Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 2005
By Tony Gnoffo

LOS ANGELES — When former Disney executive Charles Hirschhorn had an idea for a new TV network, he called one of his old Disney associates.

Stephen B. Burke, Comcast Corp.'s chief operating officer and the president of its cable business, was driving home when Hirschhorn reached him on his cell phone and announced that he was coming to Philadelphia to pitch an idea.

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