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Herbert A. Granath is Chairman Emeritus, ESPN, and Senior Content Advisor, Callahan Associates International. He also serves on the Board of Veronis, Suhler & Associates, Fund III, a billion-dollar fund investing in worldwide media.
Previously, he was Chairman, Discovery/ABC International, where he was responsible for the international television production and program distribution activities of the Walt Disney Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ABC Inc.
Granath had a long and distinguished career at ABC where he was a pioneer in many aspects of the television business. He led ABC into the cable and international arenas and helped position the company as the industry leader in these fields.
During this time he served as Chairman of the Board of ESPN, A&E, The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Lifetime Television. Internationally he was a founding partner and Board member of Eurosport, the largest cable network in Europe. He also served on the Boards of Telefunf, RTL2 and TM3 networks in Germany, Scandinavian Broadcasting Systems (SBS) and TV A, the Brazilian Pay-TV company.
An early believer in European local television production he brought ABC into partnership with, and joined the Boards of Telemunchen (Germany), Hamster (France) and Tesauro (Spain) production companies.
Active in many areas within and outside broadcasting, he is past-president of the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and is currently a Vice President of NATAS. He is a Trustee of the American Museum of the Moving Image, a member of the Trans-Atlantic Dialogue on European Broadcasting, The League of New York Theaters and Producers, and the Satellite Programming Committee of the National Cable Television Association. He serves on the Board of Theater for a New Audience which brings Shakespeare into New York City schools. He is past- president of the Veterans Bedside Network and has been a member of the New York City Council for Motion Pictures Radio and Television.
Included in the numerous awards he has received are two Tony awards, along with six Tony nominations, an International EMMY (Lifetime Achievement in International TV), as well as a U.S. EMMY (Lifetime Achievement in Sports Television).
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