Resources

Web links for U.S. cable operators, networks, competition, technology and more:

Top 10 Cable Operators (Ranked by Size)
Comcast
Time Warner Cable
Charter Communications
Cox Communications
Cablevision Systems
Bright House Networks   
Mediacom Communications
Insight Communications
Suddenlink Communications
Cable One

Small and Mid-Sized Cable Operators
Armstrong Cable
Atlantic Broadband
BendBroadband   
Bresnan Communications
Blue Ridge Communications
Buckeye CableSystem
Buford Media Group   
CableAmerica   
Galaxy Cablevision   
GCI      
Massillon Cable TV   
MetroCast Cablevision   
Midcontinent Communications
Mid-Hudson Cablevision   
Millennium Digital Media
New Wave Communications   
Northland Cable Television
NPG Cable   
Patriot Media   
Service Electric Cable TV
Sunflower Broadband   
US Cable   

NCTA Links
This Is Cable    
Control Your TV   
The Cable Show 2007   
Cable in the Classroom
Walter Kaitz Foundation    

National Associations
Broadcast Cable Credit Association (BCCA)  
Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFMA)  
The Cable Center   
CableLabs   
Cable Positive  
Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM)
Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA)
Cable Television Public Affairs Association (CTPAA)
Emma Bowen Foundation
National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC)
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
American Cable Association (ACA)
National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)
Society of Cable and Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE)  
Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT)

State Cable Associations
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California & Southern California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan   
Mid-America
Minnesota   
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New England
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Southern Cable TV Association
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Regulatory Bodies
US Senate   
US House of Representatives
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
US Department of Commerce
US Department of Justice   
USDA Rural Utility Services 

Cable Tech Links
NCTA’s directory of vendors
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
IEEE
Jones/NCTI
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Cable's Competition
AT&T U-verse 
DirecTV    
Dish Network    
Knology
Qwest
RCN    
Verizon FiOS   
WOW! WideOpenWest

Advertising 
Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB)
Local Cable Systems
Cable Advertising Glossary
Top 50 Cable Advertisers
CTAM On Demand Consortium   
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)  
Advertising Research Foundation (ARF)  
Association of National Advertisers (ANA)  
Innovations in Digital Advertising (ID!A)  

Ratings
Cable Network Ratings   
Weekly Audience Measures
TV Market Share
TV Ratings Information   

Top 20 Cable Networks (Ranked by Size)
Discovery    
ESPN    
CNN    
TNT    
USA Network    
Lifetime    
C-SPAN    
ESPN2    
Weather Channel    
Nickelodeon    
TBS    
A&E    
Spike TV    
TLC    
CNN Headline News    
HGTV    
MTV    
ABC Family    
History Channel    
Toon Disney    
VH1    

Programmers' Organizations
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS)  
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC)  
Association of Regional News Channels (ARNC)  
Association of Women in Radio and Television (AWRT)  
Emmy Advanced Media Committee (NATAS)  
National Academy of Television Program Executives (NATPE)  
Television Critics Association (TCA) 

Bloggers    
Phil the Cable Guy
Mark Cuban
Dave Devereaux-Weber
Om Malik
Ted Leonsis    
Shelly Palmer
John Battelle
Chris Anderson
Reese Schonfeld

More Blogs and User Groups
The NCTA Insider
Annual NAMIC Conference
Cox Digital Straight Talk
CableTV.com
Museum of Television & Radio
AT&T U-verse Users
TV Newser   
Lost Remote   
Broadband Reports  
AVS Forum   
PVR Blog   
Interactive TV Today
TV Predictions 
SatelliteGuys