Kevin Stillmock is an American cable television entrepreneur. In 1996, at age 19, he became the youngest person ever to found a cable TV specialty channel, the now-defunct Edge TV.MediaWeek Big Network On Campus Retrieved 22 September 2010
Biography
Early career Stillmock began his career while he was still a student at The Education Channel in Towson, Maryland as an intern, where he served as a production assistant. He was credited as segment producer on a number of occasions.
The Edge TV Years In 1996, Kevin Stillmock launched Edge TV utilizing Hughes satellite for uplink coverage and a network of over 100 college cable television channels across the United States for distribution.AsWeek College Net Sees New Youth Niche Retrieved 22 September 2010
Later career Kevin Stillmock became the Chief Media Strategist for Destiny Channel in 2004 and co-created the Extreme Destiny programming block for that television channel. Destiny Channel no longer broadcasts; much of its programming slate has been merged with a different, larger cable network.Multichannel News New Network's Destiny Leads to College
Milestones Pet Projects: A television documentary series that featured Brittany Murphy was one of the first animal-oriented television series that Animal Planet later made famous. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College TV Awards: Under Stillmock's leadership, the Academy's College TV Awards were broadcast on national television for the first time. They were hosted by the now late African-American screenwriter Erich Leon Harris. No Doubt: Edge TV was the first national television station to broadcast a music video by the band No Doubt.
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External links
Variety article mentioning Stillmock