John J. Sie
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiè Chénggāng |
John J. Sie is a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist. Retired, from Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), he was the founder and Chairman of that company.
Born and raised in China, Sie came to the United States when he was 14 years old. During high school he lived in an orphanage in New York City. As a young man he earned B.E.E. and M.E.E. degrees from Manhattan College and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1957 and 1958.
After school Sie began his career in 1958 with RCA Defense Electronics Division on advanced microwave solid state devices. In 1960, he co-founded and later became chairman and CEO of Micro State Electronics Corp. Sie then joined Jerrold Electronics Corp, a subsidiary of General Instrument Co., as General Manager and Sr. Vice President of the Cable Television Division. Sie then began work for Showtime Entertainment as Sr. Vice President of sales and marketing.
In 1984, Sie left the East Coast and joined Colorado's Tele-Communications Inc. (now Comcast and Liberty Media), as Sr. Vice President in charge of strategic planning, programming, marketing, technology, and government relations. In 1989 he submitted the first white paper on digital High Definition Television (HDTV) to the United States Congress and the Federal Communications Commission. Because of that paper, many in the television community consider him the father of digital television; a technology that would dramatically change the landscape of television.
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