Larry Namer

Larry Namer

Larry Namer is an entertainment and media entrepreneur. The founder of E! Entertainment Television, Movies USA Magazine, Steeplechase Media and Comspan Communications, Inc, he began his career as an installer in 1971 at Time Incorporated video group (Manhattan Cable TV). He ultimately rose to Director of Corporate Development and from there established a number of successful businesses. Namer is credited as a pioneer in the use of cable for data communication.

Life

Namer attended Abraham Lincoln High School (New York) in Brooklyn, graduating in 1966.

Career

After leaving Time, Inc., Namer helped establish Valley Cable Television (VCTV) in Los Angeles. In 1984, he co-founded Movietime Channel Inc. (later renamed E! Entertainment Television, Inc.) and raised the necessary capital for the channel's launch in 1987. As President and CEO, Namer oversaw the network's expansion into fourteen international markets as well as the launch of a radio network that eventually reached 110 markets.

In 1989, Mr. Namer founded Comspan Communications, Inc., a producer of live entertainment events in the former Soviet Union. Under Namer, Comspan became the leading producer of live events in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Comspan brought the soap opera Santa Barbara to Russia where it remained the top rated show in the country for almost 10 years.

Mr. Namer has also served as the primary consultant for planning and strategy to Microsoft Interactive TV (MiTV) for several years. Today he is considered one of the top experts on analizing the implications of technology on the underlying business of media and entertainment.

He currently runs LJN Media, which manages all North American operations for Eurocinema as well as serves as a holding company for the many projects he is involved in. Mr Namer also is CEO of Billboard Channel, a new multi-platform music service in development. He recently created and produced a music TV series called City Sessions which is shown on Rave network.

References

[http://www.boingboing.net/2003/07/10/wired_mag_oh_joy_247.html Wired Magazine:Reality Central Interview]

External links

* [http://ljnmedia.com/ LJN Media (Official Site)]


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