ALAN JAY BREZNICK

16 Mayvern Crescent  *   Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 5J4

  905-787-1541 (desk)/416-843-6965 (mobile)

 

Summary:  Senior business research analyst and journalist, expert on all media industries and issues.  Solid team player with supervisory experience builds relationships that turn into contracts.   Strong data-mining, editorial and live/virtual communication skills.  

                                   

                                                                                                Professional Experience

 

Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading                                                                            April 2007-Present

 

Track and analyze cable TV, broadband, and IPTV technology markets for research arm of Light Reading Inc. (New York), a division of United Business Media (London). In 2008, generated or directly supported nearly $1M USD  in new research, subscription, sales and ad revenues.   

 

·          Provide industry insights, numbers by creating and writing research reports, white papers, multi-client studies, market surveys, case studies, and data-intensive market trackers.

·          Inform industry participants about specialized technology topics by producing, hosting highly rated monthly Webinars featuring industry experts.

·          Develop and host successful regional conferences on major cable TV technology issues.

·          Speak at industry and client conferences. Frequently quoted by business and consumer publications, such as Business Week, Forbes and Time Online; featured on NPR in Los Angeles.

 

Broadband Analyst and Editor, Cable Digital News/                                              2002-April 2007

Kinetic Strategies Inc. and Light Reading Inc.

                                                                                                               

Tracked and reported on broadband technology issues for Kinetic Strategies Inc. (Phoenix) ,  market research firm acquired by Light Reading in 2006. Developed, wrote and edited Cable Digital News (CDN), monthly industry newsletter that evolved into a popular daily Web site. Managed transition of CDN from monthly to daily publication and from old owner to new. Wrote daily blog on broadband topics. Wrote and edited research reports, white papers and case studies.  

 

Executive Editor, Genuine Article Press                                                                       2001-2002

 

Edited business-strategy magazines, Web sites and technology guides for Denver-based publisher. Wrote and edited stories and columns for Wave, quarterly magazine covering digital, cable TV, and satellite TV industries, and Cable Sales Professional, quarterly magazine tracking cable TV advertising business. Planned, wrote and edited books and research reports on interactive TV, HDTV, broadband, home networking, video-on-demand, and related technology topics.

 

Senior Editor, Communications Daily, Washington, D.C.                                           2000-2001

 

Wrote and edited daily news and analysis for the most authoritative U.S. daily news source on cable TV, broadcasting, telecom, radio, consumer electronics, home video, wireless, and broadband industries.  Directed coverage of cable TV technology, policy, regulation and business. Planned, wrote and edited newsletters on cable TV and broadcasting industries.

 

New Media/National Affairs Editor, Cable World, Washington, D.C.                      1996-2000

 

Directed Washington bureau for major U.S. trade paper, covering cable TV, broadband, satellite TV, interactive TV, and TV sports businesses. Covered impact of landmark 1996 Telecommunications Act. Analyzed major media deals, such as AOL and Time Warner, Microsoft and Comcast, and Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting. Wrote trends column on digital technology.

                    

Senior Editor, Cable World, New York, N.Y.                                                                 1993-1995  

 

Planned, wrote,  edited news and feature stories about cable TV programming, advertising, marketing, and TV sports trends, including major network launches, mergers and deals. Covered early global expansion by cable operators and programmers. Reviewed new cable network shows.   

 

Senior Reporter, Crain's New York Business, New York                                                 1986-1993

 

Helped build startup into top U.S. regional business weekly, covering such key events as the 1987 stock-market crash and 1993 World Trade Center bombing.  Contributed the most front-page and other breaking stories. Co-wrote award-winning profile of New York’s advertising business. Built Crain’s coverage of local government, political, banking, and economic issues. Developed beats on environmental, sports, law, and accounting sectors. During tenure, CNYB captured two American Association of Business Publications awards for best U.S. regional business paper.

 

New York Correspondent, Multichannel News, New York                                             1983-1985

 

Reported  for top trade paper on political and government negotiations over cable TV franchise awards in major U.S. cities.  Developed coverage of local cable TV regulation and TV sports.

 

Contributing Editor, Prospect Press, Brooklyn, N.Y.                                                            1982-1986

Publications Director, ASPCA, New York, N.Y.                                                                   1979-1981

Reporter, Binghamton Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y.                                                       1979

 

Independent Assignments

 

·         Analyzed communications industry for consultants, trade groups and business schools, including Price Waterhouse, Pike & Fischer, One Touch Intelligence, Consumer Electronics Association, CTAM, Simba Information, Kagan World Media, CableLabs, Carmel Group, and the University of Toronto,  Cornell, Duke, and the University of North Carolina.

·         Contributed to the New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Advertising Age, Newsday, Communications Technology, People, Electronic Media, Adweek, and Columbia News Service.

·         Speaker on industry and professional issues, presenting on panels hosted by CTAM, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Telecommunications Association of Michigan, New York Women in Cable,  American Society of Urban Planners, and Washington, D.C. regional newspaper bureau chiefs.  

 

EDUCATION AND HONOURS

 

M.S. Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y.

B.A. English, State University of New York at Binghamton. Phi Beta Kappa.

 

Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation Editorial Excellence Award in 2001 for series on U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) flawed electronic filing process.

 

Crain Communications Editorial Excellence Awards for coverage of the 1987 stock market crash and for a 1990 special report on the transformation of the New York advertising industry.