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Andy Kubitz was named executive vice president, Programming Strategy, ABC Entertainment, in August 2012. In this position, he has oversight of daytime, prime-time and late-night program planning and scheduling, as well as film acquisition and theatrical inventory. He also facilitates and coordinates windowing strategies for ABC Entertainment programming across all platforms, including the scheduling and implementation of the digital rights of all programs on subscription video on demand (SVOD), advertising video on demand (AVOD), digital multichannel video programming distribution (dMVPD), mobile, and electronic sell-through (EST) platforms. He reports to Karey Burke, president, ABC Entertainment.

Prior to joining ABC, Kubitz was senior vice president of Program Planning & Scheduling for CBS Television, since 2010. In that position, he was responsible for developing long-term programming and scheduling strategies for CBS and the CW’s prime-time, daytime and late-night lineups. This included determining program schedules, episode orders, show repeat and original episode schedules, budget reviews and length of show runs. He also managed theatrical film acquisitions and theatrical inventory delivery requirements. He previously held a series of positions within CBS, having joined that company in December 1994 as a page in Los Angeles, California.

Kubitz began his career with a diverse array of experience behind the camera, including associate producer & editor, L & L Pictures; videographer for Newline Cinema; film best boy/grip/first assistant camera operator at Visual Anthropology Productions; and videographer for ABC WAOW-TV.

Kubitz earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.