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David Kinley has been a director of Outdoor Channel Holdings since May 2007. Kinley brings to the board of Outdoor Channel Holdings broad expertise in the fields of cable television and related telecommunications and regulatory issues. Since 1986, he has been president of Kinley & Associates, a specialized cable television industry consulting firm. From 1986 to 2000, Kinley founded and served as the chief executive and chief financial officer of Sun Country Cable. In 1998, he was elected to the board of directors of the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), the nation's largest cable programming purchasing organization, and served two terms as chairman from 1998 to 2004. In 1993, Kinley established the Small Cable Business Association (now known as the American Cable Association), a grass-roots lobbying group of small cable television companies nationwide, and served as its chairman until 1997, as well as on the executive committee until 2003. During this time, he testified before Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and played an integral role in the enactment of the Small Cable sections of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, exempting more than 1,000 small companies from regulation of subscriber rates. Previously, Kinley served in senior management positions at various cable television companies including: executive vice president, chief operating officer and director of Northland Cable Television from 1983 to 1985; senior vice president for Viacom Cable from 1980 to 1983; and senior vice president and vice president at American Television & Communications (now Time Warner Cable) from 1976 to 1980. Prior to working directly at cable companies, Kinley was the FCC primary regulator of the cable television industry serving as chief of the cable television bureau from 1973 to 1976. He previously served in various administrative roles at government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Kinley earned his B.A., graduating summa cum laude, from Principia College and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School. | 