Karen Bacchus Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for the content rights strategies for all platforms• Lead and develop a team to build comprehensive Rights reporting system• Support Diversity and Inclusion initiatives as a member of Bell Media’s Diversity and Inclusion Think Tank as well as sitting on the Content Advisory Committee as we work towards equitable and inclusionary best practices on-screen and across Bell Media’s various teams.

Toronto, Canada

• Led a team of 18 people to oversee Standards & Practices and Compliance for Bell Media's suite of English-language channels.• Ensure content complies with all CBSC and CRTC broadcast standards.• Overseeing all CRTC and Industry reporting for English Content.• English Program Manager for the Bell Media Graduate Leadership Program which offers an unparalleled introductory experience to the world of media with the goal of recruiting and mentoring the next generation of leaders at Bell Media.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led a team of 6 people and oversee Compliance, News/local scheduling and Canadian inventory for CTV Networks• Managed the reporting on all conditions of license for CTV Networks• Oversaw all CRTC and Industry reporting for Programming, CTV Networks including LPIF, CRTC Annual Return, Broadcast Monitoring Policy etc• Key player in Programming (Conventional) for all aspects relating to Regulatory including preparing for hearings, CRTC policy reviews and license renewals.• Supervised the screening of content to ensure that all programming airing on the networks comply with broadcast standards and are in line with CBSC and CAB codes.• Oversaw the scheduling of news, local and paid programming on both CTV Networks.• Administered the Canadian inventory for in-house, acquired and commissioned programming by Bell Media.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Oversaw the schedule to ensure that all conditions of license were being met.• Led the content screening team to ensure that all programming airing on the networks comply with CBSC and CAB broadcast standards.• Maintained various inventory reports, including those that track episodic details for Canadian programs produced, acquired and commissioned by Bell Media.• Managed the scheduling of news, local and paid programming and troubleshoot any issues that arise.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Oversaw the scheduling of all Canadian programming including commissioned, acquired and in-house produced programming for CTV and /A\ Channel• Oversaw the schedule to ensure that all conditions of license were being met and content aired comply with CBSC and CAB broadcast standards• Managed Canadian rights and inventory of CTV and /A\ Channel programming to maximize program rights and liaise with Specialty programming to ensure no inventory overlap as well as monitoring broadcast and funding deadlines were met.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed and created a “7 Year Plan” to document all conditions of license requirements into a comprehensive at a glance report for CTV license renewal on top of tracking all conditions of license for CTV.• Acted as a point of contact for all location stations to process all local program requests.• Liaised with the Central, Western and Atlantic development offices to determine program delivery in order to strategically schedule Canadian programming.• Worked with Business Affairs to produce benefit reports and broadcast data for Retransmission royalty collectives.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Projected and forecasted all conditions of licenses for CTV including priority programming, Canadian content, local programming, children’s programming and descriptive video.• Scheduled all Canadian series, documentaries and specials as well as sporting events.• Created and maintain inventory reports to track Canadian inventory to help strategically schedule Canadian content.• Monitored and maintained broadcast and funding deadlines of Canadian documentaries, series and movies for Programming

Toronto, Canada Area

• Maintained CRTC log for CTV Specialties including The Comedy Network, TALKTV, Newsnet and Travel.• Liaised with Programming and Traffic departments to capture program changes and ensure license compliance.• Advised various Programming departments of CRTC license changes• Corrected all CRTC error listing for 2 broadcast years for license renewals of various Specialty stations.

• Canadian Building Data Series – created a maintainable source of building information for Canadian commercial and residential buildings complete with information on ownership, property manager and selected telecommunication information.• Television Ratings Research Project – researched and edited television programming data for television ratings.• International Telecom Data Project – collected and organized cable, satellite and broadcasting data from Europe, South and Central America into a Microsoft Access database.• Regulatory Database – catalogued the broadcasting copyright laws and related cable broadcasting regulations of each country throughout North America, Europe and South America. All data was reviewed, edited, rationalized and formatted into a user-friendly electronic database.• Account Receivables – notified customers by telephone, fax or mailing of past due invoices.