Lionsgate’s Stern to deliver opening keynote at PTiO 2017

OTTAWA - Lionsgate Television Group president Sandra Stern will deliver the opening keynote at the 22nd edition of Prime Time in Ottawa, the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) confirmed Tuesday.One of the industry’s consummate deal-makers, Stern (pictured) was promoted to president of the Lionsgate Television Group in 2015 and has helped guide the company’s television business to record-breaking revenue growth during nearly every year of her tenure. Lionsgate’s television roster has tripled in size over the past three years, expanding to encompass nearly 80 series on 40 different networks.Scheduled for February 1-3, 2017 in the nation’s capital, this year’s PTiO will...