ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Communication, Inc. (GCI) (NASDAQ:GNCMA) today announced that
Bridget L. Baker, a media executive
and former president of TV Networks Distribution at NBCUniversal,
was appointed to the company's board of directors, expanding the
board's size to nine.
Baker was a founder of CNBC and NBCUniversal's first president
of TV Networks Distribution, where, over the span of two decades,
she successfully built the value of the company's top-rated
portfolio of broadcast and cable networks. As TVND president and a
member of the company's Management Committee, she oversaw the North
American distribution of NBCUniversal's content across the cable,
satellite, and telecommunications industry. She is credited with
developing NBCUniversal's cable assets from inception, transforming
the company from a dominant broadcaster of the 1990s to a global
21st century multi-platform powerhouse.
Baker has been recognized with numerous industry accolades,
including the national Cable Television Association's highest honor
in 2012: the "Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership."
In 2008, Baker was the only woman inducted to the esteemed Cable TV
Pioneers. Baker serves as a director on the boards of the Cable
Center at the University of Denver, and
Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif.
Baker has strong ties to Alaska. Raised in southeast Alaska, Baker's first job out of college was
on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide to the late United States Senator Ted Stevens.
"Bridget brings a unique business, industry and political
perspective to the GCI board," said Ron
Duncan, GCI president and chief executive officer. "Her
experience and insight will prove quite relevant to our core
communications business, as well as to our newer media and
broadcast investments such as Denali Media."
About GCI
GCI is the largest telecommunications company in Alaska. GCI's cable plant, which
provides broadband data services, video, and voice, passes 78
percent of Alaska
households. GCI operates Alaska's most extensive terrestrial/subsea
fiber optic network, which connects not only Anchorage but also Fairbanks and Juneau/Southeast
Alaska to the lower 48 states with a diversely routed,
protected fiber network. GCI's TERRA-Southwest fiber/microwave
system links 65 communities in the Bristol Bay and Yukon-Kuskokwim
Delta to Anchorage bringing
terrestrial broadband Internet access to the region for the first
time. GCI's satellite network provides communications
services to small towns and communities throughout rural
Alaska. GCI's statewide mobile wireless network seamlessly
links urban and rural Alaska.
A pioneer in bundled services, GCI is the top provider of data,
video and voice services to Alaska
consumers with a 70 percent share of the consumer broadband
market. GCI is also the leading provider of communications
services to enterprise customers, particularly large enterprise
customers with complex data networking needs. More
information about GCI can be found at www.gci.com.
SOURCE GCI