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READY
TO GLO
Christopher French
President & CEO
Shentel
Years at Current Organization: 41
First Job in the Industry: Construction helper
It's been a massively important year for French, who led Shentel
through the sale of its wireless business to T-Mobile for $1.9 billion.
With that out of the way, the company's going all-in on fiber deployment
under the Glo Fiber brand name. French and team are so
confident in the fiber boom that they made the decision to stop fixed
wireless rollouts to focus on FTTH, particularly with the government
money for buildout up for grabs.
What's your Wordle strategy? Vowel-heavy starting
word
Q&A
How many companies have you worked for? 1
Boredom buster? Stay busy and avoid becoming
bored in the first place.
Has the telco rollout of 5G wireless in North America impacted your
business? No ■
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AVID READER
Josh Reader
President, Distribution & Development
AMC Networks
Years at Current Organization: 11
First Job in the Industry: Mail Room Assistant at The Gersh
Agency in New York
Bucket List: To make the Cablefax 100!
AMC Networks continued its distribution charge under Reader's
leadership. He oversees distribution partnerships and strategy
in the U.S. and Canada, and of late he's helped the company not
only continue to capitalize on the successes of " Better Call Saul "
and " The Walking Dead, " but complete several multiyear carriage
agreements including a deal with Verizon to make AMC+ available
to Verizon Wireless customers. In addition, Reader led the launch
of the AMC+ streaming bundle on YouTube TV.
What's your Wordle strategy? The only way to win
is not to play.
Band I'd go see live: Live
Your YouTube rabbit hole? Rabbit videos
If I had a time machine, I would ... make it out of a DeLorean ■
Q&A
INTO THE FUTURE
Marcien Jenckes
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President, Advertising
Comcast Cable
Years at Current Organization: 11 years at Comcast, 5 years at Comcast
Advertising
First Job in the Industry: Consultant for McKinsey & Company in the media and
telecom practice
Bucket List: Hike El Camino
With governance of market-leading brands FreeWheel and Effectv, Jenckes is in a unique
position to trailblaze and set a course for the advertising industry. In 2021, he made his
mark with a collaborative and entrepreneurial approach across Comcast Advertising
regarding addressability. He and his team are looking to the future, evaluating what's next
for the TV ecosystem, including measurement innovation, addressable enablement and
development of an initiative to standardize, scale and enhance OTT app onboarding and
monetization.
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May 2022
Boredom buster? Reading
Band I'd go see live: Bruce
Springsteen
What childhood memento
have you kept? Newspaper
clippings about my dog
What household chore could you win a gold
medal in? Tending chickens and ducks
Favorite dish that I can also make
myself: Paella ■
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