Tammy Esser

Scripps Networks Interactive is a leading developer of high-profile, lifestyle-oriented content for many media platforms including television, digital, mobile and publishing. The company's media portfolio includes popular lifestyle brands HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and country music network Great American Country. On-air programming is complemented with online video, social media and e-commerce components on companion web sites reaching millions of fans around the world. It is organized around a consumer-centric philosophy that allows them to deliver content, products and services related to its Home, Food and Travel & Entertainment categories...whenever and wherever consumers want it. This keen focus has helped establish the firm as the leader in lifestyle media. Consumers have come to rely on its brands as trusted resources. This makes them valued partners to distributors and advertisers who seek to target its loyal audiences and connect with that passion it has helped create through its on-air programming, online content and new business ventures such as publishing, licensing and merchandising opportunities. The firm programming is viewed on every continent worldwide, while its web sites lead their respective categories with more than 18 million unique visitors every month. Its content distribution includes, but is not limited to, video on demand, the Internet, satellite radio, books, magazines, DVDs, videogames, and the latest mobile and emerging media. In addition, its brands touch consumers through branded merchandising such as kitchenware and other home products, food venues, and experiences as festivals and cruises. The firm is headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville, San Francisco and Chevy Chase, Md.