The Cable Center: Stories From the Headend
by The Cable Center
Brought to you by The Cable Center, an educational nonprofit supporting the media, cable and telecommunications industry. This podcast series features the industry's visionaries and leaders sharing their unique insights and experiences.
Episodes
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S1, E12 DOCSIS 20th Anniversary Panel
DOCSIS celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015. To commemorate this industry milestone, Larry Satkowiak, former President and CEO of The Cable Center, gathered CableLabs veterans Robert Cruickshank III, Thomas Moore, and Brian Reilly to chronicle their work together on the DOCSIS development...
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S1, E11 The Story of DOCSIS
The Story of DOCSIS. Short for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification, DOCSIS is the international standard for high-speed internet connectivity. In creating DOCSIS, CableLabs, its cable operator members and technology vendor partners, bridged the worlds of cable and digital networking...
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S1, E10 The Oral History of Leslie Ellis
Leslie Ellis is one of cable’s leading technology journalists and advisors. She got her start writing manuals for an advertising insertion technology company and quickly graduated to writing and editing for top industry publications CED and Multichannel News and for analyst and publisher Paul...
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S1, E9 Technology Innovation
From the early days of building headends, to the inventions that changed society, cable’s technologists have been at the forefront of today’s connected world. Hear stories from Louis Williamson, retired senior fellow engineer at Time Warner Cable, Leslie Ellis, a leading cable technology...
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S1, E8 The Oral History of Sheila Nevins
Sheila Nevins’s educational background was in English literature and theater. But she found herself drawn to television, and to telling the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. After her early career working for several employers including the US Information Agency, PBS, CBS and Time-Life...
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S1, E7 Women Trailblazers
Women Trailblazers. This podcast features three women who broke through the traditionally male-dominated cable business. Not only did they shatter gender barriers, these women served as advocates and mentors for both men and women throughout their careers. Today we’ll hear insights from Sheila...
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S1, E6 Cable Cowboys and American Entrepreneurs Part II
Back in the early days of cable distribution in the 1950s, and of satellite-delivered network programming in the 1970s, it took a certain type of businessperson to not just survive, but thrive under such harsh conditions. It took brilliant vision, a high risk tolerance and dogged tenacity. It…
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S1, E5 Cable Cowboys and American Entrepreneurs
Cable Cowboys and American Entrepreneurs. Back in the early days of cable distribution in the 1950s, and of satellite-delivered network programming in the 1970s, it took a certain type of businessperson to not just survive, but thrive under such harsh conditions. It took brilliant vision, a high...
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S1, E4 The Oral History of Ted Turner
Today's follow up episode to Titans of Cable is the complete Oral History of Ted Turner. This oral history was filmed at the Western Show in Annaheim on November 28, 2001.
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S1, E3 The Titans of Cable
This podcast features three titans of the media and cable industry as they discuss their careers and key business milestones: John Malone, chairman, Liberty Media, Liberty Global, Liberty Broadband and Liberty Interactive; Julian Brodsky, retired vice chairman and co-founder, Comcast Corp.; and…
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S1, E2 Oral History of Evan Shapiro
This podcast provides insight into the career of Evan Shapiro, executive Vice President for Digital Enterprises at NBC Universal, through his 2014 Oral history.
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S1,E1 TV101 with Evan Shapiro
This podcast features Evan Shapiro, Executive Vice President of digital enterprises and NBCUniversal, introduced by Cable Center President and CEO, Jana Henthorn, with TV101, explaining the evolution of the television industry.
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Brought to you by The Cable Center, an educational nonprofit supporting the media, cable and telecommunications industry. This podcast series features the industry's visionaries and leaders sharing their unique insights and experiences.
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