Doug Ballmer Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co

- Programming Lead for one of four independent U.S. regional sports networks.- Oversee creation of monthly program schedules for both Altitude and Altitude 2 networks utilizing games from the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rapids and Colorado Mammoth.- Ensure the scheduling of over 350 live pro, collegiate and high school events each year in the #17 media market.- As of January 2024, negotiated over 450 program acquisitions generating over $2.25 million in time buy revenue.- Analyze ratings, local rights availability and competitors schedules in order to make recommendations to Executive Staff to maximize viewership, revenue opportunities and areas for growth.- Maintain working relationships with all pro, collegiate and high school teams, leagues and agencies including: NBA, NHL, MLS, NLL, Big Sky, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, University of Denver, Air Force Academy and the Colorado High School Athletic Association.- Interact regularly with all internal departments including: Production, Sales, Marketing, Public Relations, Digital Media, Affiliate Relations, Finance, Traffic and Operations.- Manage workloads, goals and policies of Programming staff.- Develop departmental fiscal budget and profit/loss analyses.- Coordinate national syndication of Altitude’s Fantasy Football Hour show to over 90 million homes including: NBC RSNs, FOX RSNs, AT&T RSNs, NESN and MSG.

Denver, Co

- Responsible for the day-to-day creation and maintenance of Altitude and Altitude 2 program schedules including scheduling, acquisitions, strategy and contracts.- Negotiate all programming acquisitions and fulfill yearly time buy revenue projections.- Generate all commercial formats for Production and Sales purposes.- Liaison for syndicated programming from ESPN, Comcast SportsNet and other sports networks.- Create and oversee yearly High School Football package and On Stage music series.- Member: NATPE, National Association of Television & Programming Executives

Los Angeles, Ca

- Responsible for all facets of both networks' programming including scheduling, acquisitions, strategy and contracts.- Coordinated the scheduling of over 450 live professional, collegiate and high school events each year in the #2 Media Market in the U.S. including: LA Lakers, LA Kings, LA Dodgers, LA Clippers, Anaheim Ducks, Anaheim Angels, USC, UCLA, CIF-Football.- Successfully negotiated over 120 programming deals and brought in over $750,000 in cash/barter revenue.- Accountable for $180,000 departmental budget and the supervision of all Programming staff.

Los Angeles, Ca

- Developed and maintained national program schedule for 21 regional sports networks to follow.- Managed the scheduling and game selection of FSN's collegiate sports packages including: PAC-10 football (Increased ratings 28%), PAC-10 basketball (Increased ratings 33%), Big 12 football (Increased ratings 45%), Conference USA football (Increased ratings 119%).

El Segundo, California

- Coordinated the scheduling of over 3,000 live yearly events in DirecTV's 5 professional and collegiate sports packages including: NFL Sunday Ticket, NBA League Pass, NHL Center Ice, ESPN Gameplan (college football) and ESPN Full Court (college basketball).

El Segundo, California

- Managed feature film database containing license windows, release dates and promo rights from major Hollywood studios.- Oversaw weekly placement of all DirecTV on-air promo spots.- Responsibilities associated with DirecTV’s initial launch:Programming representative at corporate strategy meetings.Acquired key sports data including broadcast rights, blackout restrictions and yearly schedules.Member of local sales team that launched DirecTV in Los Angeles in June, 1994.

Burbank, Ca

- Scheduled over 25 daily and weekly series from The Walt Disney Company's original and acquired libraries.- Maintained program inventory database with title and contract information.