Roma Khanna

Roma Khanna is responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day operation of all new media initiatives for CHUM Limited. In addition to leveraging the company's well-known television brands and content across various new media platforms including interactive television, wireless services and exclusive Internet properties, Roma is responsible for creating new interactive initiatives that are integral to CHUM's original television and radio content.

CHUM has long been a leader in using new media technology to foster audience accessibility. In addition to highly successful station branded Internet sites, CHUM was the first Canadian broadcaster to launch interactive television to mainstream viewing audiences and garnered pioneer status in North America with the deployment of successful, cross carrier, premium-rate SMS applications.

Prior to joining CHUM. Roma was Executive Vice President at Snap Media, Canada's leading producer of interactive content and communities related to television, where she was involved in the production/creation of interactive projects for television programs including Degrassi: The Next Generation (www.Degrassi.tv ), Tracker, Mysterious Ways, Made In Canada, Franklin the Turtle, FashionTelevision, Open Mike with Mike Bullard and more. Before joining Snap Media, Roma was an entertainment lawyer and Manager, Legal and Business Affairs, at Sony Music Canada. Prior to that, Roma practiced corporate/commercial law at the firm of Davies, Ward & Beck in Toronto. Over the years, Roma has also been involved in producing various film and television projects including music videos, television commercials and an independent feature film.

After receiving her B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, Roma completed both her Canadian and American law degrees as well as an MBA at the Schulich School of Business. Roma sits on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association. She also sits on the Boards for the Canadian Film Centre and Canadian Women in Communications and Heritage Canada's Canadian Content Online National Advisory Board where she chairs the Content/Innovation Sub-Committee. She is on the advisory boards for the Telefilm Canada New Media Fund and the International New Media Festival, NextMedia, and is often asked to speak on issues related to the convergence of television and interactive media. In 2001 Roma was awarded the I.H. Asper Broadcast Entrepreneur of the Future Award by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.