William Morris Agency Prior to Reveille, Owens was an agent in the corporate consulting and television packaging divisions at the
William Morris Agency, representing television producers as well as top brands including
Maxim Magazine,
InStyle Magazine,
eBay and
Miramax Films. Before working at William Morris, he co-founded and served as a managing partner for Outdoor Concepts, a privately held outdoor media company that was purchased by Titan Media/New York.
Reveille In 2002, Howard T. Owens served as Managing Director, Co-Head of Domestic Television and Head of Digital for Reveille LLC, which he co-founded with
Ben Silverman. Owens was responsible for creating and developing a wide range of innovative programming and content for television and across various online platforms. While at Reveille, Owens was the co-creator and executive producer of
Nashville Star, which aired for five seasons on
USA Network and debuted on NBC in the summer of 2008. Owens also executive produced
American Gladiators, the hit show from
NBC that premiered in January 2008, and was a co-executive producer of NBC's
The Biggest Loser,
My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad,
MasterChef, and
One Born Every Minute, as well as
Eyes on Target on the
History Channel. Owens is also the co-creator and co-executive producer of NBC's
The Restaurant,
Bravo's
Blow-Out, and MTV's
Date My Mom and
Parental Control. He executive produced the first two seasons of F/X's
30 Days, as well as
ESPN's
Bound for Glory, an eight-episode docu-series that Reveille produced in partnership with Full Circle Entertainment and was fully financed by
Dodge,
State Farm and
Reebok. Owens also crafted Reveille's landmark deal with
Microsoft, whereby Reveille created and produced online content for
MSN. Additionally, in digital, he produced over 20 web series including
Who Knew?,
Fit to Boom,
Real-Life Makeover with Holly Robinson Peete, and
Appetite for Life with Andrew Zimmerman, among others. Owens departed Reveille in the June 2011.
National Geographic Channels On 4 November 2011, Owens was named President of
National Geographic Channels where he oversaw the programming, development, communications, research and business affairs units at the U.S. networks.
Propagate Content In March 2015, Owens founded Propagate Content, an independent TV production company, backed by
A&E Networks. Owens was the founding CEO of the company. He and chief creative officer David McKillop, former A&E channel general manager, also are owners of the company. In May 2015, Propagate announced key hires and had a small slate of projects in development, Apple's first original unscripted television series, produced in partnership with musician and tech entrepreneur
will.i.am and scripted series, ''Isn't That Rich?
with ABC Studios, and Red Team'' for
Amazon. By April 2016, McKillop had exited the company, at which time Ben Silverman joined the company as co-chairman and co-CEO bring with him handful of projects from Electus. A&E Networks had also gave another round of funding to the company. In early June 2016, the
Oxygen Channel green lit Propagate's
Unprotected, a docu-comedy. In January 2017, Propagate started up its international distribution division head by president Cyrus Farrokh. The company signed in February 2017 to develop, pitch and produce in the U.S. market Caracol formats. By January 2018, Propagate Content agreed to create content based on stars',
Gwyneth Paltrow, and Grammy Award-winner
Zac Brown, lifestyle brands. Also, its slate included 17 in production series and 40 development projects at over 21 channels and streaming services. Propagate Content in January 2018 received additional investment from
The Raine Group, global merchant bank, to speed up growth and for targeted acquisitions and new ventures. Propagate purchased Electus including its majority share in Artists First, from
IAC in October 2018 using Raine's funds. ==Awards==