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Sid Cohen to take alumni "Behind the TV Scene"If you live in or plan to visit the Boston area in early February, don't miss the chance to hear Sid Cohen, URI class of 1955, now president of MGM Domestic Television Distribution. Cohen is the headliner for URI's "Behind the Boston Scene," which will be held Thursday, Feb. 3 at Le Meridien, 250 Franklin Ave. His talk, "Television Syndication: Game Shows to Talk Shows, Drama to Reality" is bound to be entertaining as well as enlightening. The breakfast and presentation will be held in the hotel's Lafite Room beginning at 8 a.m. Cost is $20 per person. For reservations, which must be made by Jan. 21, call 401-874-2896. Cohen's talk launches the "URI EXECUTIVE SERIES: Views from the Top," forum showcasing the achievements of URI alumni from business, communications, education, entertainment, finance, and politics. (See "URI Executive Series" this page.) Cohen oversees marketing and distribution of MGM and United Artists products in the U.S. and Canada to all broadcast television markets, basic cable networks, features to network television, and pay TV in Canada. He is also responsible for MGM's Advertiser Sales Division. Cohen is responsible for the distribution of such high-profile syndicated projects as The Outer Limits, the award-winning science fiction anthology series, Poltergeist The Legacy, Stargate SGI, and LAPD Life on the Beat. In addition, he created the successful concept of premiering programs on the Showtime Network and then placing them in a broadcast window, thereby generating an additional revenue stream. Cohen is also responsible for licensing MGM's library product and has negotiated significant agreements with major television programmers. They included placing In the Heat of the Night on TNT simultaneously with broadcast television on a strip basis while still licensed to the CBS Network. He also negotiated the deal with Lifetime Television for the airing of the heralded series Thirtysomething and launched two major film packages, Lion's Pride and MGM Family Classics. By Jan Sawyer |
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