Bob Rose

Consulting enterprise leveraging extensive negotiating acumen and vast cable industry network to eliminate bottlenecks, expand partner base, open alternative distribution channels, and secure untapped revenue. Client list includes:

• AMI Entertainment - Jukebox Concert Bites (current). Invented Jukebox Concert Bites, licensing and recording music artists then streaming near live music performances through AMI's jukebox platform to bars.
• CinéMoiWorld / Cinémoi Television(current). Forged Broadway musical licensing deals for augmented reality platform, CinéMoiWorld. Secured high-level meetings at Hulu, T-Mobile, Charter Communications.
• NewsGuard Technologies, Inc.(April 2019-December 2020). Spearheaded licensing partnership with Giphy, and headed ISP, mobile, ed-tech, healthcare, cyber security negotiations.
• SetUpStrong(2018).Rebranded and overhauled revenue strategies for biomechanics company whose mission is to eliminate preventable physical pain.
• The ReThink Group(2016-2017). Forged sports division. First deal with US Olympic Ski and Snowboard team. Company uses brain research to resolve the mysterious mental challenges of resilience and performance.
• The John Gore Organization(2015-2016). Shaped and launched OTT streaming channel for The Broadway Channel.

• Collaborating with President of CBS Sports, drove subscriber base from 11 million to 50 million plus homes and annual revenue from $10 to over $100 million.
• Closed distribution deals with 150 MVPD's, including Comcast, DIRECTV, Charter, Verizon, DirecTV.
• Expanded exposure of Mountain West Conference and C-USA football teams by negotiating local deals with cable companies for exclusive local carriage.
• Constructed first MaxPreps on-demand high school football highlights deal

• Headed network's distribution and negotiations, building fastest growing basic cable network over a five-year period ending September 2005.
• Court TV valuation reached $1.47 billion in 2006 reaching 86 million subscribers and $120 million in annual affiliate revenue.
• Reporting to CEO, maintained a monthly, annual and five-year P&L and presented to Court TV Board annually.

• Co-led the Sesame Street Enterprise licensing division, leading negotiations and boosting long-term global licenses by 50 percent to $73MM.
• Spearheaded discussions with CTW Board, creating new licenses, including specialty retailing (200 Sesame Street stores and $18MM in royalties, $15MM in private funding); theme park expansion into Japan and Mexico, opening a $30MM Tokyo Sesame Place in 1990 and first consumer toy catalog with Encyclopedia Britannica.
• Doubled apparel license guarantees with JC Penney Co., to $45MM.