Liberty Global, Inc. ("Liberty Global") (NASDAQ: LBTYA) (NASDAQ: LBTYB) (NASDAQ: LBTYK) today announced that Bob Leighton has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Programming.
In this new role, Mr. Leighton will be responsible for coordinating and leveraging Liberty Global's programming activities worldwide, including both channel carriage and channel venture activities.
Mr. Leighton is a 28-year veteran of the television industry. Most recently, he was a consultant on programming issues to Liberty Global, as well as Comcast Cable.
Prior to this, Mr. Leighton was EVP, Programming for Starz Encore Entertainment for 7 years. At Starz, Mr. Leighton was responsible for all programming functions for 13 channels, including film acquisition, original program development, production, on-air promotion, and technical operations.
Mr. Leighton earlier was at HBO for 17 years. From 1991, he was based in Eastern Europe for HBO and oversaw the earliest development, launch and operation of various pay and basic cable channels throughout the region. Previous assignments at HBO during the 1980's in New York included Director of Programming, Cinemax and Director of Audience Research. Mr. Leighton began his television career at Young & Rubicam where he bought advertising time on both broadcast networks and pioneer ad supported cable channels.
"Bob Leighton has been at the forefront of the expansion of television programming into new markets and new media his entire career," said Mike Fries, President and CEO, Liberty Global, Inc. "Particularly given revolutionary changes now taking place in video delivery, such as on-demand, we look forward to his experience and leadership as we continue to leverage content opportunities across our global footprint of 23 million subscribers."
Mr. Leighton holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
About Liberty Global, Inc.
Liberty Global is the leading international cable operator offering advanced video, voice and broadband Internet services to connect its customers to the world of entertainment, communications and information. As of June 30, 2007, Liberty Global operated state-of-the-art broadband communications networks that served approximately 16 million customers across 17 countries principally located in Europe, Japan, Chile, and Australia. Liberty Global's operations also include significant media and programming businesses such as Chellomedia in Europe.
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