Jose Lopez

Advisory Member

Jose Lopez is an award-winning, senior-level, broadcast engineer with broad-ranged experience in major national television and cable operations. Starting his career at HBO, he learned the foundations of engineering. Then moving on to Time Warner Cable, he developed his skills in management and systems integration as he became a key-player in the world’s first 150+ channel on-demand and pay-per-view system.

At Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), Jose led the construction of their new headquarters in midtown Manhattan working alongside the general contractor to ensure MNN’s build-out was completed on-spec and on-schedule. While at MNN, Jose also managed a digital upgrade for Master Control, four channels and three studios, created a prototype of a digital video cart system, and established the first inter-borough, bidirectional fiber link between five cable stations.

Jose was involved in several innovations during his time at CNN, including their migration from SD to HD, the redesign and installation of the UN studio, their first virtual studio, and the world’s first live broadcast of a hologram interview. He also received numerous Peabody awards for his contributions to major news programs at CNN. After he moved to Colorado and began working for Comcast, he assisted in their migration to a custom Evertz Microsystems playout solution, and received numerous achievement awards, and received a US patent for developing the Dynamic Power Factor Correction on Cross Referenced Network Identified Devices.

Most recently, he completed two studios for the World Economic Forum in New York City and San Francisco.