MCN - December 21, 2008

Multichannel News has named Insight Communications CEO Michael Willner the 2008 Executive of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding leadership and corporate management, demonstrated by success in the marketplace. This year, Willner and his team displayed consistent customer service, creative strategic thinking and the ability to grow in an increasingly competitive landscape.

• Content
• MTV, AMC Set Plans For 2009 Series Slate
• MLB Net Gets Swinging

• Customers
• N.J. Nets Go (Planet) Green
• ReelzChannel Stands By VOD Guarantee
• SoapNet Ready for Love

• Finance
• No More News For NYSE
• Positive 'Spin' Elevates Liberty

• Newsline
• Actors Union Weighs Strike
• Cablers Hit 'Pause' on Tier Moves
• TV Taxes Are Eyed in N.Y.
• U-Verse TV Banks a Million
• TV Guide Buyer Still Shopping
• HBO Strikes Deal With Oprah's Harpo
• Cable, ISPs Lagging In Customer Survey
• Voom Goes Boom
• SES Americom to Unplug IP-Prime Service
• CableNetsAd-dingUp
• Retrans Fights in Final Round
• Coda
• Coda

• People
• People

• Platforms
• MoCA Stirs Bandwidth
• Joost Scraps Video App

• Rules
• BHN Wins PEG Ruling
• Activist Grabs Gavel

• Special Report
• Putting All-Digital on the Fast Track
• 'Knock-Knock' Is No Joke

• Viewpoint
• Picture This
• Cable Rings Them Bells
• Talkback
• Talkback