Executive Bios
Richard De Croce -SVP Programming
Richard De Croce is Senior Vice President of Programming for BBC AMERICA.
De Croce is responsible for acquiring programming across all BBC AMERICA platforms, scheduling the channel and VOD offerings, identifying potential co-production projects, and building and maintaining relationships with the UK's leading television distributors and producers.
Formerly, Richard worked at MTV Networks, where he oversaw the international distribution of Comedy Central's original programming, including South Park, The Daily Show, and Chappelle's Show. Richard began his career in motion picture and commercial production and later moved into worldwide film and television distribution.
He is the fourth generation of his family to be involved in the entertainment business. The great-grandson of rival New York theater owners, his grandfather and uncles followed their parents into the theater and film businesses, and Richard spent many a Saturday afternoon in his film editor father's cutting room in Times Square. This background became the foundation for his lifelong passion for film and television.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children.
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Garth Ancier - President BBC Worldwide America
Chris Carr - Chief Operating Officer Channels, BBC Worldwide America
Michael A. Ross - EVP Business Affairs & Operations
Jo Petherbridge - EVP Communications
Mary Pratt-Henaghan - SVP Operations and Administration
Andrew Jackson - SVP Marketing
Mark Gall - SVP BBC America and BBC.com Media Sales