Showtime Networks chairman and CEO Matthew C Blank and Focus Features CEO James Schamus have been selected as this year's honourees at the Museum Of The Moving Image's annual black tie benefit.

The event, which takes place on April 30 in New York City, is designed to honour two leaders in the entertainment industry 'whose vision and innovations have dramatically influenced the moving image.'

Dinner co-chairs are Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios, and Leslie Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation.