PowerTV names Bow Rodgers chief operating officer.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--PowerTV Inc., a leading developer of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and associated software and hardware components for digital set-top terminals and consumer products, Tuesday announced the appointment of J. Bowmar (Bow) Rodgers as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Rodgers joined PowerTV as vice president of marketing in October 1995 to help the company develop new markets for its standards-based PowerTV (TM) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . In his new role, Rodgers will continue PowerTV's presence in a number of key digital entertainment trials nationwide, and will pursue additional industry partnerships with content developers and hardware manufacturers. Rodgers brings more than 20 years of management experience to PowerTV, and has a strong record of developing and leading successful organizations in the high-technology and consumer electronics industries. "The goal of PowerTV is to create and establish the operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. of choice for the delivery of digital entertainment and information to the consumer," said James McDonald James McDonald could refer to:
Prior to joining PowerTV, Rodgers was senior vice president of Interactive Network Inc., the first fully operational home interactive television service with paying subscribers. Rodgers has also held executive positions at Poqet Computer Corp. (a Fujitsu company), Sprint Communications Corp., Apple Computer and Xerox Corp. An active industry spokesperson, Rodgers is a member of the Interactive Services Association and the American Management Association. Rodgers earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics and a master of business administration degree in marketing and management from Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. University. PowerTV is a company devoted to providing operating systems, tools and semiconductor solutions for the video, entertainment and information markets. The PowerTV operating system and the Eagle (TM) multimedia ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. have been selected by Scientific-Atlanta for use in its digital home communication terminals. PowerTV is a subsidiary of Scientific-Atlanta. -0- Note to Editors: PowerTV and Eagle are trademarks of PowerTV Inc. All other trademarks and tradenames belong to their respective owners. CONTACT: Miller/Shandwick Technologies Robin Foster, 415/962-9550; 415/962-0519 (fax) e-mail: rfoster@millerwest.com |
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