Tom Rogers (executive)
American businessman
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Tom Rogers is an American media and technology executive.[1] Rogers attended Columbia Law School and served as counsel to a US House of Representatives committee. He later became the first President of NBC Cable and has also served as an executive at a number of other organizations. He was also CEO of TiVo Corporation,
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Early life and education
Rogers graduated in 1972 from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York;[2] and later received degrees from Wesleyan University and Columbia Law School.[3][4]
Career
Rogers began his career as an attorney with a Wall Street law firm.[5] Prior to NBC, Rogers was the senior counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance Subcommittee, where he was responsible for drafting a number of communications laws including the Cable Franchise Policy and Communications Act of 1984,[6] which established the federal regulatory framework for the cable industry, and for overseeing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[7]
NBC Universal Cable
Rogers was first President of NBC Cable (now NBCUniversal Cable) and Executive Vice President of NBC, as well as NBC's chief strategist.[8][9] Rogers founded CNBC and established the NBC/Microsoft cable channel and internet joint venture, MSNBC.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
During his tenure at NBC Cable, Rogers oversaw the establishment of the National Geographic Channel,[16] Court TV[17] and Independent Film Channel, and served as co-chairman of the board of A&E Television Networks and The History Channel for 10 years. In addition, he oversaw American Movie Classics, Bravo (U.S. TV network), and several regional sports channels.[18]
In 2013, Rogers was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.[19] Rogers was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2016.[20][21]
Other organizations
Rogers was Chairman and CEO of Primedia (now Rent Group), a targeted media company in the United States beginning in 1999.[22] Rogers served as the senior operating executive for media and entertainment for Cerberus Capital Management, a large private equity firm, and as chairman of the board of Teleglobe (now VSNL International Canada), a leading international telecommunications, voice-over-internet, and mobile telephony provider.[23]
From 2005 to 2016, Rogers served as President and CEO of TiVo, the longest such tenure in the company's history.[24] Rogers won a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Enhanced or Interactive Television.[25]
In March 2017, Rogers was appointed Chairman of Frankly, a publicly traded company that managed the digital and mobile news distribution for local broadcast stations and other media properties, including Newsweek, throughout the United States.[26] He served in this capacity until the merger creating Engine Media.[27] Rogers was Chairman of Captify, a UK based advertising technology company.[28] He was appointed to his post in 2018 and served in that capacity until the company's sale in 2022. Appointed in May 2016, Rogers was Executive Chairman of WinView Games, a Silicon Valley company, until the merger creating Engine Media.[29][30] Rogers has been Executive Chairman of Oorbit Gaming and Entertainment since September 2023.[31][32] Rogers currently serves as Chairman of TRget Media, a media investment and operations advisory firm.[33]
Rogers is Editor-at-Large for Newsweek, and writes columns on policy and political issues for the publication.[34]