BANFF 2018: NBCU honcho talks international expansion, urges Canadian broadcasters to work better together

By Bill Roberts

BANFF - Kevin MacLellan, chairman, global distribution and international for NBCU, today sat in conversation with Barbara Williams, EVP and COO of Corus Entertainment, and gave a tour de force account of where he sees the business going and where Canada fits in.NBCUniversal was honoured as the company of distinction this year.MacLellan, 51, started as a producer and grew up in Brooklyn when that ‘hood wasn’t yet cool. He was the youngest of eight children in an Irish Catholic family where his dad made ends meet by installing AT&T phones. Probably his biggest break came with the harsh and ironic...