Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to executive director of ABC News Live, the network’s streaming channel.
He will oversee the day-to-day editorial direction of the channel and develop live programming, live events and specials. He will continue to report to Justin Dial, vice president of streaming content.
Tienabeso has been with ABC News Live since 2019, serving as executive producer of primetime. That included the launch of one of its signature shows, ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis. ABC News will search for a successor in that spot, as other ABC News Live EPs will now report to Tienabeso.
The memo from ABC News President Kim Godwin is below.
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I’m pleased to announce Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to executive director of ABC News Live. In this new role, Seni will oversee day-to-day editorial direction for the channel and focus on developing its original live programming, live events,...
He will oversee the day-to-day editorial direction of the channel and develop live programming, live events and specials. He will continue to report to Justin Dial, vice president of streaming content.
Tienabeso has been with ABC News Live since 2019, serving as executive producer of primetime. That included the launch of one of its signature shows, ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis. ABC News will search for a successor in that spot, as other ABC News Live EPs will now report to Tienabeso.
The memo from ABC News President Kim Godwin is below.
Team –
I’m pleased to announce Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to executive director of ABC News Live. In this new role, Seni will oversee day-to-day editorial direction for the channel and focus on developing its original live programming, live events,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Seni Tienabeso was elevated to executive director of ABC News Live, spotlighting a growing emphasis on streaming news content at the Disney-backed news organization.
Seni first joined ABC News in 2007, and worked over a decade a a field producer and reporter before becoming a senior producer at “World News Tonight.” At ABC News Live, Tienabeso helped launch “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis,” one of the industry’s earliest regular streaming programs. In his new role, hei will oversee day-to-day editorial direction for the channel and focus on developing its original live programming, live events, and specials. ABC News Live executive producers will now report to Seni, who will lead the search for a new executive producer of “ABC News Live Prime.”
“It is an exciting time in the streaming space, and ABC News Live is out front thanks to the leadership of vice president of streaming content, Justin Dial,...
Seni first joined ABC News in 2007, and worked over a decade a a field producer and reporter before becoming a senior producer at “World News Tonight.” At ABC News Live, Tienabeso helped launch “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis,” one of the industry’s earliest regular streaming programs. In his new role, hei will oversee day-to-day editorial direction for the channel and focus on developing its original live programming, live events, and specials. ABC News Live executive producers will now report to Seni, who will lead the search for a new executive producer of “ABC News Live Prime.”
“It is an exciting time in the streaming space, and ABC News Live is out front thanks to the leadership of vice president of streaming content, Justin Dial,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Linsey Davis is helping to tie things together at ABC News.
You might not see the string during one of her recent hours on the Disney unit’s ABC News Live. On Tuesday evening, Davis’ “ABC News Live Prime” took viewers to Russia to examine how the government was cracking down on citizen protests and spent time looking at Congress’ effort to devise pandemic relief and hold an impeachment trial. Senator Tim Kaine visited for a conversation that wasn’t broken into quick soundbites. In a quarter hour, Davis had taken viewers through just three stories — unheard of in modern linear news. “Thanks for streaming with us,” she told viewers.
Few of the anchors who lead news shows on live-streaming services or social-media outlets are typically part of a TV network’s biggest broadcasts and special reports. Since 2019, however, Davis has appeared alongside George Stephanopoulos and David Muir to help anchor presidential debates,...
You might not see the string during one of her recent hours on the Disney unit’s ABC News Live. On Tuesday evening, Davis’ “ABC News Live Prime” took viewers to Russia to examine how the government was cracking down on citizen protests and spent time looking at Congress’ effort to devise pandemic relief and hold an impeachment trial. Senator Tim Kaine visited for a conversation that wasn’t broken into quick soundbites. In a quarter hour, Davis had taken viewers through just three stories — unheard of in modern linear news. “Thanks for streaming with us,” she told viewers.
Few of the anchors who lead news shows on live-streaming services or social-media outlets are typically part of a TV network’s biggest broadcasts and special reports. Since 2019, however, Davis has appeared alongside George Stephanopoulos and David Muir to help anchor presidential debates,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ABC News is posting for dozens of new positions for its streaming news channel, ABC News Live, while it has tapped two executive producers, Katie den Daas and Seni Tienabeso, and expanded the role of senior producer Cat McKenzie.
Justin Dial, the senior executive producer for the streaming channel, said that they are “moving quickly to ramp up our programming with a very busy year in news ahead.” He said that the three executives are “world-class storytellers with impeccable instincts and I’m excited to have them by my side.”
Den Daas has served as managing editor of ABC News Live for the past year and a half. She will work with Dial on the overall direction of the streaming channel and will work on audience engagement.
Tienabeso will focus on building it primetime programming block, having serviced as senior producer for World News Tonight with David Muir.
McKenzie has been helping lead live coverage,...
Justin Dial, the senior executive producer for the streaming channel, said that they are “moving quickly to ramp up our programming with a very busy year in news ahead.” He said that the three executives are “world-class storytellers with impeccable instincts and I’m excited to have them by my side.”
Den Daas has served as managing editor of ABC News Live for the past year and a half. She will work with Dial on the overall direction of the streaming channel and will work on audience engagement.
Tienabeso will focus on building it primetime programming block, having serviced as senior producer for World News Tonight with David Muir.
McKenzie has been helping lead live coverage,...
- 11/25/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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