Chris Carr Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Clients included:
• BritBox LLC (New York, NY)Streaming video service (a joint venture between BBC Studios & ITV)Advised on the launch of BritBox Australia
• Dennis Publishing Inc (New York, NY)Private Equity owned magazine publisherAdvised on potential acquisition and integration of finance teams
• Phoenix 7 Ltd (London, UK & New York, NY)
• Quartz Media Inc (New York, NY)
• eContext, (Chicago, IL & London, UK)

Greater New York City Area

• Recruited to manage finance and IT operations for the Guardian’s North American digital news site.
• Turned a $12M loss into $5M+ in profits within two years.
• Oversaw restructuring that moved business into profitability for the first time.
• Managed office relocation generating annual savings of $1.5M.
• Established the Guardian’s US charitable entity (501c3).
• Restructured reporting systems to provide greater visibility into profitability of the business.

Greater New York City Area

Consulted on sale and transition of BBC America to AMC Networks and other special projects.

• Selected to manage operations to support development into mature network and move into original commissions.
• Led team to develop BBC-branded OTT subscription video-on-demand and TV Everywhere services, including product definition, partnership negotiations, technical vendor selection and business planning.
• Initiated and managed BBC America migration onto new ad sales and scheduling systems on schedule and under budget.
• Oversaw cable video-on-demand services, increasing usage over 65% within two years.
• Managed investment process in both scripted and unscripted original programming with budgets of over $50M.
• Saved $1M+ annually by initiaiting RFP process and renegotiation of network playout and transmission agreements.

Greater New York City Area

• Recruited by CEO to lead strategic realignment of newly structured organization, oversee operations and P&L of U.S. operations consisting of 50+ employees including ad sales, affiliate sales, programming, marketing and.
• Increased revenues more than 60% to $100M with profit increase of 135% to $30M.
• Launched in-house ad sales and affiliate sales teams, tripling ad sales in five years and increasing household distribution by 20M+.
• Grew primetime ratings more than 100% in four years by implementing new programming strategy and channel repositioning.
• Negotiated network origination agreements for launch of HD and West Coast feeds and supported establishment of nightly news-hour.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Selected as CFO responsible for launch of BBC America. Steered new organization from start-up to profitability two years ahead of plan. Built finance and all systems from the ground up.
• Implemented cost control systems that maintained BBC America within tight funding limits.
• Developed and maintained productive relationships with joint venture partner, Discovery Communications.
• Raised additional financing of $40M.
• Led negotiations and investment appraisal to buy out Discovery Communication.
• Directed relocation of channel from Maryland to New York.

Ba, Modern History, Politics With Economics

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