Each year at the Cable Show, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association presents its Vanguard Awards, recognizing industry leaders who excel both in business and in personal commitment to their colleagues. Nomi Bergman, president of Bright House Networks—the nation’s sixth-largest cable television...
Nomi Bergman, president of Bright House Networks, and Rocco Commisso, chairman-CEO of Mediacom Communications Corp., will receive the 2009 Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association will present Charlie Collier, president and general manager of...
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The American Cable Association demanded that Viacom stop the crawl running during its programming that tells cable subscribers that they might lose networks such as Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon at midnight. The crawl was being televised to all cable subscribers, but Viacom is in a dispute only...
The Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission is again stepping in to speed the resolution of a complaint that cable systems aren’t dealing fairly with an independent cable network, this time to the benefit of the NFL Network. The Media Bureau today withdrew from an administrative judge the...
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iN Demand Networks is bringing back “The Yule Log” on Dec. 8 due to popular demand. The high-definition “Yule Log,” featuring a crackling fireplace and holiday music, is available free to Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks Video-on-Demand customers throughout the...
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CBS College Sports Network has picked up an additional 4 million subscribers through a new carriage deal with Verizon’s FiOS TV and upgraded distribution deals with other cable operators that now put it in a total of 29 million homes. The network will start appearing on FiOS later this month. Comcast...
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios' MGM HD signed an agreement to be carried by Bright House Networks, giving the high-definition movie channel access to an additional 2.4 million U.S. households. The agreement with Bright House expands MGM HD’s reach to central Florida, Indianapolis and Detroit, among...
For years, advocates have argued that advancing the cause of diversity in the media is good for business. The honorees at this year’s Walter Kaitz Foundation dinner prove the point. The only question now is how much more the television industry can do to advance the cause. The dinner matched last year...