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Page Thompson President The Golf Channel |
As president of television’s only 24-hour network devoted to the sport of golf, Page H. Thompson is responsible for overseeing all GOLF CHANNEL interests, including programming, production and operations, consumer and affiliate marketing, promotional strategies, home video and merchandising, as well as new media applications. He also is responsible for managing a sponsorship sales team that has achieved double-digit revenue increases for the network each year since launch.
At the heart of Thompson’s duties is to be the caretaker of the GOLF CHANNEL’s continued mission of providing meaningful and relevant programming to all of its viewers, which includes leveraging the network’s one-of-a-kind, 15-year deal with the PGA TOUR to bring fans unique content.
Prior to joining the GOLF CHANNEL, Thompson was senior vice president and general manager of video services for Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. At Comcast, Thompson was responsible for the company’s video product for their 24.2 million cable customers and is credited with building Comcast’s industry leading video-on-demand service from conception to a platform that boasted more than 9,000 programs each month and more than 4 billion views from 2004 until the time of his departure. While at Comcast, he co-chaired the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing’s On Demand Consortium.
Before Comcast, Thompson worked in several marketing positions with both General Cinema Theatres, where he ran all marketing and communications, and served as general manager of all the non-film, revenue-generating business for the company; and for the Pepsi-Cola Company, where he served in a variety of brand management positions. He also worked in account management for New York advertising agency Benton & Bowles.
Thompson earned a bachelors degree from Princeton University and a graduate degree from Harvard Business School. A lifelong golfer, he is a member of Cape Arundel Golf Club in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he caddied in his youth. He is married with two children.
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