Michael Crotty is COO and CFO, Paramount Premium Group including Showtime Networks, BET Networks, Paramount Television Studios and Bellator. He oversees the growth of several billion dollars in revenue across subscription, advertising and global content licensing from these premium brands. Crotty leads operational and financial strategy including long-range planning. In addition, he oversees Showtime Networks’ distribution, sales, network operations, business development, and the SHOWTIME^® streaming service product groups. Crotty and his teams currently spend much of their focus growing direct-to-consumer digital subscription services, including SHOWTIME OTT and BET+, and developing worldwide hits from various studios that serve a multitude of global digital and traditional distribution platforms. 

Prior to joining ViacomCBS, Crotty was the CFO & Head of Operations for The Players’ Tribune, an early addition to the sports media start-up, founded by Hall of Fame baseball player Derek Jeter. Crotty led the growth and scale of the organization across diversified business lines in advertising, licensing, original production, commerce and oversaw brand revenue & marketing, production, operations, athlete procurement, corporate strategy, human resources, legal and finance departments. He grew the company from 27 employees to 120+ across NY, LA, London, Spain and Australia; increased revenue by 300 percent; acquired and integrated a global sports/technology platform called Unscriptd; successfully raised a total of $75M of capital and debt from VC and traditional banks; and ultimately led the sale and successful exit of TPT to Minute Media, a global sports platform with plans to IPO. 

Crotty was previously SVP, Affiliate Finance & Business Operations at SHOWTIME and was one of the first to build and operate Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between Showtime Networks Inc. and the esteemed Smithsonian Institution, the largest museum complex in the world.  Earlier, he held the position of Vice President of Business Development, Operations & Finance for five years, helping to take the company from 3 to 65 employees with offices in NY and DC and several hundred million dollars in valuation.   

Crotty was a Senior Auditor for Arthur Andersen LLP and is a CPA. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BBA from Baruch College, both with highest honors. He has served on the Boards of Creative Alternatives of NY (CANY), which pioneered the use of drama therapy as an effective treatment intervention for trauma-affected populations, along with The High School for Enterprise, Business & Technology (NY).      

Crotty is a native of Jackson Heights in Queens, NY. He is a proud executive champion of several Latinx initiatives in and outside of his organization, he is an active member of ViacomCBS’s Global Inclusion Advisory Committee and is incredibly proud of his Ecuadorian heritage and family in Guayaquil.