Joseph Cantwell
Vice President of Marketing, Advanced Services
Starz Entertainment Group
Joseph A. Cantwell is vice president of marketing, advanced services for Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG). Cantwell reports to Bob Greene, senior vice president, advanced services, and is responsible for marketing, branding, and subscriber growth in the Advanced Services group and specifically, for Vongo. Launched in Beta in January 2006, Vongo is a subscription-based, video download application and service developed by Starz Entertainment Group for delivering movies and other video content over the Internet.
Prior to joining SEG, Cantwell, spent four years with America Online (AOL) in Dulles, Va. where he served in several senior roles in the company’s interactive television and broadband divisions. During his tenure with AOL he managed the company’s first prime-time interactive broadcast television services, helped launch and manage the successful cable VOD service “AOL Music On Demand” and was a founding member of the senior management team for AOL Broadband.
Prior to that, Cantwell spent a decade at Bravo Networks, where he last was executive vice president, new media from 1999-2000. He was a pioneer in the use of broadband for delivery of film and film-related content, producing the first-ever release of a feature-length film exclusively via the high-speed platform.
Cantwell holds a Bachelor’s degree in professional studies from Barry University in Miami, Florida and a MBA from the University of Chicago.
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