A biography for Brian L. Robertshasn’t been written yet.
“Many years ago, Bill Gates said that one day we'd be able to click on the shoes of a character in a TV show and buy them online. Whether that happens or not, are you thinking about new ways to combine your assets in programming, customer knowledge, and technology?”
“The day is coming when, in 45 seconds, you can download a movie.”
“We took the brains out of the set-top box and put it in the cloud. Having our software in the cloud gives consumers the ability to click their remote control and navigate through thousands of choices in a simple and elegant way. That's magic.”
“Today NBC makes certain content available online and I can't imagine we will change that process.”
“You have to have a business model you believe in and like.”
“We love our business. We have never been more enthusiastic about cable and its future.”
“If you drop a channel, you're incredibly unpopular, and if you pass along a rate increase, you're incredibly unpopular.”
“NBC News will help define Comcast.”
“In the case of Comcast, we're taking a lot of our technology into the cloud, so you don't need a new box every time you want to innovate. And it's all speeding up.”