Myx TV GM Miguel Santos Honored in NAMIC 2017’s Luminaries Class

The prestigious National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) held last week its awards luncheon as part of Diversity Week during the 31st Annual NAMIC Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis where it presented the Next Generation Leaders Awards in partnership with Multichannel News and honored NAMIC’s 2017 Luminaries Class which recognized emerging executives of color.

Named among NAMIC’s 2017 Luminaries is Miguel Santos, general manager of Myx TV, a leading English-language multicultural entertainment network owned and operated by ABS-CBN International.

“Miguel Santos, of the multicultural Asian-American entertainment network Myx TV, has 14-plus years of experience leading international broadcast media companies. Santos evolved Myx TV from a linear, music-based channel into a multiplatform entertainment network. Santos started his career with MTV Networks Asia, quickly rising up the ranks to be one of the heads of production and on-air promotions,” according to the Multichannel News article about the event.

The other Luminaries Awardees are:

CHARLOTTE CASTILLO

Senior Vice President, International Brand Management & Creative, NVCP/VIMN

JANET HAN VISSERING

Senior Vice President of Development and Production, Nat Geo Wild

NAVIN KAMATH

Vice President of Account Management, Global Distribution, HBO

HOLLY TANG

Chief Financial Officer, Bravo and Oxygen Media

SEAN GUPTA

Vice President of Strategy and Operations, BET Networks

SAMEEL OSURI

Senior VP, Global Content Operations, Discovery Communications

STEPHANIE JACKSON

Vice President, Ad Sales, Western Region, Scripps Networks Interactive

TONY SONG

Vice President, Ad Sales & Partnerships, AMC Networks

TWYLA HUANG-DISIMONE

Vice President, News Content Partnerships, Turner Ignite

Winners of the Next Generation Leaders Award are:

LINDA PAN

Senior VP, New Digital Business AMC Networks

EBONNE L. RUFFINS

Vice President, Local Media Development, Comcast

ROMINA ROSADO

Senior VP Content and Editor in Chief, E! News

DANIEL EILEMBERG

President, Fusion TV

Founded in 1980, the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) is the premier organization that educates, advocates and empowers for multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry.