Mr. Seiken oversees PBS’ award-winning digital services, including Web, mobile, Kids, and the Web-original productions from PBS Digital Studios.
Under his leadership, PBS has become an industry leader in the new media space.
In three years, the number of videos viewed on PBS Web sites rose from 2MM/month to 140/MM month.
The PBS Kids sites are the most popular U.S. children’s Web for viewing video.
And PBS has won numerous awards, including the Webby Award for best entertainment app.Mr.Seiken is the founder of PBS Digital Studios, which has created several successful Web-original series, including auto-tuned remixes of Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, and Julia Child, which have become YouTube sensations.
Before joining PBS, Mr. Seiken was based in London, where he led programming for AOL Europe.
In addition, Mr. Seiken was the founding Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com.