What Happened?
Burbank, CA-based Disney ABC Television Group Retired Vincent Roberts as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
The Disney/ABC Television Group is composed of The Walt Disney Company`s global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations group, as well as radio and publishing businesses. This includes the ABC Television Network, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, ABC Entertainment Group, Disney Channels Worldwide, ABC Family as well as Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Disney Media Distribution. Hyperion publishing and the Company`s equity interest in A+E Networks round out the Group`s portfolio of media businesses.
About the Person
A 33-year Disney vet, Vince Roberts joined Disney Channel prior to its 1983 launch as a staff engineer, and went on to led DATG’s operational and technological strategies, assuming his current role in 2010. Roberts and his team led development of cloud-based and file-based workflows supporting both linear broadcast operations and digital media delivery. Roberts co-chaired the FCC`s Video Programming Accessibility Committee on Internet closed captioning. He also served as chairman of the executive board of the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California (ETC @ USC), and recently received its Bob Lambert Technology Leadership Award.
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