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Brisette takes over at Gocom CommunicationsEarlier this month, Richard Gorman, founder and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Gocom Communications, resigned. The company’s majority owner, a financial group that includes venture capital firm BCI Partners, CIVC Partners, a division of Bank of…
Steve Brenner is in an enviable position. His company is one of the leading suppliers of one of the hottest applications in the entertainment business-video-on-demand. The New York-based company is owned by four of the five biggest cable operators, which…
The troubled rollout of digital television will be a key concern of the Senate and House during the new congressional session beginning Jan. 23.The growing interest in the issue reflects worries about the future of DTV, which consumers have been…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “Working closely with Jamie Kellner during the initial three years of the start-up of The WB Television Network. The opportunity to experience firsthand the intricacies of The WB’s formation and development afforded me exposure to a…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “Being a part of a team [at USA Networks] that took a notion of a business-who knew there was a notion of basic cable in 1982-and built it into a multinational company.”What he watches on television:…
Judd Apatow loves it when actors do his work for him. The creator and executive producer of the college-set comedy “Undeclared” is more than happy to stand back and let the camera roll as members of his young cast riff…
Most significant professional accomplishment: The senator is proud of several achievements, including the 1996 Telecommunications Act, a comprehensive bill that deregulated much of the communications marketplace. He played a significant role in drafting and shaping the measure. He is also…
Jim McNamara never thought growing up Irish in the Spanish-language culture of Panama City would prepare him to preside over Telemundo, a Hispanic broadcast upstart that will soon become a subsidiary of NBC.At age 47, he confesses to be a…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “I have been given the opportunity to collaborate with funny people that I admire, and for the most part we have had a good time and made a lot of people laugh.” Also, being a “small…
Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina is this year’s man to watch in Washington on media issues.The irascible Democrat, known for his quick wit, sharp tongue and heavily accented Charleston brogue, reassumed control of the influential Senate Commerce Committee last…