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Stephen Tapp
CEO, Cineflix Rights

As CEO Cineflix Rights, Stephen Tapp is responsible for creating and managing the growth strategy for the company’s global exploitation of its intellectual property across new and traditional platforms. Stephen is based in our Toronto office.

With an extensive background in multi-platform media and distribution, Stephen comes to Cineflix from the position of CEO at Hercules Media Group, a company providing investment, startup and growth strategies for media companies, including digital television,  broadband and wireless media. Previously, Stephen was President and Chief Operating Officer at XM  Satellite Radio Canada, where he was responsible for launching and operating Canada’s first satellite  radio network. 
 
Stephen spent over eight years in  senior leadership roles at broadcaster Chum Limited (later purchased by CTV Globe Media). As Vice  President and General Manager of ChumCity International, he built the multiplatform distribution  division from the ground up into a worldwide distribution, channel partnership and format licensing  business, overseeing key partnership agreements worldwide. Promoted to Exec VP of CHUM  Television, he was responsible for overseeing all of CHUM’s television stations including cable,  broadcast, digital/interactive and international divisions. Tapp also managed award-winning Citytv,  Canada’s largest and most progressive independent local television station.