Tom Rogers (executive)

Tom Rogers
EducationWesleyan University (BA); Columbia Law School (J.D.)
OccupationsBusinessman and attorney
Employer(s)TiVo, Inc.
AwardsBroadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, Cable Hall of Fame

Tom Rogers is an American media and technology executive. He served as senior counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Telecommunications Subcommittee. Rogers later became the first President of NBC Cable, founding CNBC and establishing MSNBC. He was also the longest serving CEO of TiVo, Inc.

Early life and education

Rogers graduated in 1972 from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York;[1] and later received degrees from Wesleyan University[2] and Columbia Law School.[3]

Career

Rogers began his career as an attorney on Wall Street.[4] 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,[5] which established the federal regulatory framework for the cable industry, and for overseeing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[6]

NBC Cable

Rogers was first president of NBC Cable (now NBCUniversal Cable) and executive vice president of NBC, as well as NBC's chief strategist.[7][8] Rogers founded CNBC and established MSNBC.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

During his tenure at NBC Cable, Rogers oversaw the establishment of the National Geographic Channel,[15] Court TV[16] 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.[17]

In 2013, Rogers was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.[18] Rogers was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2016.[19][20]

TiVO

From 2005 to 2016, Rogers served as president and CEO of TiVo, the longest such tenure in the company's history.[21] TiVo pioneered the development of the DVR and under his leadership was the first company to stream Netflix and Amazon Prime to television.[22] Rogers won a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Enhanced or Interactive Television[23] and was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2016.[24]

Other organizations

Rogers was chairman and CEO of Primedia (now Rent Group), a targeted media company in the United States beginning in 1999.[25] 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.[26]

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.[27] He served in this capacity until the merger creating Engine Media.[28] Rogers was Chairman of Captify, a UK based advertising technology company.[29] 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.[30][31] Rogers has been executive chairman of Oorbit Gaming and Entertainment since September 2023.[32][33] Rogers currently serves as Chairman of TRget Media, a media investment and operations advisory firm.[34]

Rogers is editor-at-large for Newsweek, and writes columns on policy and political issues for the publication.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Rogers (SHS 1972) - Media Executive". www.scarsdalealumni.org.
  2. ↑ Zipkin, Amy (13 August 2006). "At Work in Real Time". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Tom Rogers, JD '79 | Columbia Business School". business.columbia.edu. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "TV Industry Veteran Tom Rogers to Helm TiVo". Television Academy. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Andy Plesser (15 May 2015). "(VIDEO) Media's Future Is 'Infinite Choice Meets Personalization': TiVo's Rogers". HuffPost. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Tom Rogers on Primedia's potential as an internet player". Media Life Magazine. October 1999.
  7. ↑ "TiVo CEO: on 'TiVo Stream'". CNBC Tv. 22 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Building NBC's Future". Broadcasting & Cable. 5 May 1997.
  9. ↑ "TiVo CEO: Our Birthright is Innovation". CNBC Tv. 7 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "The End of TV as We Know it". Fortune. CNN. 23 December 1996. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Disney among the best positioned in the media landscape: BofA Securities". CNBC. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Defying Republicans, Big Companies Keep the Focus on Voting Rights". The New York Times. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Morning Joe: The Push for a Corporate Great Migration". MSNBC. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Engine Media's Tom Rogers breaks down Netflix's all-time high and the streaming wars". CNBC. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "National Geographic joining Fox, NBC in television venture". Associated Press. 5 May 1999.
  16. ↑ "Will Views Be Shouting: I Want My Court TV?". Businessweek. 24 June 1991.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (1 April 1997). "NBC Buys Piece of Garden". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  18. ↑ "Tom Rogers Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame - 2013". Vimeo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  19. ↑ Winslow, George (26 April 2013). "Tom Rogers, President and CEO, TiVo Inc". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  20. ↑ "Cable Hall of Fame 2016 Honoree - Tom Rogers". Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  21. ↑ Lieberman, David (17 November 2015). "TiVo's Tom Rogers Gives Up CEO Job, But Will Stay As Chairman". Deadline.
  22. ↑ Gartenberg, Chaim (28 March 2024). "TiVo to Merge with Xpery to Create "One of the Largest Licensing companies in the World"". The Verge.
  23. ↑ "Tom Rogers". Television Academy. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  24. ↑ "Tom Rogers | 2016 Cable Hall of Fame Honoree". Syndeo Institute At The Cable Center.
  25. ↑ Kuczynski, Alex (27 September 1999). "Primedia Set To Name NBC Executive As Its Chief". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  26. ↑ Johnson, Robert (5 December 2004). "OPENERS: REFRESH BUTTON; Plenty of Titles, But No Days Off". The New York Times.
  27. ↑ "Frankly Appoints Tom Rogers as chairman of the board". Reuters. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  28. ↑ Nicholson, Jonno (11 May 2020). "Torque Esports, Frankly and WinView merge to create Engine Media". Esports Insider. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  29. ↑ "Tom Rogers Named Chairman Of Ad Tech Company Captify". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  30. ↑ "WinView Inc. Leadership". WinView Inc. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  31. ↑ Nicholson, Jonno (11 May 2020). "Torque Esports, Frankly and WinView merge to create Engine Media". Esports Insider. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  32. ↑ "Tom Rogers Appointed Executive Chairman of Oorbit Gaming and Entertainment". Yahoo Finance. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  33. ↑ Fitness-gaming.com (22 February 2017). "OrbIT Gaming Platform Introduces Interactive Games to People with Limited Hand Function". Fitness Gaming. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  34. ↑ "Disruptor Awards - Tom Rogers". 9 January 2017.
  35. ↑ "Tom Rogers". Newsweek. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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