Scott Koondel is a two-time Emmy Award-Winning Executive Producer and three-time Emmy Award Nominee of Judy Justice, the landmark courtroom program featuring Judge Judy Sheindlin from Amazon Prime, now entering its fourth season. Koondel also serves as an Executive Producer of Tribunal Justice entering its third season on Amazon Prime.



 

Koondel is also the President and CEO of Sox Entertainment which packages, produces and licenses programming for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. It also advises media companies on business strategies related to licensing, MVPDs, direct-to-consumer services and M&A initiatives.



 

Prior to Sox, Koondel was Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Content Licensing Officer for CBS Corporation from 2012 through 2018. In this role, Koondel was responsible for developing and executing a coordinated company strategy designed to maximize revenue from the licensing and distribution of content across each company’s business units, including CBS Studios, CBS Television Network, CBS News, SHOWTIME, CBS Films and CBS Interactive. Before 2012, he served as President of CBS Television Distribution and held the same title at Paramount Pictures.



 

At CBS, Koondel orchestrated groundbreaking licensing agreements for The CW programming with Hulu and Netflix. He was responsible for executing the CW/Netflix deal, which is recorded as the largest non-sports licensing transaction, eclipsing his previous CW transaction with Hulu. He established a new model to finance original scripted summer programming by licensing upfront streaming windows. Koondel also packaged and created the series as well as the sales and marketing strategy for original programming such as the return of American’s Next Top Model (VH1), Hip Hop Squares (VH1), Drop the Mic (TBS), Carpool Karaoke (Apple) and Just Another Immigrant (SHOWTIME).

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Over the years, he played a key role in the post-merger integration and acquisition of Viacom Productions, Spelling Entertainment, Worldvision and Rysher’s television assets into CBS Paramount Domestic Television.
 
Prior to CBS’s separation from Viacom in January 2006, Koondel oversaw distribution for all of Paramount Pictures’theatrical features and managed its library of more than 3,600 titles.  He first joined Paramount in 1994 as Eastern Division Manager in New York.  He was promoted to Vice President of Off-Network Television Sales in 1997, and soon added first-run television to his responsibilities.  In 1999, he was named Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager.  Previously, Koondel held executive positions in sales and marketing at Tribune Television, A&E Cable Networks and Cox Communications. Scott was previously named Mediaweek’s Most Influential Executives Shaping the Future of Media. He was an adjunct professor at New York University from 1999 to 2004 and frequently guest lectures at the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications. He attended Cornell University and   Syracuse University. He is an inductee to Hall of Fame at the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications and the recipient of the Tony Malara  award for distinguished service. He is a well-known foster care advocate and has been honored by CASA for his foster work and fund raising.