Brad Samuels is an experienced and proven media executive recognized as an industry leader in innovative business strategy and revenue generation with extensive expertise in content distribution strategy and deal making. Samuels’ achievements include playing an integral role on the senior leadership teams responsible for launching and growing some of the industry’s most successful start-ups including pay TV channels Comedy Central and TV One and more recently, spearheading Scripps Networks’ industry leading CTV distribution growth performance.

Samuels is currently a principal at the media consultancy firm, Eagle Dock Media, partnering with his son Brian Samuels to provide broad strategy, deal-making, and business development support for content owners and platforms in the CTV, pay TV, OTT, mobile, and digital audio categories.

Before launching Eagle Dock Media, Samuels served as VP, Distribution Partnerships and Strategy at Scripps Networks, responsible for all strategy and business development functions for CTV, pay TV, and digital audio. Samuels and his team managed strategic relationships for all platforms and deal models for Scripps Networks products including seven linear and nine FAST channels, four CTV apps, and various audio content formats.

Prior to his role at Scripps Networks, he served as Head of Strategic Video Partnerships (Americas) at Bloomberg Media where he led the company’s efforts in North and South America to maximize revenue and brand extensions via content distribution relationships (pay TV, OTT, mobile and Digital Out of Home) as well as multi-platform branded partnerships in Canada and Mexico. Before joining Bloomberg, Samuels served as Executive Vice President of Distribution at several network groups including Ovation TV, MSG Media, and TV One.

In his first leadership role, Samuels served as EVP, Affiliate Relations at Comedy Central, where he launched the channel’s first content distribution team which delivered record distribution growth and subscriber revenue during his tenure.
Samuels holds both BA and MA degrees in Telecommunications Management from Michigan State University, has four children, and resides in Traverse City, MI.