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Edward Berkhof has been involved in satellite, cable and telecommunications since 1976. During the eighties he was involved in the sales and installation of twenty-one satellite uplinks in nine different countries. He was also a pioneer in the development and the distribution of the C-band satellite for mass consumer use. He was responsible for the design of perforated spun aluminum antennas as well as the single motor polar mount.
In the nineties he became more involved in the ownership of private cable companies. He developed a credit card pay-per-view system using the telephone keypad for hotel guests as well as cable consumers. At this point he began a second career raising money for his ventures.
In 1996 with the deregulation of telecommunications act, Ed advised many property owners and developers to retain the telecommunications rights and start their own cable and telecom companies. He was a partner and helped raise the capital to build theses systems. During 1999 he developed an Internet based delivery of a new kind of teleguide for the private cable industry. This was eventually sold to one of the countries top programming resellers.
Late 1999 were the early stages of content being delivered over the Internet now known as IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). Ed used the basis of his "Teleguide" software to deliver content in real-time to LED billboards along side highways. During 2000 three of these billboards where installed and worked flawlessly for two-years. He was also responsible of raising over ten million dollars for the project. This venture was sold to one of the countries largest billboard operations
For the past four years Ed has been consultants for a few companies helping them raise capital, formulate corporate structure and plan exit strategies.
In February of 2007 Ed joined Stenton Leigh Group, Inc. full-time to oversee an initiative to consolidate small to medium franchise cable operations. | 