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The Hottest Operators: 2008 Top Ops Awards
In the past we’ve honored the MSO of the Year and the Independent Operator of the Year, and left it at that. We’re expanding on that tradition for this summertime edition of CableFAX: The Magazine — there is just too much good work being done by operators to limit our Top Ops Awards to two companies. If we had done so, we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to talk with Jerry McKenna about the integration of sales and marketing at Cable One, or with Amy Tykeson about being both a leading voice for the cable industry in D.C. and a leader of an innovative independent operator, or with Pragash Pillai about small MSOs’ small margin for error when launching new...more»
CableFAX: The Magazine's 2008 Top 10 Places to Work in Cable We’ve all seen the headlines telling us that jobs are being lost like hair off the head of a hedge fund swindler on the lam. A July 3 New York Times headline: "Employers Cut Workers for a Sixth Month." Is the cable industry a safe place to work while we’re muddling through this fearsome climate? Well, nothing is completely safe, but we...more»
Cuban on HD Fraud, Running NCTA and Gas Prices CFAX: If you ran NCTA for a day, what would be the first thing you’d urge cable operators to do regarding HD? MARK CUBAN: Besides offer HDNet and HDNet Movies? In a perfect world, I would tell them to promote picture quality as a selling point over quantity and educate customers about which networks are really in HD. These networks bring out the best...more»
MSO of the Year: Insight Communications Had you told us one year ago that Insight Communications would be our MSO of the Year we would have laughed, probably not politely. Insight was supposed to be history by...more»
Independent Operator of the Year: WOW! It’s a rare company that could tempt us to bestow top honors on an overbuilder. But then WOW! (aka WideOpenWest) is not an ordinary operation. “Service...more»
2008 CableFAXIES Awards CableFAX: The Magazine's CableFAXIES Awards shouldn't be thought of as a way to pay tribute to an adjunct of the cable business, or an opportunity to recognize work that...more»
2007 CableFAX 100: Use the Force! A long, long time ago at a cheap Italian restaurant near CableFAX’s headquarters… Paul Maxwell and I were talking about the resurgence of John Malone and...more»