| Title: |
Alan Gerry
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Cable Center. Barco Library. Special Collections
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| Collection: |
Cable Center Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
High school dropout and ex-Marine, Mr. Gerry primary interest was electronics. Following technical school, he began with a TV sales and repair business, and founded and built Liberty Video, later to become Cablevision Industries, Inc. This cable empire became the 8th largest MSO in the United States and was sold to Time Warner in 1996 for approximately $2.8 billion. Mr. Gerry is a cable pioneer, entrepreneur, and a generous philanthropist. His philanthropic giving spans cable, medicine, and the fine arts.
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| URL: |
http://www.cablecenter.org/education/library/oralHistoryDetails.cfm?id=95
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Gerry, Alan, 1929-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
24-Dec-1929
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| Speaker place of birth: |
United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Broadcasting executive; Business executive
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Southwick, Tom
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Broadcasting; Cable television--United States; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Telecommunication cables; United States
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0033744-37023
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