Charlie Jablonski

One of the broadcast industry’s top technology leaders for more than four decades, Charlie Jablonski was a stalwart at NBC in a number of roles beginning in 1983. He was VP of engineering and technology for NBC for 16 years and also spent 36 years working with NBC Olympics in various capacities beginning with the 1988 Games in Seoul. Jablonski was at the center of transitions like the move to HDTV, stereo audio, Surround Sound, digital formats, and advances in transmission, IP and many other areas. His work resulted in 12 Emmy awards for his work on the Olympics and World Cups, as well as being recognized with an Engineering Emmy for innovation for the 1996 Olympics. After NBC he he sheparded Geocast, Myrio and OnLive through their ups (and downs) in Silicon Valley and was named one of “10 to Watch” by Electronic Media in 1999.