Paul Buccieri
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
President & Chairman | A+E Networks Group
New York, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Paul Buccieri is President and Chairman of A+E Global Media. A+E is a global media and entertainment brand portfolio that finds, cultivates, illuminates and markets entertainment content to worldwide audiences. As one of the most recognized leaders in the industry, Paul holds extensive experience in worldwide production and multi-genre content distribution.
Paul oversees a portfolio that includes the following networks: A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY® Channel, LMN™, FYI™, and Vice TV. Today, the company reaches more than 335 million households in more than 200 territories on a variety of platforms, in over 40 languages.
After more than two decades of working in scripted and non-scripted programming, Paul joined A+E Global Media as President of A&E and The HISTORY Channel in 2015. Paul also served as President of A+E Networks Portfolio Group and A+E Studios before becoming President of A+E Global Media in 2018. Paul has also held leadership positions at Fox Twentieth Television, ITV Studios US Group, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, and Endemol USA.
Collaborating with top executives and producers, Paul has extensive experience turning great ideas into hit TV shows—scripted and non-scripted—including American Pickers, Curse of Oak Island, The First 48, Forged in Fire, Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla, 60 Days In, the Emmy Award-winning series Intervention, and many more.
Paul dedicates himself to the arts and media by serving on several directorial boards. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a non-profit organization that recognizes exceptional television programming that is produced outside of the US. He also sits on the Leadership Committee at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
At work and in life, Paul is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion as well as raising funding and awareness for cancer research and to support those affected by cancer.
The Record
Background
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2018 — Present
President & Chairman | A+E Networks Group
A+E Global Media
A+E Global Media is an international entertainment portfolio with brands including A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime, Lifetime Movies, FYI, VICELAND and BIOGRAPHY. The company creates content for a variety of platforms across genres and media to reach households across the world.
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2016 — 2018
President | Network Portfolio Group & A+E Studios
A+E Global Media
As the President of the Network Portfolio Group, Paul was charged with overseeing the various business across all of A+E's brand portfolio. He also managed A+E Studios, the primary scripted programming provider for the A+E Global Media portfolio.
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2015 — 2016
President | A&E & History
A+E Global Media
The HISTORY Channel is a division of A+E Global Media focused on historical content and factual storytelling. An award-winning network with many accolades, HISTORY showcases nonfiction series and documentaries alongside fact-based scripted programming meant to inspire and educate.
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2007 — 2015
President & CEO
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company. With studios and brands from across the world, ITV is able to connect millions of people together from around the globe with its quality programming. Paul also served as Managing Director of ITV Studios International from 2011-2015.
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2004 — 2007
President of Programming, Productions and Development
Twentieth Television, Inc.
As President of Programming, Productions and Development at Twentieth Television, Paul oversaw all of first-run syndication for the company, managing hundreds of hours' worth of entertainment content to be distributed.
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2001 — 2004
Executive Producer
Endemol USA, Inc.
Endemol USA is part of an international Anglo-Dutch production company that also distributes content. The group has created many programs brands including Big Brother, Deal Or No Deal, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Wipeout and Fear Factor.
In The News
Newsfeed
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4 August 2026 · Deadline
Disney Closes $1.2 Billion Deal To Sell A+E Global Media Stake To Hearst
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2 July 2026 · The Hollywood Reporter
Back to the Future: Why Every New Media Must Reinvent How History Is Told
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4 March 2026 · The Hollywood Reporter
A+E Global Media’s Reinvention Push Kicks Off the 2026 Upfronts
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5 March 2025 · Variety
A+E Favors Global Media Over Networks in Corporate Renaming
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5 March 2025 · The Hollywood Reporter
A+E Networks Rebrands as A+E Global Media Amid Pay-TV Tumult
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5 March 2025 · Adweek
A+E Networks Reveals New Name and Rebrands Ad Sales Team
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11 December 2024 · Produ
NATPE Global to launch NATPE Honors Awards at 2025 Conference in Miami
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21 October 2024 · Variety
Jill Biden and History Channel Partner to Update and Expand White House Tour
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8 May 2024 · Deadline
Television Academy Appoints Six Members To 2024 Executive Committee
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6 March 2024 · The Hollywood Reporter
A+E Networks Unleashes Upfront Tidal Wave of Content as It Contends With “New Economics†of TV
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8 November 2023 · Variety
Variety and the History Channel Announce Fourth Annual Salute to Service Special
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26 May 2023 · Variety
Elton John AIDS Foundation Board Joined by A+E Networks Chief Paul Buccieri
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8 March 2023 · Deadline
Kevin Costner, Bradley Cooper, Morgan Freeman and more Line Up Docs for The History Channel
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16 February 2023 · Variety
How a Heart Attack Became a Wake-Up Call for A+E Networks Chief Paul Buccieri
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14 September 2022 · Business Wire
Speakeasy Celebrates Three Decades of Support for the T. Howard Foundation
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21 July 2022 · Variety
A+E Networks President & Chairman Paul Buccieri Joins Roybal Magnet School Advisory Board
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2 May 2022 · Deadline
A+E Networks Launches Apprenticeship Program With Bowie State University To Provide Students With Pr
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4 March 2022 · The Wrap
A+E Networks and Range Media Strike Production Deal
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2 March 2022 · Variety
A+E Networks Plans New Push Into TV Shows Focused on Food, Home
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9 December 2021 · Realscreen
Realscreen unveils diversity and inclusion award nominees
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1 December 2021 · Realscreen
Paul Buccieri, Stanley Nelson, Jane Root to be honored at Realscreen Summit
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11 November 2021 · Red Door Community
Red Door Community’s Annual Benefit Gala raises over a Million!
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5 November 2021 · Variety
Variety and Voices Magnified’s Salute to Service Special to Air on History on Veterans Day
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22 October 2021 · The Hollywood Reporter
Big Brothers Big Sisters L.A. Gala Raises Over $1M
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6 October 2021 · Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Lifetime Launches 2021 Campaign in Support of BCRF Featuring Shannen Doherty, Kelly Hu
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23 September 2021 · Variety
Fall 2021 TV Survey: 18 Network Chiefs on the Shows They’d Steal and How the Biz Should Change
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Formative Years
Education
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California State University, Northridge
Areas Of Focus