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01/09/2008
More CES, and HD
Our colleagues at CableFAX Daily said Comcast CEO Brian Roberts looked a little like Buzz Lightyear yesterday in his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. As moviegoers may recall, Buzz’s mantra was "To infinity and beyond!" Yesterday, Roberts unveiled Comcast’s "Project Infinity" video-on-demand strategy. The idea is to accelerate the […]
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01/01/2008
EDITOR'S LETTER: First Impressions
Three months into my run as a cable trade journalist, the editor of CT, Jonathan Tombes, asked me to share some first impressions of the industry. Though I am new to the technical side of this business, cable first impressed me many years ago. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the kid who convinced […]
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12/15/2007
Advanced Video
Let’s review a pop quiz that Contributing Editor Jim Barthold ran in the Nov. 1, 2007 issue of CT Reports. Barthold had just been to the Fall VON show in Boston and came back with a choice quote from a panel on the triple play. The panel of telco and cable execs had just addressed […]
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12/12/2007
The Bratchmeister
Name: Sean R.H. Bratches Title: EVP, Sales and Marketing Age: 46 Years in Industry: 22 Why Him? Bratches’ ability to sell ESPN’s enormously diverse portfolio—and ably explain it to distributors—is second to none. And exploiting the power of the ESPN brand has become his stock and trade, all under the watchful (and often praising) eye of […]
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12/12/2007
Starting Over
Name: Peter Stern Title: Time Warner Cable EVP, product management Age: 35 Years in Industry: 6 Years left in Industry: “What? I practically just started!” Name: Bob Benya Title: Time Warner Cable SVP, advanced video product management Age: 48 Years in Industry: 26 Years left in Industry: “I’m never leaving” Why Them? Stern and […]
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12/12/2007
The McMahon Plan
Name: Linda McMahon Title: CEO, World Wrestling Entertainment Age: “Wouldn’t you like to know?” Name: Shane McMahon Title: EVP, Global Media, World Wrestling Entertainment Age: 37 Years in Industry: “17 years – started working as a production assistant in 1990.” Years left in the industry: “The rest of my life.” Name: Stephanie McMahon-Levesque […]