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Executive Bio
DOUGLAS A. LEE
Executive Vice President Worldwide Digital Media
Douglas A. Lee is the Executive Vice President of the Digital Media division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM). Named to the post in January of 2006, Mr. Lee brings over 20 years of experience as a senior executive in the global entertainment business to MGM.
In his current role, Mr. Lee oversees the Digital Networks Group, which includes MGM HD, the studio's compelling high definition 24/7 linear network and IMPACT, the first video-on-demand (VOD) channel dedicated exclusively to action programming. He continues to oversee the longer-term digital media strategy for the studio.
In October 2007, Mr. Lee engineered the network launch of MGM HD, which is the studio's first wholly owned channel in the United States. In its first year, MGM HD secured affiliate agreements with the major platforms in the U.S., including DirecTV, Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-verse. In addition, Mr. Lee also ushered in a new digital era for MGM as the studio forged new partnerships with virtually all-new media platforms including iTunes, Amazon, X-Box and Hulu.
Mr. Lee's career highlights include the launch of HD Cinema for VOOM; the creation of Noggin, the first educational children's network and a joint venture between Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon; founding CRIME, a broadband platform that was sold to USA Cable; and spearheading News Corp.'s acquisition of Star-TV, the leading satellite platform in Asia.
Prior to MGM, Mr. Lee served as a consultant to major media companies including Comcast, Court TV and The Hinduja Group, the largest multiple system cable operator in India. Mr. Lee was also an executive at Universal Television, where he served as General Manager and Head of CRIME, the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to the crime genre. CRIME was a broadband extension of CRIME.COM, a company Mr. Lee founded with John Langley, the Executive Producer and Creator of the long-running Fox television series, "Cops."
Mr. Lee also worked for many years at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, where he initially served as Vice President of Pay Television Worldwide and then held several senior executive positions at the film studio, on the Fox Corporate Staff and the parent company, News Corporation. In 1991, Mr. Lee took charge of Fox International and oversaw News Corp.'s entry into the satellite television business in Asia and Latin America. Mr. Lee was involved in the creation of other News Corp owned cable networks and satellite platforms including FX (U.S.), Canal Fox (Latin America) and Sky Movies (U.K.). He also headed his own television production company that developed content for Fox Television.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Lee spent several years at HBO in New York where he served as a Programming and New Business Development executive, specializing in the creation and launching of several cable television networks including Cinemax, Festival and The Comedy Channel (now Comedy Central.) He began his television career at WNYW-TV, Fox Television where he worked as an Associate Producer/Assignment Editor/Newswriter on "The 10 O'Clock News." Mr. Lee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lee resides in New York City.
