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35 | Programmed
to Succeed
36 | Uniting Markets &
Bridging the Divide
Andy Albert
Title: SVP, Content Acquisition,
Cox Communications
Years in Cable: 27, I think
Education: Syracuse; William and Mary
Not many people can
multitask well. Albert
is a salient exception.
While negotiating
key program carriage
deals with content
producers, he also
deftly manages Cox's
multicultural programming
strategy.
A growing part of his
job also now involves
deploying video
to PCs and tablets, plus video-on-demand and
high-definition services to a constantly evolving
customer base.
I watch the majority of programming on this
device: Nothing beats a big TV.
The biggest innovation in cable over the last
year: Contour
TV show I'd most like to have a cameo in?
Alas, " Seinfeld. " Maybe the reunion show.
One thing I would do all the time if I could:
Play tennis
Favorite Restaurant: Fat Matt's Rib Shack
Favorite vacation spot: National parks
Favorite TV show as a kid? " Mr. Goober " (it's a
Long Island thing)
If someone forced me to cut the cord and only
watch 3 over-the-top shows, they would be:
But I don't have to cut the cord. ■
37 | Deep in the Amazon
Henry Ahn
Title: EVP, Content Marketing & Distribution,
Scripps Networks Interactive
Years in Cable: 24
Education: BS, Boston College; MBA, Fordham University
Best Advice: Always do the right thing.
Ahn always has something cooking. He hammered
out Scripps' first ever online-only subscription
distribution deal with Amazon Prime Instant Video
early last year, allowing subscribers to stream back
Cablefax: The Magazine
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David L. Cohen
Title: EVP/Chief Diversity Officer,
Comcast Corp. (pictured, below)
Education: BA, Swarthmore College; JD,
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Cesar Conde
Title: EVP, NBCUniversal (pictured, right)
Years in Cable: 10+
Education: BA, Harvard; MBA, Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania
Best Advice: Dream big, work hard,
stay humble.
Cohen's main duties include government
affairs and community investment, and
he's key to getting the proposed Comcast-TWC
merger approved. But he's
also the driving force behind the launch
of Internet Essentials, an ambitious
broadband adoption plan designed to get
more Americans online and narrow the
digital divide. Since its launch in 2011,
the program has connected an estimated
1 million low-income people to the
Internet at home and hosted in-person
digital literacy training sessions for more
than 20,000 participants. Conde, who in
late-2013 left Univision for a key NBCU
leadership role, is honing his focus on
business development, strategic priorities
and overseeing both general and
international markets. He also works
on special, domestic enterprise-wide
projects.
Conde
My favorite business/motivational
book: It Worked for Me: In Life and
Leadership by Colin Powell
The technology that will most benefit
cable over the next year is: The
evolution of content recommendation
engines will be an interesting area to
keep an eye on.
Favorite Restaurant: Versailles in
Miami ■
catalogs from the likes of HGTV and the Travel Channel.
What's more, he pushed TV Everywhere into the
homes of 65% of all Scripps customers.
I watch the majority of programming on this
device: On my Samsung TV
My favorite newfound hobby: Standup paddleboarding
Oscars or Grammys? Oscars
Beach or mountains? Beach
Desert island album? Born To Run
Favorite TV show as a kid? " The Brady Bunch "
The last time I had a good laugh: Today. I always
have a good laugh every day. ■
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