Bill Goodwyn

Bill Goodwyn oversees the distribution sales and marketing efforts for Discovery's 13 U.S. cable networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Planet Green, Discovery Health and HD Theater, as well as five high definition network feeds.  He also directs distribution sales and marketing efforts for BBC America, BBC World and Cox Communications’ Travel Channel, and manages Discovery's digital media content distribution efforts in broadband, mobile and video on demand.

In addition, Goodwyn serves as president of Discovery Education, the leading provider of scientifically proven, standards-based digital media services that reach more than half of K-12 schools in the U.S.

Goodwyn joined Discovery in 1987 and has spearheaded record-breaking distribution growth for each of the company's domestic cable channels.  Goodwyn's distribution sales team has been consistently recognized as the top sales organization within the cable television industry, and most recently, ranked #1 for the seventh consecutive year (since the inception of the study measure) in the 2008 Beta Research Study – Evaluation of Basic Cable Networks.

Among his many honors, Goodwyn has been awarded the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s (NCTA) highest honor for Young Leadership (the Vanguard Award) and was inducted into the Cable Center's Cable TV Pioneer Hall of Fame.  His industry and civic commitments include board positions on the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) Educational Foundation, the T. Howard Foundation (diversity in media), CTAM, the Alexander Youth Network and the UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism and Communications School Board of Advisors.

Goodwyn holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.