Mr. Seiken oversees PBS' award-winning digital services, including Web, mobile, Kids, and the Web-original productions from PBS Digital Studios.

He also is responsible for revenue from new media, SVOD, download-to-own, and worldwide DVD distribution. Under his leadership, PBS has become an industry leader in the new media space. In three years, the number of videos viewed on PBS Web sites rose from 2MM/month to 140/MM month. The PBS Kids sites are the most popular U.S. children's websites for viewing video. And PBS has won numerous awards, including the Webby Award for best entertainment app.

In addition, PBS has introduced a number of industry firsts. PBS was the first site to integrate interactive games into television video. PBS was the first organization to premiere a full-length television program on Facebook and, a few months later, the first to debut a program on the iPad and iPhone.

Mr. Seiken is the founder of PBS Digital Studios, which has created several successful Web-original series, including auto-tuned remixes of Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, and Julia Child, which have become YouTube sensations.

Before joining PBS, Mr. Seiken was based in London, where he led programming for AOL's businesses in the UK, France, and Germany as Vice President, Content and Programming for AOL Europe. In addition, Mr. Seiken was the founding Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com, leading the team that created one of the premier newspaper Web sites in the world.

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