Sales executives Jonathan Bingaman and Robert Schildhouse have been promoted to executive vice president roles at CBS Television Distribution (CTD), the company announced Tuesday.
Bingaman was promoted to executive vice president of domestic cable sales, and Schildhouse was named executive vice president of digital licensing and distribution.
“Jonathan and Robert are two of the best sales executives in the business. These well-deserved promotions reflect the integral roles they have played in maximizing the value of CBS’s content in the cable and digital marketplaces,” said Scott Koondel, chief licensing officer for CBS Corp., to whom they both report.
Bingaman heads cable sales for all series from CBS Television Distribution and CBS Television Studios, as well as product from CBS News, CBS Films and Showtime.
Previously, Bingaman ran the Chicago sales office from 2008 to 2010 as senior vice president and regional sales manager. He also has served as western division manager in Los Angeles and as the eastern division manager in New York for CTD. Previously, he worked in sales at Bloomberg Television.
Schildhouse will focus on licensing CBS’s programming to digital platforms including online streaming, video on demand and subscription video on demand services.
Schildhouse joined CTD from Hulu, where he served as co-head of content acquisition for the online video streaming service from 2008 to 2013. He was responsible for numerous new content partnerships for Hulu.com and Hulu Plus, including with Univision for the initial launch of Hulu’s Spanish language business, Hulu Latino; WWE programming on Hulu Plus; and Broadway Video, which produced Hulu’s first animated original series.
Previously, Schildhouse worked at Yahoo and Motricity in various roles. He began his career at GE Capital where he graduated from GE’s Financial Management Program.