Cable Operators

Cable Pioneers Names 19 New Members

Inductees Will Be Honored at June 9 Banquet in Washington, DC
By: MCN Staff Apr 12 2013 - 1:43pm
Inductees Will Be Honored at June 9 Banquet in Washington, DC
 
Cable TV Pioneers has named 19 inductees for its Class of 2013.
 
The new members will be officially inducted on June 9 at the group’s 47th annual banquet at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the upcoming Cable Show.
 

Cablevision Execs Reap Big Paydays

Dolan's Total Compensation Rises Nearly 50%
By: Mike Farrell Apr 11 2013 - 5:33pm
Dolan's Total Compensation Rises Nearly 50%

Cablevision Systems CEO James Dolan and his father chairman and founder Charles Dolan each received nearly $6 million more in total compensation in 2012, fueled by big increases in stock option awards.

Comcast Begins to Connect to Boxee's Cloud DVR

MSO Starts Limited Offer of E-DTAs That Let Boxee's New Video Device Access an Encrypted Form of Comcast's Basic TV Tier
By: Jeff Baumgartner Apr 11 2013 - 3:35pm
MSO Starts Limited Offer of E-DTAs That Let Boxee's New Video Device Access an Encrypted Form of Comcast's Basic TV Tier

Comcast has begun to make available a new type of Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) that will feed an encrypted form of its basic digital video tier to Boxee's new Cloud DVR product.

Comcast is notifying eligible Boxee customers about the E-DTA in "select markets" where Comcast has begun to encrypt its "B-1" tier, a spokeswoman said.  She didn't reveal those markets, but noted that Comcast intends to phase in B-1 encryption in additional cities over the comings months.

Cox's Power Play

CTO Kevin Hart Outlines Game Plan to Chop Company's Carbon Footprint by 20%
CTO Kevin Hart Outlines Game Plan to Chop Company's Carbon Footprint by 20%

Cox Communications chief technology officer Kevin Hart outlined a multi-pronged game plan to help the MSO's parent company, Cox Enterprises, shrink its carbon footprint by 20 percent as the keynoter at  this week's Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SEMI (Smart Energy Management Initiative) Forum in Atlanta.

Cox's Bob Wilson To Retire

MSO's Chief Contract Negotiator -- and 34-Year Cox Vet -- to Exit at End of 2013
By: Jeff Baumgartner Apr 9 2013 - 6:09pm
MSO's Chief Contract Negotiator -- and 34-Year Cox Vet -- to Exit at End of 2013

Bob Wilson, the chief content negotiator for Cox Communications, will retire at the end of the year, departing after a 34-year career with the company.

Wilson joined Cox in 1979 as a business manager, handing financial planning for new franchise operations.  At the time, Cox served just 500,000 customers and Wilson was one of just 45 employees based at the MSO's headquarters in Atlanta.

Cablevision Realigns Management Team

Kristin Dolan Upped to President, Optimum Services; Sweeney to SEVP Strategy; Hildenbrand Senior Advisor
By: Mike Farrell Apr 9 2013 - 4:55pm
Kristin Dolan Upped to President, Optimum Services; Sweeney to SEVP Strategy; Hildenbrand Senior Advisor

Cablevision Systems CEO James Dolan announced a realignment of its senior leadership Tuesday and is keeping it mostly in the family, elevating his wife and long-time executive Kristin Dolan to president of Optimum Services and his brother-in-law and MSO veteran Brian Sweeney to senior executive vice president, strategy.

The moves, Cablevision said, are part of an effort to accelerate its transformation into a more customer-focused organization and streamline the day-to-day management decision-making processes. All of the executives will report to James Dolan.

Nexidia Named 'Presenting Sponsor' At Cable Center's C5 Gathering

Firm Will Discuss Work With FTC At Meeting Of Cable Operator Customer Care Committee
By: MCN Staff Apr 9 2013 - 3:11pm
Firm Will Discuss Work With FTC At Meeting Of Cable Operator Customer Care Committee

Nexidia, a provider of customer interaction analytics solutions for business transformation, and The Cable Center said the company has signed on as a presenting sponsor of The Cable Center’s Customer Care Committee (“C5”).

Cablevision Gets $525M From Voom Settlement

AMC Nets $175M
By: Mike Farrell Apr 8 2013 - 9:38pm
AMC Nets $175M

AMC Networks received about $175 million from the settlement of its Voom litigation with Dish Network last year, with former parent Cablevision receiving the lion’s share, or about $525 million, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NAB: Video Vendors Rally Around HEVC

Big Deployments Still Years Away, But Suppliers Stick Stakes in Ground
By: Jeff Baumgartner Apr 8 2013 - 10:30am
Big Deployments Still Years Away, But Suppliers Stick Stakes in Ground
The NAB show floor in 2012.

Full-scale adoption of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)/H.265 by video service providers remains years away, but vendors are using this week's NAB show in Las Vegas to trot out early-generation gear that supports the more efficient codec.

HEVC compression is expected provide up to a 50% efficiency gain over H.264/MPEG-4 without sacrificing video quality, making HEVC a logical candidate for mobile video applications and the eye-popping Ultra HD/4K video format. 

Chernin Makes $500M Bid For Hulu: Reports

Former News Corp. Exec Among Bidders For Online Video Pioneer
By: Mike Farrell Apr 6 2013 - 10:35am
Former News Corp. Exec Among Bidders For Online Video Pioneer

 

Former News Corp., chief Peter Chernin could be gearing up to do the Hulu.

Chernin, who formed his own production company in 2009 after stepping down as chief operating officer of News Corp., is a said to be among the bidders for Hulu, the online video service he helped found in 2007.

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