Full Name
Renard T. Jenkins
Job Title
VP, Content Transmission
Company
WarnerMedia
Bio
RENARD JENKINS Vice President, Content Transmission WarnerMedia Renard Jenkins has more than 30 years of experience in the television, radio and film industry. He recently joined WarnerMedia as their Vice President, Content Transmission where he leads a team responsible for the day to day strategic direction of the groups that oversee all aspects of content acquisition for Sports, Entertainment and News for all of the WarnerMedia brands. The team also manages remote site connectivity for major live events, the fulltime transmission infrastructure that connects news bureaus, production facilities, affiliates and third-party vendors. He also has accountability for the technical strategy around content acquisition such as an IP infrastructure that delivers greater capabilities for Newsgathering, Sports and Entertainment. Before recently leaving PBS, Jenkins was responsible for the strategic direction and operational management of PBS’s entire media-supply chain, he also created and lead PBS’s Advanced Format Center. This is a collaborative venture between PBS member stations, vendors and manufacturers. The mission of the AFC is to explore and develop procedures for the creation, processing and worldwide distribution of advanced formatted and enhanced media, content and metadata through traditional as well as new and exciting digital distribution platforms. Jenkins was awarded the Innovator of the Year award in 2017 for his cutting-edge work and accomplishments. Prior to joining PBS in 2010, Jenkins helped design, build and then lead TV One’s Production Facility which services their marketing, programming, production management, graphics and post-production departments. From 2006-2009, he refreshed, updated and managed Discovery Communications’ Technology Center, where he managed five departments and supervised more than 100 employees. While at Discovery, he also served as the operational lead for the implementation of what was then the largest file based Avid Editing/Interplay/ISIS system installation in the U.S. Jenkins joined Discovery after more than 16 years with CNN. During his tenure, he received two National Emmy Awards, two National Headliner Awards, a Peabody, a DuPont, and a Bronze Broadcast Design Award, as well as many other industry accolades. Jenkins was responsible for helping move CNN into the file-based editing/delivery/archive environment through his R&D/Training work with industry leaders such as Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Adobe, Leitch, Pinnacle, and Sony. His volunteer work with local youth in his beloved Bay Area also earned him a Healthy Image Award from the Local Teamsters Union. Today, Jenkins serves as an Eastern Regional Governor of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and was named as a SMPTE Fellow in 2018. He is also a past Board Member of the AMWA, Former Co-Chair, of the UltraHD Forums’ Interoperability Working Group and the NABA Technical Committee. He is a Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC) and the chair of the WarnerMedia Technology and Operations Diversity and Inclusion Council. He is also a recipient of the 2020 Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership Award.
Renard T. Jenkins