Arthur Esch

Arthur Esch is an authority on digital and analog communications networks. He invented unique and patented processes for the delivery of television and television-like customized content over diverse networks; including satellite, cable television, telephone land lines, wireless, and hybrid networks.

Arthur Esch was a leader in two of the most important pioneering events in digital communications. In the early 1980s, Mr. Esch led a team that built and marketed the first high-speed digital network to personal computers. In the early 1990’s, before the announcement of the World Wide Web, Arthur Esch partnered with NBC and IBM to create the first digital television network.

Today, Arthur Esch is a strategic advisor to organizations worldwide. He focuses on communications; digital television services; multimedia businesses; marketing Internet-based offerings; and the integration of electronic business with traditional business models.

Mr. Esch is a widely known as the “Father of Desktop News”; and is the leading pioneer in bringing personalized news and television-like content to PCs. His United States Patent 5,283,639 for “Video Information Delivery Method’ is the basis for site specific delivery of multimedia content.

Mr. Esch’s Patents, with more than sixty individual claims, cover television and television like communications through computer and television networks, using both digital and analog signals to deliver customized content.

In a career that spans four decades, Mr. Esch has been involved in numerous start-up operations; IPO’s; the launching of dozens of communications networks; the raising of millions of dollars; and the sale of a number of business entities.

Mr. Esch’s experience spans traditional communications networks; cable television; satellite; wireless; and a variety of hybrid networks. He has enjoyed long-term working relationships with British Telecom, Tribune Companies, IBM, and NBC. Mr. Esch’s accomplishments uniquely qualify him as a global expert on communications, television, and electronic business.

In addition to his career as a corporate advisor, Mr. Esch is an internationally known professional speaker. His specialty is translating complicated, emerging technologies in to every day business language for executives. Because of his broad background in both computing and communications, Arthur Esch uses a totally interactive style; allowing audience members to ask any question anytime. This popular approach has made Mr. Esch a favorite with executive audiences worldwide.