Polett, O'Donnell Promoted at NBCU Domestic Television Distribution

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Kathleen Polett and Kevin O’Donnell have been promoted to senior VP of syndication sales at NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution, said Sean O’Boyle, NBCU’s executive VP of syndication sales, to whom each will continue to report.

Polett, based in Chicago, oversees all syndication sales for the U.S.’ central region and also will be responsible for additional station group sales. O’Donnell will take on increased group sales responsibilities and continue to manage the southeast region out of Atlanta.

Polett and O’Donnell are responsible for the local station and station group sales of NBCUniversal’s first-run programming including the upcoming daytime program The Meredith Vieira Show; veterans Access Hollywood and Steve Harvey; and conflict talkers Maury, The Jerry Springer Show and The Steve Wilkos Show. The two also oversee sales for off-net programming, including the Law & Order franchise.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.