O'Boyle Gets Sales Promotion at NBCU

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Sean O'Boyle has been named executive VP and general sales manager at NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, says company president Barry Wallach.

In his new position, O'Boyle will continue to oversee all day-to-day domestic broadcast sales for NBCU's first-run and off-net syndicated programs, as well as the division's five regional sales offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas.

Prior to this, O'Boyle was senior VP and national syndication sales manager for the division. He has helped lead the company's efforts in selling the first-run Deal or No Deal as well as off-network programs such as The Office, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House and Monk.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.