executive officer vice president
Cheng graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.B.A from Harvard Business School. Following his stint at Boeing, Cheng obtained his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Albert Cheng is an alumnus from Punahou School, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He serves on the Board of Directors of BMI. Cheng started his career as an engineer at Boeing after graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his time at graduate school, he interned at Disney and BMG. He served at Fox as director of distribution strategy and later as director of business development at Fox/Liberty Networks before moving to Disney in 2000. Cheng became intrigued by the potential of digital media and video over the Internet as he gained experience in distribution business strategies at Disney. He has served as the Executive Vice President and chief product officer of digital media since 2005.
Cheng and his digital media team oversee the development and operations of digital media content platforms and interactive television technologies.
In addition, Cheng is responsible for new business ventures in digital planning to improve the company’s digital distribution strategy. Work with the American Broadcasting Company Player app In 2006, Cheng and his team made American Broadcasting Company the first network with its own online branded player to provide full ad-supported episodes online for free.
Their work also led American Broadcasting Company to become the first network to stream full episodes on demand on a mobile platform with Sprint in 2007. In April 2010, Cheng’s team made the American Broadcasting Company Player app the first iOS app to offer full episodes on the Apple iPad.
In 2013, Cheng led his team to make the Watch American Broadcasting Company app the first broadcast network to offer live streaming of local television stations.
Other works.
Cheng received the 2006 Visionary Marketer Award at the Variety/iMedia Summit in April 2006. Cheng and his team’s contributions have also won numerous awards and patents. In 2006, he and his team won the Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Interactive Television (New Delivery Platforms) at the 58th Annual Creative Arts Emmy for their American Broadcasting Company.com Full Episode Player. In 2011, Cheng and his team received a Primetime Emmy for their American Broadcasting Company.com Oscar Digital Experience. In 2013, Cheng received a Digital Leadership Award from Broadcasting & Cable.
