Southern Entertainment Television Names Former Head of CMT its Chief Operating Officer
July 1, 2006
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Southern Entertainment Television Names Former Head of CMT its Chief Operating Officer
Southern Entertainment Television names former head of CMT its chief operating officer.
Venice, FL July 1, 2006 — Harold Brown, President of Southern Entertainment Television, has announced that the company has hired Hal L. Willis as Chief Operating Officer, effective July 1. Mr. Willis is the former Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide for Country Music Television and CMT Europe, long-time General Counsel for The Nashville Network, and former Executive Vice President of mPhase Technologies, which in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Research Institute developed the first system to deliver cable television over copper telephone lines. He is also the founder and owner of American Music Channel, a broadband music video network which will continue to operate under his direction.
Southern Entertainment Television, based in Venice, Florida, currently produces and distributes the Southern Gospel Channel, the Black Gospel Channel, the Bluegrass Channel, and BluesWax2, The Blues Channel. The company also has plans to launch a Classic Country channel in third quarter 2006.
“Hal Willis has an impeccable reputation in both the cable television industry and the music business, as well as an extraordinary track record as an entrepreneur. He has all of the skills necessary to take our business to the next level, and I am absolutely ecstatic that he has agreed to join us. We have been discussing his joining SET for several years, and fortunately the timing finally worked out for both of us.”
Mr. Willis received a J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1978, and was elected to The Order Of The Coif, the highest academic honor awarded to American law students. Previously he earned a B.S. in Business Administration, With Highest Honors, from the University of Tennessee. He will continue to be based out of his Brentwood, TN office while traveling to and from Florida regularly.
For more information about SET, contact SET at (941) 488-8088.
Southern Entertainment Television, Inc.
752 Commerce Drive, Suite 7
Venice, Florida 34292
Contact:
Jeff Walker- AristoMedia (615) 269-7071
Hal Willis- American Music Channel (615) 369-0677