Tanya Giles Named Senior Vice President, Research & Planning, Mtv Networks Entertainment Group
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Contacts: Tony Fox Paul Ward 212/767-8746 212/258-7704 [email protected] [email protected] TANYA GILES NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH & PLANNING, MTV NETWORKS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP New York, NY, March 5, 2007 -- Tanya Giles has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Research and Planning for MTV Networks Entertainment Group, it was announced today by Doug Herzog, President, MTV Networks Entertainment Group and Colleen Fahey Rush, Executive Vice President of Research for MTV Networks. In this newly-created position -- in which she reports directly to both Herzog and Fahey Rush -- Giles is responsible for the strategic oversight of research and planning for all multi- platform business units affiliated with Comedy Central, TV Land and Spike TV as well as all of the division’s recently acquired digital assets including Atom Entertainment, iFilm, Xfire and Gametrailers. “Tanya’s thoughtful and insightful research on Baby Boomers for TV Land make her a natural selection to head the MTV Networks Entertainment Group as we champion the growing importance of Men and Boomers in the MTV Networks portfolio,” explains Herzog. “She is a gifted research professional whose business know-how will only advance the Entertainment Group’s efforts to super serve our many audiences.” “Tanya has proven time and again that she is a talented research strategist who is ideally suited to bring all of the Entertainment Group’s platforms to new heights,” adds Fahey Rush. “She has a sharp eye for emerging trends and is one of the industry’s leading research experts when it comes to delving into the mindset of our many audiences. This is the perfect position for Tanya to showcase her many talents.” Giles is charged with leading research for each of the above stated brands and oversees all related research and planning teams. Additionally, Giles now serves as chief research advisor to the MTV Networks Entertainment Group’s senior management and is specifically responsible for delivering comprehensive, strategic and integrated marketing research plans for the division, which caters primarily to Men 18-49 and Baby Boomers. (more) -2- Most recently, Giles served as Senior Vice President of Research & Planning for TV Land, where her efforts to delve into the mindset of Baby Boomers were instrumental in the development of comprehensive research on Boomers through individual studies related to technology, advertising, and entertainment. This past November, she spearheaded the widely-publicized TV Land’s New Generation Gap Study, which won wide praise for its in-depth coverage of the attitudes and behaviors of Baby Boomers, the largest generation in the history of the U.S. Similarly, with TV Land’s Joy of Tech Study, which was released in January, 2007, Giles advanced findings that Boomers avail themselves to emerging technology and value the convenience it represents. Concurrently, in conjunction with OTX Research, Giles created The Boomer Panel, a consumer group comprised of more than 3,000 U.S. Boomers designed to ascertain their feelings on a variety of social, business and personal matters. TV Land periodically releases the findings to champion the attitudes of Boomers, which comprise 70% of the network’s target audience. Giles joined the company in 1997 and has held several positions of increased responsibility. Prior to becoming Senior Vice President, Giles served as TV Land’s Vice President of Research and Planning, where she managed all research for TV Land’s linear and online audiences. Giles began her career in television in 1995 as a Research Analyst at CBS, where she focused on non-Prime dayparts and produced analyses of Late Night, Daytime, and Weekends. Giles was then named Senior Analyst, Nickelodeon, and over the next four years, she supported Nickelodeon on both qualitative and quantitative research efforts as Manager and then Director of the Nickelodeon Ratings Research Group. Giles received her B.A. from Syracuse University and her M.A. from The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. An avid runner who successfully completed the New York City Marathon, Giles lives in New York City with her husband David and son Oscar. # # # # .