Photos from the Cable & Telecommunications Human Resources Association's annual Symposium and Awards Luncheon, held in Atlanta on May 2.
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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
CEA’s Shapiro Compliments Cable, Blasts Broadcasters
“I would hold up cable as one of the most strategic industries there is,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, at a Media Institute luncheon Monday during which he criticized broadcasters for employing “every possible strategy to slow
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
The Unwatched Masses
You meant to watch Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl on PBS on your DVR, right? So did I -- but I never got around to it. A whopping 41% of recorded content on Americans’ DVR is never watched, according to Motorola Mobility’s fourth Media Engagement Barometer report.
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Running Tally of the Walking Dead
Zombies were the most frequently killed “demo” on TV’s show with the highest body count, according to a study of television body counts by Funeralwise.com, an online funeral planning service, which says that the study is meant to “stimulate discussion about how people deal
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Norwegian Telecom: Facing The Same U.S. Obstacles?
A recent business trip to the wealthiest of the four Nordic countries in Europe (i.e., oil-rich Norway, joined together with brethren Denmark, Sweden, and Finland), proved another eye-catching observation of the future of video distribution.
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
Werner Waxing
Roger L. Werner Jr., the co-chairman of 39.1-million-subscriber Outdoor Channel, was CEO from 1995-2001 at Speedvision (renamed Speed when sold to Fox) and Outdoor Life Network (which has evolved into NBC Sports Network). His long resume also includes stints as COO and, later, CEO at ESPN.
On The Money
On The Money
By: Mike Farrell
What If They Held A Price War And Nobody Came?
It seems that ever since Verizon and AT&T seriously began entering the video market, Wall Street and investors have been bracing for what they thought would be the inevitable price war between cable companies and telcos. But according to a report by Sanford Bernstein cable and satellite analyst
Picture This
Picture This
By: R. Thomas Umstead
BET Officially KO’s ‘Don’t Sleep!’
BET has officially put to bed its latest attempt at offering a late night show. The network said Thursday that it will not bring back T.J. Holmes’ Don’t Sleep! late night news/talk show, eight months after its initial launch.
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Bama-ND: BCS Title Game Could Tackle Cable's All-Time Audience
Whether you put stock in quarterbacks A.J. McCarron or Everett Golson, believe that head coaches Nick Saban or Brian Kelly have zero interest in manning NFL sidelines, that the stoutness of the Alabama defense will let the Tide roll, or that the luck (and skill) of the Irish will turn the BCS title
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Television Critics Association: NBC Executive Session Triggers Merciless Twitter Sniping
Beverly Hills CA - Television Critics Association/Summer Tour 2012 Some of the bloom is off the Robert Greenblatt rose, the newish Chairman of NBC Entertainment. Greenblatt landed at the network in January of 2011, smack in the middle of a development cycle he didn’t entirely control.
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
Observer’s Notebook: Robots And USFIRST
ST. LOUIS — Every once in a while, technology translation sways human. This is one of those times. I’m just back from my first USFIRST championship, held here April 26-28. What a scene! Picture the Edward Jones Dome teeming with 10,000 high-energy teenagers, in tutus and capes and crazy
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
By: Mark Robichaux
Alive and Kicking
With all the pontificating over the death of print, I sometimes feel that reports of our demise are exaggerated.With today’s issue, I hope you’ll agree we’ve never delivered a more vibrant print product about a purely digital world. At almost 31-years-old, the magazine just got
The Bauminator
The Bauminator
By: Jeff Baumgartner
Staying in the Cable Game
Cable engineers don't ever seem to really "...
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