NATPE names Tartikoff recipients

The presidents of Warner Bros Television and CBS Paramount Television will be among those receiving Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards at NATPE 2008.

Warner Bros’ Peter Roth and Nancy Tellem, of CBS Paramount, will be joined by Bob Wright, vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric, and Mark Itkin, executive VP, worldwide co-head of television and a member of the board of directors at William Morris Agency.

They will be presented with their trophies at the fifth Brandon Tartikoff awards, to be held on January 28 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas,

Rick Feldman, NATPE’s president and CEO, said the recipients demonstrated an “ongoing commitment to celebrate the qualities of vision and leadership embodied by the Legacy Awards.”

The presentation will take place on the first evening of NATPE’s annual conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, held from January 28 to 31.