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Ian Aaron
Advisor
Ian Aaron is President and Chief Executive Officer of Twistbox Entertainment, a leading global mobile entertainment company. Mr. Aaron oversees the company's activities in over 40 countries distributing mobile content including games, WAP sites and mobile TV. He manages the firm's content partnerships with internationally recognized entertainment, gaming, and late night brands as well as its global distribution through on-deck carrier relationships and off-net third party platforms.
Prior to joining Waat Media Mr. Aaron was President of the TV Guide Television Group, where he oversaw TV Guide Channel, the leading television entertainment and guidance network in nearly 80 million homes; TV Guide Interactive, North America's leading interactive program guide; TV Guide's new short form On Demand network "TV Guide Spot," providing television, movie and music previews and reviews for cable, DBS, broadband and mobile platforms; and TV Guide International.
A telecom and cable television industry veteran, Mr. Aaron joined Gemstar-TV Guide in May 2003 from TVN Entertainment, where he was President and CEO of the core pay per view entertainment, digital TV and direct response advertising business units. Earlier Mr. Aaron served for six years as President of SoftNet Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFN) and its broadband cable modem ISP Channel subsidiary. He was responsible for reorganizing the company's telecom and broadband business units, moving the company from the AMEX to the NASDAQ, raising $400 million in working capital and launching cable modem broadband systems. Mr. Aaron began his career in R&D and product development at GTE and with GTE's international Fujitsu/GTE Business Communication Systems joint venture.
Mr. Aaron is a frequent speaker at CATV, broadband and digital entertainment industry events such as Kagan, Digital Hollywood and investment banking media and technology
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