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Tupelo-Honey Productions is proud to work with some of the best clients in the business. From the top companies in sports and entertainment, to Fortune 500 companies, Tupelo-Honey can assist with all aspects of video, broadcast and broadband creative development and production. Tupelo-Honey is involved with syndicated original programming for both broadband and broadcast. Development and execution of live events. Corporate video and advertising, as well as branded original content. More »
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There is TV and broadband production, and there is Tupelo-Honey. In today’s high-paced, fast tracking world, you need a production partner who will help do some of the thinking for you. You want a partner that is creative (of course) but one that is proactive and forward thinking. You want to work with a group that is hands-on and creatively minded, a group that will help elevate your project or property to the highest possible level. The company you want to keep is Tupelo-Honey. More »
Our People
Founder, President
Cary is a three-time national Emmy Award winner with more than twenty years of entertainment, sports and commercial production experience. During Cary’s career, he has served as an Executive Producer for various network, cable, and syndicated entertainment and sports series. He founded the company himself in 1996.
Executive Vice-President, Production
Stephen is a writer/producer/editor armed with a deep knowledge in several aspects of the industry. With experience in multiple phases of production, Stephen has worked on a wide range of projects including music, sports and entertainment and has done work for many of the major cable and broadcast networks.
Executive Vice-President, Programming & Development
G is an Emmy Award-winning Producer/Editor and one of the leading AVID talents on the East Coast. With his talent for blending the creative with the technical, G is able to bring his years in the business and lessons learned to every project, edit session, and shoot.
Supervising Producer
Julie is an experienced Producer/Editor working both in the field and in the edit room. Her extensive knowledge of the production process and her passion for creating quality programming has recently won her an Emmy Award for the acclaimed documentary on the life of Lew Rudin, which also screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Head of Business Affairs
Thorpe thinks that he learned about entertainment Business Affairs from working in the New York rock & roll concert business in the 1980s. But he really obtained his experience during the 20 years that he was negotiating agreements and resolving business issues for EUE/Screen Gems, one of New York’s largest independent television productions companies. Looking out for Tupelo-Honey’s legal and business matters for the past five years, Thorpe also functions as a key production executive dealing with the budgeting, production, and completion of projects for the company.
Vice President, Remote Production
Ivan is an Emmy Award winning Television Executive with over twenty years of experience. Prior to joining Tupelo-Honey Productions, Ivan was the Vice President of Production at Madison Square Garden Networks where he was responsible for over 300 annual live television remotes in addition to the daily MSG In-Arena Event Presentations. Ivan is a proven and successful manager, team leader, and evaluator of talent. He is a creative producer, and a well-respected motivator, with a unique and diverse sports background and a thorough understanding of operations, strategy development, quality control, and budget management.
President
Michael Yudin is a true maverick in the television industry. He began his career as a page at NBC and has been in the business for over twenty-five years, working both on the corporate side and independently, as head of his own production company.
A pioneer who combined marketers with television properties, Yudin helped innovate brand messaging as a revenue stream for advertisers and networks. With fifteen years of experience in the media and programming side of the advertising business, he spearheaded major accounts like Coca Cola and Miller Beer, among many others. Always keeping an eye to production, Yudin moved to the “other side,” bringing his advertising/marketing skills & combining that with television programming.
COO
Joseph Townley currently serves as Chief Operating Officer/Executive Producer of MY Tupelo Entertainment. Mr. Townley has more than two decades of experience in the entertainment and sports television sectors. Mr. Townley spent seven years at Clear Channel Entertainment Television (CCETV) rising to the position of President in 2004. During his tenure as President,he shifted the division’s strategy to include program development and ownership of content. This resulted in the development of original programming for A&E (Biography), CBS (Top Spin), Discovery Channel (Vegas Turns 100) and Spike TV (Pros vs. Joes). During this period he also oversaw the division’s strategy with Clear Channel Entertainment’s Sponsorship and Marketing Divisions to assure seamless integration of brand objectives into the development of original media content.
Based in New York City, SCP Worldwide is a partial owner of Tupelo-Honey Productions. SCP is a growing sports, entertainment and media company founded in 2002. SCP Worldwide recently purchased the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues and the newly re-named Scottrade Center. In addition, the company also owns the Real Salt Lake soccer franchise a member of Major League Soccer playing in Salt Lake City, Utah. Real Salt Lake has announced plans to construct a soccer-specific stadium with related entertainment elements in Sandy, Utah. The company also owns Sports Radio 700 AM The Zone in Salt Lake City and holds a significant interest in Running Subway, a live entertainment company which recently produced “Sinatra” at the Palladium Theater in London and "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" on Broadway. In addition, SCP recently signed a long-term marketing agreement with world-renowned soccer franchise, Real Madrid. SCP Worldwide consists of David W. Checketts, its chairman and founding member and his partners, Kenneth Munoz, Michael McCarthy, Dean Howes and Chris Bevilacqua.