Entertainment Studios Hires David Blaine As AE

Entertainment Studios Inc. has appointed David Blaine as account executive for cable advertising sales for Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN) — the cable television network division of Entertainment Studios — effective immediately. Blaine will work out of the ESN offices in New York City.

In his new position, Blaine will be responsible for advertising sales, in addition to managing and supervising advertising and sponsorship accounts across all seven of the ESN portfolio of cable television and digital networks, which are available to nearly 80 million subscribers nationwide on Verizon FiOS, CenturyLink, AT&T U-verse and DirecTV, among others.

Blaine reports directly to ESN’s president of cable network advertising sales, Cindy Kelly, who joined ESN in March.

Blaine’s prior experience includes account executive and sales planning positions within Comcast — including NBCUniversal, NBC Network Entertainment, E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4.

Blaine has also coordinated and overseen media buys with numerous brands including Procter & Gamble, Progressive, Verizon Wireless, Amazon and Jenny Craig.