AMC Networks hires Mitchko in EVP role
January 18, 2024
AMC Networks announced has hired Stephanie Mitchko as the company’s Executive Vice President, Global Media Operations & Technology, reporting to AMC Networks CEO Kristin Dolan.
In this new role at the company, Mitchko will provide strategic leadership across the company’s global technology and operations business including information technology, media and broadcast operations, content delivery, cybersecurity, supply chain technologies, products and streaming product operations and customer service. She will also lead the company’s data strategy.
“Stephanie is a proven leader and highly talented technology and engineering executive with a strong record of using data and advanced operations to achieve business results,” said Dolan. “We worked together closely at Cablevision and I am thrilled to have her in this key role. She will be overseeing a team that is moving AMC Networks’ operations into the future, developing technological solutions in an evolving entertainment landscape.”
“AMC Networks is a company with strong brands and a well-earned reputation of producing some of the most popular and acclaimed programming in the history of television and film,” added Mitchko. “I’m excited to join the company at this moment of change and evolution across the industry and use technology to deliver more value to our partners and make it easier for our customers to find and enjoy the shows and films that they love.”
Mitchko joins AMC Networks after serving as a technology consultant for the company for the past several months. She was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Charter Communications and Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer of CadentTV. Prior to that, Mitchko served as Senior Vice President of Video Infrastructure Software for Cablevision in addition to several other technology roles at the company.