Principals

JTV is a privately funded digital cable startup predicated on the need for quality Jewish news and entertainment, and a recognition that in Code-Red America accurate and in-depth Middle East reporting is now essential. CEO John Odoner, a New York attorney (University of Pennsylvania, B.A., J.D.) has been developing the network for two years and has extensive contacts within the American Jewish, Christian and Israeli communities. Other principals include:

• Dr. Leonard Makowka was Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Director of Transplantation Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. One of America's most eminent liver experts, he has authored or co-authored more than 350 medical journal articles, is a guest lecturer at medical schools throughout the world, and a member of many professional societies.
  Dr. Makowka was a founding partner of After Midnight Entertainment, Inc., a syndicated radio company sold to Premiere Radio Networks in 1997, and purchased shortly thereafter by Jacor/Clear Channel. He is also the founder and Chairman of Drive Thru Technology, a national provider of wireless and surveillance equipment for the food and restaurant industry, and Managing Director of ITF Global Partners, a capital investment company that works with early-stage to middle market companies.

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