Bob Leighton joined Liberty Global in 2005.  He is currently SVP, Programming US, maintaining senior relationships with US major studio program suppliers and cable and satellite distributors.

Mr. Leighton is nearly a 40 year veteran of the television industry.

Prior to Liberty Global,  Bob headed content for 7 years with Starz, as EVP Programming, responsible for all programming functions for its suite of Pay TV channels, including program planning, film acquisition, original programming development, on-air promotion, scheduling and technical operations. 

Bob joined Pay TV pioneer HBO in 1980 and developed broad Pay TV experience in his 17 years at HBO in a variety of roles. In the 1990’s he was based in Europe and oversaw the development, launch, and operation of various pay and basic cable channels, primarily in Central Europe. Previous assignments at HBO in New York during the 1980s included Director of Programming, Cinemax and Director of Audience Research. Mr. Leighton began his television career at Young & Rubicam where he purchased commercial advertising time on both broadcast networks and the earliest US ad-supported cable channels. 

Mr. Leighton holds a MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Harvard College.

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