Congratulations to the 2023 Cablefax 100!

The Cablefax 100 is here! Cablefax celebrates the top Operations and Content leaders in its annual must-read magazine. In this ever-changing media and telecom landscape, there are some familiar faces along with a few surprises among this year’s power ranking.  

The issue is essentially two lists in one, with the top 100 in Operations featuring execs working for MVPDs, fiber providers, vendors and industry associations and the top 100 in Content featuring those individuals who are part of programming powerhouses with streaming and linear assets. We also pay tribute to those execs who have risen so high that they are part of our “Above It All” section.  

In a nod to the elevator pitch, we asked this year’s honorees whom they’d like 30 seconds in an elevator with. They also weighed in on what impact AI could have on the industry’s future, how they get their best ideas and what they would do if they owned Twitter — a question that is even more timely now than when we posed it!

 Enjoy the digital version of the magazine, getting the download on each of our honorees as well as their answers to the famous Cablefax 100 Q&A. Visit www.cablefax100.com for shareable, individual profiles and even more Q&A content. 

Cablefax 100 Honorees

Below, The Cablefax 100 execs are listed by rank. If several execs are ranked together, the profiles feature the group and are identical for each person, followed by individual Q&As. Please read the digital issue to see the full Cablefax 100 magazine.

Operations Leaders

1.

Chris Winfrey

President & CEO
Charter Communications

2.

Dave Watson

President & CEO
Comcast Cable

3.

Mark Greatrex

President
Cox Communications

4.

Julie Laulis

President, CEO & Chair of the Board
Cable One

5.

Mark Stephan

EVP & CFO
Mediacom Communications

John Pascarelli

EVP, Operations
Mediacom Communications

Italia Commisso Weinand

EVP, HR & Programming
Mediacom Communications

6.

Christian Oestlien

VP, Product Management, Connected TV & Infrastructure
Youtube

7.

Jeremy Legg

CTO
AT&T

8.

Jonathan Freier

President, Consumer Group
T-Mobile

9.

Steve Simmons

Chairman of the Board
Astound Broadband

10.

Dennis Mathew

CEO
Altice USA

11.

Dana Strong

Group CEO
Sky

12.

Kyle Malady

EVP & CEO
Verizon Business Group

13.

Frank van der Post

President
Breezeline

14.

Teresa Elder

CEO
WOW! Cable, Internet & Phone

15.

Bill Morrow

CEO
DirecTV

16.

Erik Carlson

President & CEO
DISH Network

17.

Jessica Fischer

CFO
Charter Communications

18.

Kimberley Harris

EVP | General Counsel
Comcast Corp. | NBCUniversal

Tom Reid

Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Comcast Corp.

19.

Pat McAdaragh

Chairman & CEO
Midco

20.

Colleen Langner

EVP & COO
Cox Communications

21.

Tony Staffieri

CEO
Rogers Communications

22.

Ron Duncan

CEO & Co-Founder
GCI

Greg Chapados

President
GCI

23.

Rich DiGeronimo

President, Product & Technology
Charter Communications

24.

Lynn Charytan

EVP & Senior Deputy General Counsel | EVP & General Counsel
Comcast Corp. | Comcast Cable

25.

Perley McBride

EVP & CFO
Cox Communications

26.

Mike Bowker

COO
Cable One

27.

Jason Armstrong

CFO & Treasurer
Comcast Corp.

28.

Jim Butman

President
TDS Telecom

29.

Jim Holanda

CEO
Astound Broadband

30.

Greg Butz

President, Consumer Product Services
Comcast Cable

Bill Connors

President
Xfinity

Charlie Herrin

President, Technology, Product, Experience
Comcast Cable

31.

Sujata Gosalia

EVP & Chief Strategy Officer
Cox Communications

32.

Nick Jeffery

CEO
Frontier Communications

33.

Pragash Pillai

EVP, Chief Technology & Information Officer
Altice USA

34.

Jim Gleason

President & CEO
Vexus Fiber

35.

Phil McKinney

President
CableLabs

Michael Powell

President
NCTA

36.

Phil Spencer

CEO
Vyve Broadband

37.

Catherine Bohigian

EVP, Government Affairs
Charter Communications

38.

Jeff Ross

President
Armstrong

39.

Lou Borrelli

CEO
NCTC

40.

David Ellen

Senior EVP
Charter Communications

41.

Greg Rigdon

President, Content Acquisition
Comcast Cable

42.

Grant Spellmeyer

President & CEO
ACA Connects

43.

Kristin Johnson

Co-Founder & CEO
Hotwire Communications

44.

Geoffrey Shook

President & GM | VP, Broadband Division
Buckeye Broadband | Block Communications

45.

Patricia Jo Boyers

President/CEO & Co-Founder
BOYCOM Cabletelevision

46.

Steven Croney

EVP & CFO
Comcast Cable

47.

Brad Moline

President
Allo Communications

48.

Jennifer Khoury

Chief Communications Officer
Comcast Corp.

Dalila Wilson-Scott

EVP & Chief Diversity Officer | President
Comcast Corp. | Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

49.

Tom Larsen

SVP, Government Affairs & Public Relations
Mediacom Communications

50.

Marcien Jenckes

President | Managing Director
Xumo | Comcast Advertising

51.

Jeff Breaux

EVP, Cox Business
Cox Communications

52.

Fraser Stirling

Global Chief Product Officer
Comcast Corp. and Sky

53.

Chris French

President & CEO
Shentel

54.

Rich Jennings

President, West Division
Comcast Cable

Amy Lynch

President, Northeast Division
Comcast Cable

Christine Whitaker

President, Central Division
Comcast Cable

55.

Ken Johnson

Chief Technology & Digital Officer
Cable One

56.

John Gdovin

EVP & CAO
Astound Broadband

57.

Mark Dzuban

President & CEO
SCTE, a subsidiary of CableLabs

Vicki Lins

President & CEO
CTAM

58.

Bill Stemper

President
Comcast Business

59.

Adam Ray

EVP, Chief Commerical Officer

60.

Sam Schwartz

Chief Business Development Officer
Comcast Cable

61.

Noopur Davis

EVP, Chief Product & Information Security Officer
Comcast Corp. and Comcast Cable

62.

Bret Carroll

CEO
Conway Corp.

63.

Ed McKay

EVP & COO
Shentel

64.

Broderick Johnson

EVP, Public Policy & Digital Equity
Comcast Corp.

65.

Jonathan Bullock

Chief Product & Stategy Officer
Hotwire Communications

66.

Larry Eby

EVP & COO
Vexus Fiber

67.

John Reardon

President & CEO
Schurz Communications

68.

Sophia Ahmad

EVP, CMO
Comcast Cable

69.

Katherine Gessner

President
MCTV

70.

Shuvankar Roy

EVP, Chief Customer Experience Officer
Altice USA

71.

Andy Parrott

President & COO
Vyve Broadband

72.

Mitch Rose

EVP, Federal Government Affairs
Comcast Corp.

73.

Lisa Hood

COO & CFO
NCTC

74.

Peter Kiriacoulacos

EVP & Chief Procurement Officer
Comcast Cable

75.

Keith Bowen

President, News & Advertising
Altice USA

76.

James Rooke

President
Comcast Advertising

77.

Patrice Carroll

President & CEO
ImOn Communications

78.

Fahri Diner

Founder & CEO
Plume

79.

Emily Waldorf

SVP, Consumer Internet Services
Comcast Corp.

80.

Dale Hopkins

President/CEO
iNDEMAND

81.

Marci Ryvicker

EVP, Investor Relations
Comcast Corp.

82.

David Gandler

CEO
Fubo

83.

Diane Christman

President & CEO
Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center

84.

Lee Schroeder

EVP, Government & Community Affairs
Altice USA

85.

Mark Trudeau

CEO and Founder
OpenVault

86.

Bill Strahan

EVP, Human Resources
Comcast Cable

87.

Stacey Slaughter

CEO
NCTI

88.

Todd Foje

CEO
Great Plains Communications

89.

Kevin Hart

CEO
Segra

90.

Megan Detz

SVP, Human Resources
Cable One

91.

Nicolle Pangis

CEO
Ampersand

Andrew Ward

President
Ampersand

92.

Yvette Kanouff

Partner
JC2 Ventures

93.

Stephenie Hoehndorf

Head, Marketing Innovation & Intelligence
CableLabs

94.

Jeffrey DeMond

CEO
Archtop Fiber

95.

Drew Petersen

SVP, Corporate Affairs
TDS Telecom

96.

Leslie Peabody

SVP, Chief People Officer
WOW!

97.

Marc Cohen

Chief Revenue Officer
Evolution Digital

98.

Bassil El-Khatib

Co-Founder & CMO
Frndly TV

99.

Crystal Kemp

CMO
Conway Corp.

100.

David Solomon

President & CEO
Viamedia

Content Leaders

1.

Production Team

C-SPAN

2.

David Zaslav

President & CEO
Warner Bros. Discovery

3.

Michael Cavanagh

President
Comcast Corp.

4.

Jimmy Pitaro

Chairman, ESPN
The Walt Disney Company

Dana Walden

Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company

5.

Bob Bakish

President & CEO
Paramount Global

6.

Eric Shanks

CEO & Executive Producer
Fox Sports

7.

Kathleen Finch

Chairman & Chief Content Officer, U.S. Networks Group
Warner Bros. Discovery

8.

Chris McCarthy

President & CEO
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

9.

Channing Dungey

Chairman & CEO
Warner Bros. Television Group

10.

Mark Lazarus

Chairman
NBCUniversal Television & Streaming

11.

Paul Buccieri

President & Chairman
A+E Networks Group

12.

Suzanne Scott

CEO
Fox News Media

13.

Mike Hopkins

SVP
Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Freevee, MGM and MGM+

14.

JB Perrette

CEO & President, Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Discovery

15.

Debra OConnell

President, Networks & Business Operations
Disney Entertainment

16.

Luis Silberwasser

Chairman & CEO
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports

17.

John Landgraf

Chairman
FX Content & FX Productions

18.

Peter Friedlander

VP, Scripted Series, U.S. and Canada
Netflix

19.

Pearlena Igbokwe

Chairman
Universal Studio Group

20.

Frances Berwick

Chairman, Entertainment Networks
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming

Susan Rovner

Chairman, Entertainment Content
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming

21.

Craig Erwich

President
Disney Television Group

22.

Byron Allen

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Allen Media Group

23.

Brian Robbins

President & CEO | Chief Content Officer, Movies & Kids & Family
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon | Movies & Kids & Family, Paramount+

24.

Scott M. Mills

President & CEO
BET Media Group

25.

Wade Davis

CEO
TelevisaUnivision

26.

Beau Ferrari

Chairman
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

27.

Eric Schrier

President
Disney Television Studios & Global Original Television Strategy

28.

Cesar Conde

Chairman
NBCUniversal News Group

29.

Bruce Campbell

Chief Revenue & Strategy Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

30.

Justin Connolly

President, Platform Distribution
The Walt Disney Company

31.

Matt Bond

Chairman, Content Distribution
NBCUniversal

32.

Ray Hopkins

President, U.S. Networks Distribution
Paramount Global

33.

Michael Biard

President, Operations & Distribution
Fox Corp.

34.

Chris Licht

Chairman & CEO
CNN Worldwide

35.

Matt Strauss

Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer & International
NBCUniversal

36.

Rita Ferro

President, Advertising Sales
The Walt Disney Company

37.

Jon Steinlauf

Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer
Discovery, Inc.

38.

Linda Yaccarino

Former Chairman, Global Advertising & Partnerships
NBCUniversal

39.

Marianne Gambelli

President, Advertising Sales
Fox Corp.

40.

John Halley

President, Paramount Advertising
Paramount Global

41.

Wonya Lucas

President & CEO
Hallmark Media

42.

Gunnar Wiedenfels

CFO
Warner Bros. Discovery

43.

Kim Kelleher

Chief Commercial Officer
AMC Networks

44.

Tom Ryan

President & CEO
Paramount Streaming

45.

Burke Magnus

President, Content
ESPN

46.

Howard Lee

President
Discovery Networks and TLC

47.

Dan McDermott

President, Entertainment & AMC Studios
AMC Networks

48.

Mark Silverman

President & COO
Fox Sports

49.

Albert Cheng

VP, Head of Prime Video U.S.
Amazon

Jennifer Salke

Head
Amazon and MGM Studios

50.

David Granville-Smith

COO & CFO, Finance and Accounting
A+E Networks

51.

Ayo Davis

President
Disney Branded Television

52.

Nina Diaz

Chief Creative Officer & President of Content
Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios

53.

Courteney Monroe

President
National Geographic Content

54.

Peter Olsen

President, Ad Sales
A+E Networks

55.

Kelly Campbell

President
Peacock

56.

Rob Sharenow

President, Programming
A+E Networks

57.

Alison Hoffman

President, Domestic Networks
Starz

58.

Rob Kennedy

Co-CEO
C-SPAN

Susan Swain

Co-CEO
C-SPAN

59.

David Preschlack

CEO
Diamond Sports Group

60.

Savalle Sims

EVP & General Counsel
Warner Bros. Discovery

61.

Tina Perry

President
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

62.

Matt Schnaars

President, Content Distribution
NBCUniversal

63.

David Zagin

President, Distribution
A+E Networks

64.

Donna Speciale

President, U.S. Advertising Sales & Marketing
TelevisaUnivision

65.

Jason Sarlanis

President
Turner Networks, ID and HLN, Linear & Streaming

66.

Farhad Massoudi

Founder & Outgoing CEO
Tubi

67.

Jay Wallace

President & Executive Editor
Fox News Media

68.

Kathryn Busby

President, Original Programming
Starz

69.

Dana Zimmer

President, Nexstar Distribution
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

70.

Allison Page

Global President, Magnolia Network
Warner Bros. Discovery

71.

Tara Duncan

President
Onyx Collective

72.

David Cerullo

Chairman & CEO
INSP

73.

Jon Litner

CEO
YES Network

74.

Pierluigi Gazzolo

CEO
ViX

75.

Michelle Rice

President & CEO
TV One

76.

Julie Rapaport

Head of Movies
Amazon Studios

Vernon Sanders

Head of Television
Amazon and MGM Studios

77.

Michael Ouweleen

President
Adult Swim and Cartoon Network

78.

Leonard Asper

President & CEO
Anthem Sports Entertainment

79.

Judi Lopez

EVP, Distribution & Content Strategy
Hallmark Media

80.

Lauren Anderson

Head of AVOD Programming, Unscripted Originals & Targeted Content
Amazon Studios

81.

Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Meyer

President of U.S. Networks
TelevisaUnivision

82.

Miguel Roggero

Chairman & CEO
Fuse Media

83.

Tom O'Brien

President | EVP
Weather Group | Allen Media Group

84.

Stephen MacDonald

President Global Content Sales & International
A+E Networks

85.

Janice Arouh

President, Network Distribution
Allen Media Group

86.

Adria Alpert Romm

Chief People & Culture Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

David Leavy

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery

87.

Kelly Abcarian

EVP, Measurement & Impact, Advertising & Partnerships
NBCUniversal

88.

Bill Abbott

President & CEO
Great American Media

89.

Dale Ardizzone

COO
INSP

90.

Elizabeth Casey

EVP & Deputy General Counsel | General Counsel
Fox Corp. | Fox Sports

91.

Chris Ruddy

CEO
Newsmax

92.

Monica Gil

EVP, Chief Administrative & Marketing Officer
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

93.

Sharri Berg

President | COO, News & Operations
Fox Weather | Fox Television Stations

Lauren Petterson

President | Head of Talent Development
Fox Business | Fox News Media

94.

Chara-Lynn Aguiar

SVP, Strategy & Office of the Chairman
ESPN

95.

Connie Orlando

EVP, Specials, Music Programming, Music Strategy & News
BET

96.

Ken Solomon

President
Tennis Channel

97.

Andrea Greenberg

President & CEO
MSG Networks

98.

Brett Dismuke

GM, ALLBLK & WE tv
AMC Networks

99.

Ronald Day

President, Entertainment & Content Strategy
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

Francisco ‘Cisco’ Suarez

EVP, Primetime Programming, Unscripted & Specials
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

100.

Patrice Courtaban

EVP, Global Growth & Business Development | CEO
TV5MONDE | TV5MONDE USA

Questions:

Lauren McCaffrey
[email protected]
301.354.1660

Editorial:

Amy Maclean
[email protected]
301.354.1760

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