Michael Schreiber
Advisor, SeventySix Capital
Co-Founder, SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory
Michael Schreiber is an Advisor at SeventySix Capital and a Co-Founder of SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory. Schreiber brings his operational experience and a media competency to the SeventySix Capital team as it continues to invest in the convergence of the physical and digital worlds in sports where media serves as the glue between the two. Additionally, he expands our strategic investor network, and enhances the team’s media, digital and television relationships.
Schreiber is the CEO of Playfly Sports that he founded with the backing of Sinclair Broadcast Group and Access Holdings. Playfly is a full-service sports marketing company providing top tier management of multimedia rights for universities, state high school associations, and other properties. Playfly has acquired Outfront Media Sports from CBS and two esports companies — Collegiate Star League and the World Gaming Network.
Schreiber served as the Chief Content Officer at Fortune 500 company Altice USA and President of Altice USA News. He was a founding member of Altice USA, part of their first management team, their 2017 IPO, and a key stakeholder in their acquisition of Cheddar. As president, Schreiber had direct oversight of its 13 networks and 600+ people.
Prior to joining Altice USA, he spent 14 years at NBCUniversal and Comcast in several commercial, operating and revenue roles, including SVP of Content at Comcast, and VP of Business Development & Strategy at NBCUniversal Digital Distribution.
During his time at Comcast NBCUniversal, Schreiber helped partner in the development, formation and launch of Hulu in 2007. He was also involved in some of the media industry's first digital distribution deals with the likes of Netflix, Amazon, and Apple.
He also has board experience, competency in revenue and value generation, and turn-around and restructuring skills via his time as an Altice executive.
He graduated from the University of Virginia, has a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and attended an executive education program at Harvard Business School.