PBS Distribution
John Suydam is the Senior Vice President of Business Development at PBS Distribution. John has been with the company since 2005, starting as a Director in Digital Distribution before becoming the Senior Vice President. Prior to their current role, John held positions at National Geographic and Discovery Inc. focusing on business development and affiliate sales & marketing. John holds an MBA from The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and a BA in Economics from Hamilton College. Throughout their career, John has demonstrated a strong ability to drive revenue growth and strategic initiatives within the media industry.
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PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS Masterpiece (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions. PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.