Tony Petitti
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Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President, CBS Sports and is largely responsible for the network's NFL coverage. "Basically, I’m responsible for everything you see on Sunday."[1]
[edit] Career
Petitti attended Haverford where he majored in economics before attending Harvard Law. He worked for two years at the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft before joining ABC Sports in 1988 as general attorney. After being named Vice President of Programming, where he was responsible for acquiring and scheduling ABC Sports programming, he was hired by CBS in 1997 as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and Programming. In December 2005, Pettiti was named Executive Vice President, CBS Sports and is "responsible for all day-to-day operations of CBS Sports."[2]
It was announced on January 3, 2008, that Mr. Petitti would be placed in charge of day-to-day operations of CSTV , the college sports network that is being absorbed into CBS sports, effectively replacing network co-founder Brian Bedol , who had been serving as president of CSTV since the network was purchased by CBS Corporation in 2005. CSTV was renamed the CBS College Sports Network on March 16, 2008.
In April of 2008 it was announced that Mr. Petitti would be the first ever Chief Executive Officer of MLB Networks.
