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For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Andy Holdgate
303-791-3422
holdgatepr@attbi.com
Gary Traver Promoted to Senior Vice President and COO of Comcast Media Center
Denver, Colo., May 12, 2003 — The Comcast Media Center (CMC) announced today that Gary Traver has been promoted to Senior Vice President & COO for the Denver-based unit of Comcast Cable. Traver, a 20-year broadcasting and cable veteran, has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the CMC since its acquisition by Comcast last fall. Comcast Media Center provides digital video creation, origination and transmission services.
“Gary possesses the rare combination of engineering and business management competencies needed to manage a complex facility like the Comcast Media Center,” stated Tom Hurley, President of the Comcast Media Center. “Gary and his team have developed a digital platform for enabling cable operators and programming networks to create, manage and distribute advanced services.
Traver had served as Senior Vice President of Video Services for CMC, formerly AT&T Digital Media Centers, since joining the company in 1999. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Broadcast and Network Operations for PRIMESTAR, where he and his engineering team received an Emmy® award for their pioneering work in digital television, which included launching the world's first fully digital consumer service. He also has held senior-level positions with Skyband, Inc. and Comsat Satellite Television. He is a graduate of Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University) in Kirksville, Mo, where he earned a B.S. Degree in Social Sciences and an A.S. in Accounting. Traver is actively involved in the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
About Comcast Media Center
Comcast Media Center (CMC), a unit of Comcast Cable, provides network origination services, global transmission via satellite and terrestrial fiber optics, broadcast quality studio, mobile and post production services, interactive television applications and streaming distribution capabilities. CMC’s HITS (Headend in the Sky) digital platform, founded in 1994, delivers 150 digital services to more than 2,000 cable system headends. More information is available at: http://www.comcastmediacenter.com/
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation, a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Operating in 17 of the United States' 20 largest metropolitan areas, Comcast is one of the leading communications, media and entertainment companies in the world. Providing basic cable, digital cable and high-speed Internet services, Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's 55,000 employees, in six divisions, serve more than 21 million customers.






