The HistoryMakers video oral history with Curtis Symonds.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Curtis Symonds.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 20 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Symonds, Curtis, -- 1955- -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336920

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Curtis Symonds Curtis Symonds
Other authors / contributors:	Symonds, Curtis, 1955- interviewee. Gines, Denise, interviewer. Stearns, Scott, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Scott Stearns. Denise Gines, interviewer. Recorded Arlington, Virginia 2007 April 23. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Broadcast and sports executive Curtis Symonds was born on August 12, 1955 in Bermuda and grew up in Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1978, he received his B.S. degree from Central State University, beginning a career in the cable television industry. In 1979, Symonds worked for Continental Cablevision in Ohio as systems manager. In 1983, he worked for ESPN in Chicago as advertising sales consultant and then as director of affiliate marketing for the Midwest region. In 1988, he joined Black Entertainment Television (BET) as executive vice president of affiliate sales and affiliate marketing. In 1992, he became president and chief operating officer of BET Action Pay Per View and BET International. From 1996 until his retirement in 2001, Symonds served as executive vice president of BET on Jazz. In 2005, Symonds was hired as chief operating officer of the Washington Mystics WNBA team. Symonds also opened Hoop Magic in 2006 in Chantilly, Virginia for area youth.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 20 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color. 022030
Playing Time:	02:20:30
Production Credits:	Videographer, Scott Stearns.