Frankly Names Tom Rogers, Steve Zenz To Board

Frankly Inc., a content and monetization platform for broadcasters and media companies, has appointed Tom Rogers and Steve Zenz to its board of directors. The appointment will be effective immediately, and follows the resignation of former director Jung Woo Sung. With these changes, Frankly’s board now expands to two independent directors and three inside directors as defined by the TSX Venture Exchange.

Rogers is executive chairman of WinView, which provides games in which viewers can engage while watching live TV sports. Between 2005 and 2016, when the company was sold, Rogers was CEO and chairman of TiVo. As president of NBC Cable, and EVP of NBC, as well as, NBC’s chief strategist, he founded CNBC and established the NBC/Microsoft channel and Internet venture, MSNBC.

Rogers also served as co-chairman of the Arts and Entertainment and History channels, and was responsible for overseeing many other cable channels, including Bravo, AMC, and the National Geographic Channel.

He was Chairman and CEO of Primedia, owner of New York magazine and many other media properties. Rogers served as senior counsel to the House of Representatives Telecommunications Subcommittee. He was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, the Cable Hall of Fame, and has received Emmy Awards for his contributions to the development of advanced television.

Rogers received a B.A. in government from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Zenz is a corporate consultant, advising companies on a range of matters, including merger and acquisition transactions and SEC offerings and filings. For more than three decades, he worked at KPMG, where he served in various leadership capacities, including partner-in-charge of the audit group and partner-in-charge of the firm’s SEC and technical accounting practices for select KPMG offices. Zenz also served as the lead audit partner for publicly held companies. 

Zenz received a B.A. in accounting, as well as a Master of Business Taxation degree, from the University of Minnesota.