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Thomas Umstead
Verified
Senior Content Producer, Programming, Multichannel News Online
New York
Beats
Biography
R. Thomas Umstead has had a diverse career in the telecommunications arena, having served as a writer, editor, producer, videographer, speaker and moderator during his more than 30-year career as a journalist. He has written extensively about the cable television business at TV trade publication Multichannel News, where he currently serves as senior content producer of programming covering content development, talent signings, program scheduling and distribution agreements for more than 500 cable networks as well as emerging digital and over-the-top online services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Umstead is also Multimedia Editor for the Multichannel News website (www.multichannel.com), responsible for filming, editing and producing video news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers, actors and celebrity personalities.
Television, Distribution
Content
By Thomas Umstead Verified| Next TV Verified The WNBA playoffs and week four of the NFL regular-season highlight the list of live sports events airing on television this weekend. The WNBA semi-final playoff round tips off Sunday with ABC’s coverage of the defending champion Las Vegas Aces playing the New York Liberty in a rematch of last year’s finals. On ESPN, the Connecticut Sun face the Minnesota Lynx.
By Thomas Umstead Verified| Next TV Verified The Professional Fighters League is looking to super-serve fans of mixed martial arts as it gears up for a major October 19 pay-per-view event from Saudi Arabia.
By Thomas Umstead Verified| Next TV Verified ESPN’s Monday Night Football telecast helped the sports network barely beat out Fox News for top honors in primetime last week. ESPN averaged 2.56 million viewers for the week of September 16-22 to top Fox News’ 2.51 million viewers, ending the news network’s three-week winning streak, according to Nielsen numbers supplied by Fox News.
Company Info
Multichannel News Online
Bath, England, United Kingdom
'+44 1225 442244