Tom Rogers (executive)
Tom Rogers is an American media and technology executive. 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,
Early life and education
Rogers graduated in 1972 from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York; and later received degrees from Wesleyan University and Columbia Law School.Career
Rogers began his career as an attorney with a Wall Street law firm. 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, which established the federal regulatory framework for the cable industry, and for overseeing the Federal Communications Commission.NBC Universal Cable
Rogers was first President of NBC Cable and Executive Vice President of NBC, as well as NBC's chief strategist. Rogers founded CNBC and established the NBC/Microsoft cable channel and internet joint venture, MSNBC.During his tenure at NBC Cable, Rogers oversaw the establishment of the National Geographic Channel, Court TV 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.
In 2013, Rogers was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. Rogers was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2016.
Other organizations
Rogers was Chairman and CEO of Primedia, a targeted media company in the United States beginning in 1999. 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, a leading international telecommunications, voice-over-internet, and mobile telephony provider.From 2005 to 2016, Rogers served as President and CEO of TiVo, the longest such tenure in the company's history. Rogers won a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Enhanced or Interactive Television.
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. He served in this capacity until the merger creating Engine Media. Rogers was Chairman of Captify, a UK based advertising technology company. 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. Rogers has been Executive Chairman of Oorbit Gaming and Entertainment since September 2023. Rogers currently serves as Chairman of TRget Media, a media investment and operations advisory firm.
Rogers is Editor-at-Large for Newsweek, and writes columns on policy and political issues for the publication.