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Here's your chance to win a Scholarship to attend the 2025 Cable Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School!

About The Program

Cable Executive Management, a Harvard Business School Executive Education program, has been developed for CTAM and sponsored by the CTAM Educational Foundation. This program is a world-class management development experience for executives from across all disciplines in the media/entertainment/technology industry. This year's program will be held in person from June 8-13, 2025.

Curriculum

Attendees will benefit from an intensive week with top Harvard Business School professors and select industry luminaries focused on business strategy, marketing and management principles within a curriculum that’s built around detailed case study problems. It is a stimulating, demanding program that challenges minds, invigorates careers and will ready you for the next generation of challenges. ​

Scholarship Details

The Scholarship includes tuition, airfare, housing, meals and materials (and the right to say you went to Harvard!).  Estimated Value at $16,000 CAD. Any additional costs are at the recipient’s expense. 

How To Apply

Bring it on and flex your business acumen!  Submit your application by answering this year's Scholarship Essay question: 

The rapid growth and widespread use of AI in almost every aspect of our lives is a double edged sword, many benefits but also a wide range of risks and concerns. Discuss a significant change that AI has brought to the world of content distribution (ex. long form vs. short form, studio vs. user generated content, consumption preferences, new delivery platforms, data collection). Suggest a way AI can help the Video Industry (inclusive of TV and streaming) stay competitive in this changing environment.  What are some concerns and risks that are raised by the use of AI in this manner including ethical implications and privacy concerns?

Your references should include both current CTAM research and external sources to support your arguments. Current CTAM research refers to the most recent YouGov research report which can be found on CTAM.ca. A strong essay will showcase creativity stemmed from factual data.

Application Requirements

  • Letter of reference from your organization and letter of reference from a professional relationship you’ve worked with (These letters count in the evaluation)
  • 100 words about your past/present participation or engagement with CTAM Canada as an event attendee, volunteer and/or past board member (This detail counts in your evaluation)
  • Application question criteria: (1,000 words max, or PowerPoint (25 page max), or Video/Audio (7 minutes max) or Podcast (7 minutes max) plus references/citations page
  • By submitting your essay you agree as a possible winner to have your essay published on CTAM.ca
  • Eligibility criteria: Must be a CTAM Canada member. See the Essay score Card here

Application Deadline

Email your application with all required information before March 6, 2025 (5:00pm ET) to Aubray Boyd at aubray.boyd@blueantmedia.com AND Paola Gómez at pgomez@stingray.com   You will receive an email confirmation following your submission. The jury will name the winning essay by March 17th. 

Please contact info@ctam.ca if you have any questions.

Good Luck!


🏆 Congratulations to Our Winner: Uday Abbi! 🏆

We are delighted to announce that Uday Abbi has been selected as this year's winner of our prestigious scholarship!

His exceptional essay demonstrated outstanding insight, creativity, and vision. We invite you to read his compelling work through the link below.

Read his essay here: Uday Abbi Essay Application 2025.pdf

We look forward to sharing more about Uday's transformative experience and the valuable knowledge he gained.

Please join us in congratulating Uday on this well-deserved achievement!

PAST WINNERS INCLUDE:

  • 2024: Lisa Doganieri, Senior Director, Marketing & Operations Canada, LATAM & APAC
  • 2023: Michelle Vaters, Senior Manager, Contest Sales & Distribution, Canada at The Walt Disney Company
  • 2022 : David Legault, Senior Manager, Content Operations Broadcast & VOD, Stingray
Read about David's experience here  
  • 2021 : Conor O'Halloran, Sales Analyst, Bell Media
Read about Conor's experience.
  • 2019:  Drew Robinson, Vice President, Content Distribution, Corus Entertainment
  • 2018: Andy Garrett, Director of Product Management and Affiliate Relations, Eastlink
  • 2017: Julie Kumaria, Vice President, Marketing and Content Distribution, Hollywood Suite 
  • 2016: Valerie Heroux, Senior Director, Programming Multiplatform Broadcast, Videotron
  • 2015: Jennifer Salmon, VP Contracts, Canadian Cable Systems Alliance
  • 2014: Andrew Eddy, VP, Content and Programming, Shaw Communications

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