Bill Condon is leaving Charter Communications and Comcast Corporation’s joint venture Xumo, where he has worked as the Vice President of Enterprise Sales and Partnerships for the past six years.
Condon’s time at Xumo has been spent helping the product evolve from a free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service into one acquired by Comcast five years ago and subsequently reincorporated into a joint venture between the cable giant and peer Charter, one that now focuses on building out its own streaming TV platform and consumer and enterprise FAST solutions.
“After an incredible 6 years at Xumo leading both advertising and enterprise sales from the start-up phase through our Comcast acquistion and current joint venture with Charter Communications, I am filled with gratitude for the journey,” Condon said in a statement. “Working alongside passionate, knowledgeable, and empathetic individuals has truly been a career highlight.”
Condon said he was “entering the transfer portal” and “searching for my next team,” suggesting he does not quite have something new lined up just yet. But his departure appeared to be amicable.
George Ross Satornino has succeeded Condon in the role and reports to Stefan Van Engen, the Vice President of Content Programming and Partnerships at Xumo.
Xumo began as a FAST platform with dozens of content streams from third parties like the E. W. Scripps Company, Comcast’s NBC, Cineverse and Filmrise before being acquired by Comcast and integrated into its line-up of Internet-connected set-top boxes.
In 2022, Comcast and Charter announced they were reincorporating Xumo into a streaming-focused joint venture, one that would support both company’s connected TV hardware and services initiatives. Since then, Xumo has launched its own streaming set-top box — available to most Comcast and Charter customers, as well as subscribers of some other broadband Internet services — and developed an enterprise business that powers FAST channels on other services, including Google Free TV.
