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12/01/2008
CableFAX: 70. Hill People: Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain
Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain Titles: Co-Presidents, C-SPAN Last Year: #60 Ages: Old enough to vote Education: U of Scranton, BA (Swain); U of Chicago, MBA (Kennedy) Why Them? If you had a hankering to watch Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson explain the latest version of the bailout plan to a lame duck congressional committee late […]
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12/01/2008
CableFAX: 100. Retired, Not Retiring: Brad Knight
Brad Knight Title: CEO, Retirement Living TV Last Year: #99 Age: 49, just one year away from being in the largest and most powerful demographic in the country — adults 50+ Education: Three years of working for the leader in the field of aging, RLTV’s founder, John Erickson, plus years in the military have prepared […]
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11/26/2008
Editor's Note
Your next issue of CableFAX will be dated Dec 1 and arrive Wed evening. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving
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11/07/2008
Trifecta Thursday: Three MSOs Tell Their 3Q Tales
Only 1 publicly traded cable company grew basic customers in 3Q and that was Mediacom . The MSO saw 3K adds, marking its 3rd consecutive Q of basic growth. Cablevision , which is traditionally weak in 3Q
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11/04/2008
Switch Up
Time Warner Cable has begun testing Cisco Tuning Adapters in Austin, TX. The news is significant because they will allow CableCARD subs to access digital cable channels using switched technology. The adaptors
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10/31/2008
Opinionated: Camps Debate Cable Pricing
The Consumers Union continued to question Wed what it calls "deceptive" price increases from cable ops, and the FCC felt compelled to pile on late in the day. After the CU issued a letter to Sen Commerce