The kickoff of the Cable Show in Las Vegas this week provides a convenient time of reckoning for the cable industry. The numbers are instructive: Cable providers’ investment in infrastructure has doubled in the past 10 years to a projected…
Every year at the Cable Show, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association presents its Vanguard Awards to individuals “who have made the cable and telecommunications industry what it is today-the best of the creators, the innovators and the risk-takers.” Receiving…
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HBO Chairman-CEO Chris Albrecht was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery and domestic assault early Sunday morning in Las Vegas, according to a report by Bloomberg. Mr. Albrecht was taken in by Las Vegas police outside the MGM Grand casino…
A day after announcing that it has accepted a bid to be acquired by its founding family, Cablevision Systems Corp., said it narrowed its first-quarter loss. On the company’s earnings conference call Thursday, Cablevision president and CEO James Dolan said…
A consortium of the nation’s largest cable operators have joined together to donate at least $12 million in advertising time to help the city of New Orleans promote tourism to the area. The group includes cable interconnect Adlink along with…
Doing a show about the Green Berets turned out to be dangerous for a television crew from the National Geographic Channel. National Geographic Channel was following a special forces team in Afghanistan in October for “Inside the Green Berets” when…