WUSA
in Washington, DC.
Joseph Townley
COO
MY Entertainment
14 E. 38th Street 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10016
212 730-4545