Board Member |
Tracy Dolgin
President & CEO
YES Network
Tracy Dolgin, named president and CEO of the YES Network in September 2004,
oversees all aspects of operations for YES, the nation s most-watched
regional sports network the past eight years. He was named to Sports
Business Journal s 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business list in
December 2009.
Under Dolgin's watch, YES has strengthened its position as the premier
regional sports network in the nation. In June 2009, YES partnered with
Major League Baseball and Cablevision in a landmark multi-year agreement
producing the first live in-market streaming offering in professional sports
including games with local television rights. On July 10 and 11, 2010, YES,
in partnership with DirecTV, presented the first-ever 3D Major League
Baseball telecasts.
In April 2009, YES began supplying its programming to Verizon FiOS
video-on-demand service, and also that month YES became the first regional
sports network in the nation to launch its feed nationally on cable systems
beyond its traditional four-state footprint. Additionally that month, YES
Network became the first regional sports network to be distributed
nationwide on Verizon s FiOS service. YES launched its 24/7 standalone
hi-def channel, YES HD, in April 2007.
Prior to joining YES Network, Dolgin served as managing director and co-head
of Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin s (HLHZ) Media, Sports and Entertainment
practice. Earlier, Dolgin was president of FOX Sports Net from 2000 to
2003. FOX Sport Net, a partnership between News Corporation s FOX Sports
and Cablevision's Rainbow Media, was the country s first national, regional
and local supplier of sports programming, reaching more than 82 million
homes through its network of 21 regional sports channels. While there,
Dolgin also managed the FOX owned-and-operated regional sports networks and
FOXSports.com and oversaw several strategic relationships with sister
division FOX Sports, including the creation and development of FOX Sports
Radio, FOX Sports Bar & Grilles and FOX Sports Interactive.
Dolgin came to FOX Sports Net from FOX/Liberty Cable, where he was chief
operating officer from 1997-1999 and responsible for the operations of
assets such as FOX Sports Net, the FX cable channel, and investments in
various other cable channels.
Prior to joining FOX/Liberty, Dolgin was executive vice president of
marketing at FOX Sports from the division's inception in 1993 until 1997.
Dolgin came to FOX Sports from the FOX Broadcasting Company, where he was
executive vice president of marketing since 1992, managing all FOX marketing
activities, including promotion, advertising and publicity.
Before joining FOX, Dolgin was senior vice president of marketing at HBO
Video and earlier worked at General Foods in product management. He received
a bachelor s degree in industrial-labor relations from Cornell University,
and an MBA from Stanford University.