10 years. In addition, he oversaw American Movie Classics, Bravo (U.S. TV network), and several regional sports channels. During his 2013 induction into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric, said: "Tom came in to, if you will, to put NBC in the cable business. At NBC, no one had respect for cable, they were broadcasters and never the twain shall meet. Those two words didn’t go together easily. He legitimized it. He made it a place to be."Lesley Stahl of CBS News, in announcing his induction into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, said, "Rogers is a guy who gets things done... and he transforms companies along the way." U.S. House of Representatives Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance Subcommittee Prior to NBC, Rogers was senior counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance Subcommittee, where he was responsible for drafting a number of communications laws including the Cable Franchise Policy and Communications Act of 1984, which established the federal regulatory framework for the cable industry, and for overseeing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Additional career Rogers has also served as the senior operating executive for media and entertainment for Cerberus Capital Management, a large private equity firm, and as chairman of the board of Teleglobe (now VSNL International Canada), a leading international telecommunications, voice-over-internet, and mobile telephony provider. Rogers also served as vice chairman of Supermedia (NYSE: SPMD), which was created by the spinoff of Verizon Communications Yellow Pages print and digital business. Rogers began his career as an attorney with a Wall Street law firm. Awards Cable Hall of Fame Rogers was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2016. Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough said, "He started MSNBC and took TiVo by storm... Tom is a legend." Emmy Awards He is also the winner of Emmy Awards for his contributions to the development of advanced television and advanced advertising. Tom was also inducted as a Cable Pioneer. Tom served for four years as president of the International Television Academy. References American television executives American entertainment industry businesspeople Living people Wesleyan University alumni Columbia Law School alumni People from Scarsdale, New York Scarsdale High School alumni Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Newsweek people