A graduate of Purdue University, Doug began his career in 1980 in cable television when cable wasn’t cool. The uncool turned hot with astonishing growth with two blue chip MVPDs spanning more than 20 years.Doug’s experience was also enhanced in the programming and distribution sector by spending years with the Disney Channel leading to explosive growth in carriage across the cable industry. With this background, Doug joined Mike Ruggiero at ATV to expand an excellent business in markets approaching nation-wide coverage and cooperatively building an outstanding team of professionals and diversifying ATV’s service offerings to the broadcast television industry. This growth has honored broadcasters in 157 different DMAs with viewers in 49 states to date.
