The Cable Show 2010 - Go Beyond

Nancy Dubuc

President & GM, History
A&E Television Networks

Nancy Dubuc

Nancy Dubuc is President and General Manager of History. Ms. Dubuc is responsible for the network’s strategic planning, production, programming, consumer marketing, and brand development. She also oversees History International®, History en Español™ and Military History™.

Under her leadership, the network has experienced its best ratings performance in the history of the network and has launched the network’s top 10 series and top six specials of all time. First quarter 2010 was History’s top quarter ever with year-over-year increases in all key demos.

Prior to History, Ms. Dubuc was Senior Vice President, Non-Fiction Programming and New Media Content, AETN, a position she assumed in June 2006. Previously, she was Senior Vice President, Programming for A&E Network.

An award-winning producer, she supervised the development and creation of all of A&E’s non-fiction programming as well as the A&E IndieFilm banner. Ms. Dubuc is a member of the nominating committee of the International Emmys, the co-chair of the Realscreen Summit, and on the boards of NAPTE, WICT and the New York Television Festival.

Among her many honors, Ms. Dubuc was named by Multichannel News and WICT as a 2007 Wonder Woman; The Hollywood Reporter annually names her to their Power 100: Top Women in Entertainment and Variety featured her in their annual Women’s Impact Report. She received the 2007 Preserve America Presidential Award, the highest national award for historic preservation achievement, for History’s Save Our History initiative. Ms. Dubuc began her career at AETN as Director, Historical Programming for History.


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