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12/15/2003
Reality Lures Koplovitz Back to Cable
In the end, it was a dose of reality that appealed most to Kay Koplovitz. Reality Central founders Larry Namer and Blake Mycoskie managed to persuade the cable industry veteran to head the network partly on the basis of its straighforward concept. “You just have to say” the name to explain it, says Koplovitz, the […]
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12/15/2003
System of the Year: Cox Fairfax Is Rebuilt and Renewed
Cox’s Northern Virginia system isn’t the most technically advanced in the country. It’s not the most profitable. It doesn’t have the industry’s best penetration numbers. And it hasn’t rolled out telephony or VOD yet. In fact, Cox executives don’t even consider it one of the MSO’s crown-jewel systems. But Cox Northern Virginia has been named […]
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12/15/2003
System of the Year: Sunflower Broadband Blooms in the Heartland
It is an honor for Sunflower Broadband to receive acknowledgement of our accomplishments by being named CableWORLD’s System of the Year in the small market category. This accolade really speaks to the extraordinary team of people at every level of our company. We are also fortunate to be supported by a visionary ownership group that […]
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12/15/2003
Western Rides Out, Rupert Rides In
Where’s Rupert and what’s he gonna do? Those were the questions being asked by most of the 6,150 cable execs who gathered in Anaheim, Calif., to say goodbye to the Western Show. They permeated everything from the standing-room-only panel sessions to the small-but-bustling show floor. The questions also gave the lame-duck convention a sense of […]
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12/03/2003
"Hall" Talk
Got too sunny (and warm) in Southern CA yesterday and, believe it or not, heard on the radio: (1) Comcast SHOULD buy Disney ("younger, better management"); (2) ESPN is the only "performing" Disney asset; (3) Mel Karmazin was assured of replacing Sumner Redstone "some day"; and (4) both Viacom and News Corp should "kick the […]
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