Enjoy the opportunity for you and a guest to virtually meet The Executive Vice President of Music at Walt Disney Television, Peter DiCecco!
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Peter DiCecco oversees all dealmaking, business strategy, and business and legal affairs related to the production, acquisition and distribution of music for television programming produced by or for The Walt Disney Company. This includes The ABC Television Network, ABC Studios, ABC News, the Disney Channel networks, Freeform, FX Networks and FX Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios, National Geographic Partners and Twentieth Century Fox Television. He also oversees ABC's creative music services department; administers the music publishing catalogs for ABC, Oprah Winfrey Productions and the Fusion network; and runs music business affairs for Disney Consumer Products and Disney Interactive internationally, and the Disney Theme Parks and Resorts globally. He reports to Ravi Ahuja, president of Business Operations, and CFO of Walt Disney Television.
DiCecco sets music policy for top-ranking TV franchises, such as American Idol, Dancing with the Stars and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and creates ancillary business opportunities for the music assets from such franchises. He also developed individual music strategies for the launch of Disney XD, Disney Junior, Fusion and Disney's new Disney+ direct-to-consumer platform. He was also integral to the launch of ABC's WATCH app, the television industry's first live and on-demand TV Everywhere service. As part of his global responsibilities, DiCecco manages music business affairs for Disney's TV productions produced worldwide, including those produced in Japan, Russia and India. Previously as senior vice president, Music, Business and Legal Affairs, Disney/ABC Television, he co-created and launched the ABC Music Lounge on abc.com and forged strategic partnerships with iTunes, Amazon and major record labels to make Disney/ABC Television a welcome and profitable destination for top talent.
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