Cablefax The Magazine May 2023 - 92

WOW! 'EM
NET GAIN
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Leslie Peabody
SVP, Chief People Officer
WOW!
Q&A
MY BEST IDEAS COME
WHEN... I can ideate with
others.
MY BIGGEST
IRRATIONAL PHOBIA:
Spiders; they want
nothing to do with me.
LAST TV SERIES
WATCHED: " The Last of
Us "
PODCAST, RADIO
OR AUDIOBOOK?
Audiobook
HOMETOWN: Littleton, CO
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM:
Denver Broncos
I WANT 30 SECONDS IN
AN ELEVATOR WITH: Toni
Morrison
Peabody has her hands in
everything HR at WOW!
From employee relations
to compensation to recruitment
to DEI programs, her
commitment helped earn
the company a Workplace
Wellness Award in 2022.
Some of her initiatives
from the past year include
increasing executive DEI
training, establishing
internal reporting to get
real-time insight on DEI analytics,
a revamp of WOW!'s
careers page and " The Gig, "
which encourages employees
to engage with its online
communities. ●
Ken Solomon
President
Tennis Channel
HOMETOWN: Palm Springs,
CA
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM:
Tennis Channel's All-Star OnAir
Lineup
I WANT 30 SECONDS IN
AN ELEVATOR WITH: Alice
Guy-Blaché (overlooked first
female filmmaker, innovator
who created first narrative
movie[s] and later studio head),
Frederick Douglass, Charlie
Berns (my grandfather and
founder of New York's 21 Club)
and Tom Petty
Solomon started off 2022
strong by helping Tennis Channel
secure WTA Tour exclusivity
rights for its international arms
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
By March, the network
launched a second linear network,
T2, which provides live
tennis to Samsung TV owners.
It's hard to imagine how much
more he can expand what the
network offers, but his 2023
plans revolve heavily around
one word: Pickleball.
ALWAYS EVOLVING
Marc Cohen
Chief Revenue Officer
Evolution Digital
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HOMETOWN: Detroit, MI
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Detroit Lions
I WANT 30 SECONDS IN AN ELEVATOR WITH: Warren Buffett
Q&A
PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS? Tennis
INDUSTRY TOP PRIORITY FOR 2023:
Every QAM-based video customer is stealing
bandwidth from high-margin broadband
customers. Therefore, it is imperative for
service providers to prioritize moving all
QAM video customers to IPTV customers.
TV INTRO YOU WON'T SKIP? " Rockford
Files "
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Cohen helped spearhead the strategies that led the company
to the most profitable year in its history. After managing supply
chain strains and other pandemic-related roadblocks, he established
Evolution as a primary vendor partner to service providers
to improve Plume WiFi and 6E deployments. He also built it to
be a leading provider of Android TV set-top boxes in North and
South America, helping the company to 98% Android TV market
share in North America. To continue the momentum, he's putting
a focus on growing his employees' knowledge base, including
spending close to 46 weeks on the road visiting with current and
potential customers. ●
May 2023
Cablefax100.com
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Q&A
IF I BOUGHT TWITTER,
THE FIRST THING
I'D DO IS... go on
Instagram and tell
people about it.
PICKLEBALL OR
TENNIS? Wrong -
pickleball AND tennis
(just wait...)
WHAT FOREIGNLANGUAGE
PROGRAM
IS A MUST-SEE FOR
ENGLISH SPEAKERS?
" Trapped, " an Icelandic
crime thriller. Beautifully
shot and transparently
act. ●
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