Bernard Gershon

Past

Senior Vice President & General Manager at The Walt Disney Company
SVP/GM at Disney/ ABC Digital Media
Board Member at RNTDA

Connections

439 connections

Industry

Online Media

Bernard Gershon’s Summary

Global media company executive recognized as digital industry leader and innovator in programming, distribution and advertising.
o Strong general management experience
o Digital media entrepreneur
o Developed and executed global growth strategies in broadband and mobile

BERNARD GERSHON has been responsible for developing new revenue opportunities and distributing Disney and ABC content to all digital media platforms -- globally. He served as General Manager for all business initiatives in the narrowband, broadband, wireless, cable, video-on-demand, home video and international markets for Disney and ABC products.

Acknowledged within the industry as a pioneer in streaming media, as early as 1995 Gershon started ABC’s first streaming media Internet site—ABCRadioNet.com. In March 2003 he created ABC News Live, the Web’s first 24/7 streaming news network.
In July 2004 ABC News Live was re-launched as ABC News Now—a groundbreaking service available on digital cable, broadband and wireless. Peter Jennings anchored gavel-to-gavel convention coverage and contributed to special election night programming. This expanded news channel is available to more than 40 million broadband viewers, 6 million cable viewers and more than 7 million mobile video viewers.

Gershon also started the first regularly scheduled Webcast for the Internet (SAMDONALDSON@ABCNEWS.com), and expanded that offering with the Internet-only Webcast, "Political Points,” co-produced with the New York Times.

Gershon was named #9 on Streaming Media Magazine’s Top 50 Most Influential figures in streaming media in 2003.

Previously, Gershon was vice president of ABC News Radio, responsible for all information programming produced for the ABC Radio Networks' 140 million weekly listeners.

Before joining ABC News in 1993, Gershon was associate director, news and programming for WCBS NewsRadio 88. He also served as news director of WOR Radio, New York.