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Green: Creating Standards That Worked by George Winslow - 11/09/2009
Ask any cable executive to highlight the technical accomplishments of CableLabs founding president and CEO Richard Green, and the conversation almost inevitably turns to DOCSIS and the creation of cable's high-speed data services. “[DOCSIS] completely changed not just the business model for cable, but the face of communications in America,” said National Cable & Telecommunicatio...
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A Fresh Eye To Speed Innovation by George Winslow - 11/09/2009
At just five months into his new job as president and CEO of CableLabs, Paul Liao isn't hesitant to say that both the cable industry and its technology consortium stand on the cusp of a new era. “If you look back to when Dick Green became the founding [CEO] of CableLabs in [in 1988], there was no data business, no voice and no digital television — we had analog cable,” said L...
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2009 Beacon Awards Committee 11/02/2009
Each year, ACC members volunteer to work on the Beacon Awards Committee. These people donate their time and professional expertise to improve operations and develop new ways to increase the outreach and recognition of the Beacon Awards program. ACC is an industry association that values the participation of its members and is appreciative of the following people who have offered their time to h...
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2009 ACC Corporate Members 11/02/2009
2009 Golden Benefactors A&E Television Networks Bright House Networks Cablevision Systems Corporation Charter Communications Comcast Cox Communications ESPN, Inc. NBC Universal TV Networks Distribution Rainbow Media Holdings Time Warner Cable Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. 2009 Benefactor Lifetime 2009 Friends & Associates ARRIS Bresnan Communications Cable ONE CableLabs California Ca...
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ACC Board of Directors 11/02/2009
Executive Committee PRESIDENT James Maiella, Jr. Vice President of Media Relations, Cable and Communications Cablevision Systems Corporation 1st VICE PRESIDENT—MEMBERSHIP Rosa M. Gatti Senior Vice President, Communications Counsel and Corporate Outreach ESPN, Inc. 2nd VICE PRESIDENT—PROGRAMS Anthony Surratt Vice President, Corporate Communications Time Warner Cable SECRETARY Sandra ...
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2009 Beacon Award Winners 11/02/2009
Annually, The Association of Cable Communicators sponsors the Beacon Awards, cable’s highest award for communications excellence. Cable operators, programming networks, cable associations and new technology partners are recognized for achievements in public affairs and communications initiatives in categories such as community relations, competitive response and programming.
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Joel A. Berger Award 11/02/2009
GYT: Get Yourself Tested — MTV Each year, under-30-year-olds account for a larger share of new HIV infections than any other age group in the United States. One in five Americans living with the virus doesn't know they are infected. Other STDs, such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, are even more common — with one in two sexually active Americans being infected by age 25, and most not kno...
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Cable Hall of Fame Six cable industry leaders were inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame last week during a ceremony held in conjunction with The Cable Center’s Cable Days at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
History Wraps Up NYC Subway To promote the third season of its hit series ‘Cities of the Underworld,’ History executed the first-ever full advertising wrap of the exterior and interior of a New York City subway car.
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