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Nickolas Davatzes Dies: Cable Pioneer & CEO Emeritus of A+E Networks Was 79

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Nickolas “Nick” Davatzes, CEO Emeritus of A+E Networks who developed and launched A&E Network and History Channel, died Aug.

21 at his home in Wilton, CT at the age of 79. His cause of death is not being disclosed.Davatzes, one of the architects behind the boom of the cable network business in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, joined what would become A+E Networks in December 1983 following the merger of the Entertainment Network, owned by RCA and the Rockefeller family and the ARTS Network, owned by Hearst and ABC.

He was a founder of A&E Network, creating and developing the channel in 1984 as the Arts & Entertainment Network. He went on to found and launch The History Channel in 1995.

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