About Us

Christopher S. Stark, Sr. is President and CEO of FYI Television, Inc. (FYI) and E-Guide Services, Inc. (EGS). With over 40 years of experience in the TV listings industry, Stark has been instrumental in setting the stage for real-time and accurate TV listings. Stark began his career in 1968 in a traditional printing operation that designed, produced and distributed newspaper and franchised TV listings booklets.

From there, Stark joined New York-based Cosmo Graphics as the General Manager of their Dallas operation, where he oversaw the production of over 400 weekly TV booklets. When Stark became President and CEO, he quickly realized the limitations of TV listings booklets and in 1984 formed a subsidiary company, TV Listings Group Inc., to design, develop and write custom software for computer database television listings. This successful method helped Cosmo Graphics expand to over 60 monthly cable magazines and 900 weekly and daily newspapers.

Stark sold Cosmo Graphics and TV Listings Group in 1988 in order to establish his next projects, Encore Publishing Group, Inc. and TV Team. By 1995, Stark had merged both companies and partnered them with JD Publishing to form ONTV, Inc. Stark oversaw the production of JD Publishing's 90 customized monthly cable guides. JD Publishing and ONTV officially merged to form JDTV and Stark was named Executive Vice President of TV Information Services and Operations.

Stark left JDTV in 1999 and started FYI. FYI currently boasts an international client database, editing over 12,000 cable and satellite TV networks daily for companies including Gannett Company, McClatchy, Journal Register, Morris Communications, Microsoft, AT&T and Verizon. Today's cable TV and satellite TV, daily and weekly newspapers, and internet portal listings all turn to FYI for their TV listings information. FYI designs, develops and deploys its own custom software using state-of-the-art technology. With FYI's 500+ individual program types, categories and subcategories, it's easy to see how FYI provides the most flexible and accurate TV listings content.

In 2007, Stark was looking for an opportunity to expand FYI into new markets. After determining the competition and balancing those with the needs of consumers, Stark saw the chance to provide TV listings content in digital formats to the hospitality, health care and education industries. Stark formed EGS and created E-GuideTV to provide a solution. EGS is the leading provider of high performance and fully customized television channel guides for the hospitality industry. As of January 2011 E-GuideTV is contracted in more than 1,700 properties consisting of over 250,000 rooms and continues to grow daily.

With Stark's background as a printer and publisher and his innovative work on custom electronic database TV listings, he is seen as a pioneer in the TV listings industry.

Shaun brings more than 15 years of experience in management with various leadership practices including area and account management, sales, customer service, marketing and business administration.

Today, Shaun presides over FYI & EGS as Vice President & General Manager and is responsible for day-to-day operations, business contracts and accounting.

Chris has spent the majority of his career developing technology for the online, onscreen and print TV listings industries. With over 16 years of system design, system development and database management experience, his thorough understanding of information technology has allowed him to make monumental contributions to FYI & EGS.

As Vice President of Information Technology, Chris has been immensely involved in the creation, design and development of FYI's & EGS' databases, websites and user applications.

John entered the television listings business in August 1980. Throughout his multi-decade career in the TV listings industry, John has sold products and services to hundreds of newspapers. He has also directed hundreds of TV book redesigns, leading to successful contracts with some of the largest newspaper groups in the country including Gannett Company, Morris Communications, Journal Register and more.

As FYI's Vice President of Newspaper Sales, he manages the sale and launch of new products for individual newspapers and newspaper groups, serves as a TV listings consultant and design resource, and manages all national sales.

With over 30 years of sales and business development experience, Nat possesses a solid understanding of concepts relating to sales, marketing, account management and customer service. His extensive background in these fields has helped him develop a well-rounded approach to the fundamentals of business development and allows him to head up new business initiatives and opportunities.

Paul Kalmbacher joined FYI in 2005, bringing 15 years of experience in the television broadcasting and listings industries to FYI.

As Vice President of Television Information Services, Paul and his staff are responsible for editing and updating advanced schedule information for all broadcast, cable networks and premium channels.

Today his knowledge and experience in the industry, coupled with substantial personnel management experience, have enabled him to ensure accurate delivery of listings data for FYI and their clients.

Gordon joined the FYI team in 2004 as Supervising Editor after being in the publishing world for over 19 years.

Gordon is instrumental in improving accuracy within the editing department, simplifying workflow and assisting with the software development and testing of new print, online and onscreen solutions. His wealth of knowledge, experience and maturity continues to develop the FYI team.

Mike joined the FYI team in November 2004 as a Desktop Editor and assumed management responsibilities within the department shortly thereafter.

Mike has helped maintain and develop FYI's Desktop Publishing Department, where he continues to lead his team by delivering the highest quality products to FYI's print clients and ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.

Jay began his career at FYI in 2004 as a Schedule Editor and was instrumental in supporting the newly created Channel Lineup Department, where he managed the changing data aspect of the TV listings business.

When Jay began managing the Station Coordination Team he focused on acquiring schedule data and refining the editing departments schedule content flow. Jay has also had the opportunity to oversee the Corporate Trainer and assisted in modifying the new hire training processes for FYI.

Currently, Jay leads the FYI Special Projects Department and serves as the Data Acquisition Manager. His primary focus is meeting project deadlines.

Mayra began her career in the TV listings business over 10 years ago as an International Editor at Encore Publishing. Within this role, Mayra translated television listings information from English to Spanish for publications in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and many other Spanish speaking countries.

Mayra joined the FYI team in 2002 as the International Editor and was promoted to Client Services Manager in 2003. Her expertise in successfully expanding a company's development internationally has had a direct impact on the fast-growth strategy at FYI.

Susan's career in administration started over 12 years ago while serving in the United States Coast Guard. She began working at FYI Television in 2005 where her experience in Human Resources helped expand the company from 40 employees to over 100.

She has been essential in helping establish the company's policies and procedures as well as developing its business practices. She uses her acquired expertise to oversee the administration side of the Business Department.

After working for FYI's previous CPA firm, Joey was recruited by FYI to become their own in-house accountant in 2009.

Joey has worked in the accounting departments of Baylor Hospital, Blockbuster and Palm Beach Tan. Joey's experience in the accounting industry and contribution to FYI play a vital role in shaping FYI into the company it is today.

Lauren brings to FYI & EGS over 10 years of business-to-business and business-to-consumer experience in sales, strategic marketing, product development, promotions, public relations and market research. Her experience in these environments has groomed her into an adaptive force vital to today's rapidly changing FYI landscape.

Today, Lauren uses her expertise to direct and influence the marketing initiatives of both FYI and EGS. Using her market knowledge, she combines a thorough understanding of effective strategies and delivery methods to maximize the visibility and impact of targeted communications.