Patrick Younge is president and general manager of Travel Channel Media, an integrated multi-platform travel business wholly owned by Cox Communications. In this capacity, Younge oversees all of the company's assets in the travel space including: the Travel Channel, available in more than 91 million U.S. cable homes; Travel Channel HD™, the network's high-definition simulcast; www.travelchannel.com, the network's broadband travel hub; Travel Channel's video-on-demand (VOD) its mobile content platform, Travel Channel GO™; World Hum (worldhum.com), a leading online travel blog; and FlightDeck™, an innovative content-sharing and advertising network for online publishers and advertisers.

As President and General Manager of Travel Channel, Patrick Younge serves as chief editorial executive and is responsible for all programming, production, development and operations for the network. He also manages the overall direction of the networks, interfacing with ad sales, marketing and affiliate sales to further develop their brands and their appeal to advertisers, operators and viewers.

Prior to joining Travel Channel, Younge spent four years as head of programs and planning for BBC Sport, where he was directly responsible for scheduling over 1000 hours of sport output annually on BBC1 and BBC2 and delivered a 61 percent growth in average match audiences for his international rugby portfolio (6 Nations) since 2002. In 2004 Younge was joint leader of the pan-BBC Content Supply Review, tasked with recommending "how small BBC In-House production should be given domestic and international trends in technology, rights and the overall broadcasting environment."

Previously, Younge spent two years as commissioning editor for multicultural programs at Channel 4, and 5 years at the BBC in a variety of roles including executive producer, news/current affairs, on screen news correspondent, and creator of the acclaimed current affairs program "Black Britain."

Younge is a former member of the Council of the Royal Television Society (RTS), and his programs have won 3 prestigious RTS awards. In 2006, Younge was elected fellow of the Royal Television Society for his, "outstanding contribution to the furtherance of the Television Industry."

Younge earned his Bachelor of Science degree from University College, Cardiff in Britain, and a graduated from the London Business School's Accelerated Development Program. Younge is based in Travel Channel Media's world headquarters in Maryland.

December 2008