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3D MAVERICK
Mark Cuban
Title: Pres/Co-Founder, HDNet
Years in Cable: 15
Education: BS, Indiana U
I Watch TV Mostly: Live
Why Him?
We won't even
try to profi le
the provocative
billionaire.
His responses
(below), sent
within minutes
of our ask, summarize him better
than we ever could.
On Your iPad: Slingbox Player,
email, newspapers
3DTV is: Going to be great for
everything BUT sports. It won't
be something people watch all
the time, but variety will create
curiosity, leading to repeat
usage. Sports seemed like a
natural programming choice but
a funny thing happened while
people were watching-they
were more interested in the
cheerleaders, the crowd, and
non-game entertainment. That's
why HDNet chose to put our
travel and variety series in 3D for
our distributors.
In '11 Cable Will: Start to undermine
online video with TV Everywhere,
but will begin to understand
the threat of apps running
on devices like Google TV as an
alternative to watching TV.
Biggest Threat to Cable: Its
predisposition to keep set-tops
proprietary. Google and Apple
let developers do all the innovation.
Cable must understand the
power of that leverage... It needs
to take a page from Google and
Apple and open up boxes. The
power of the 12-year-old mind
trumps anything anyone in-house
can create.
Favorite Biz City: Montreal
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TENNESSE TWOSOME
John Lansing
Title: Pres, Scripps Networks (at right)
Years in Cable: 7
Education: BA, Bellarmine U
I Watch TV Mostly: Live
Ken Lowe (below, left)
Title: Ch/Pres/CEO, Scripps Nets
Interactive
Number of Years in Cable: 16
Education: BA, U of NC, Chapel Hill
I Watch TV Mostly: Live
Why Them? Lansing and Lowe
maintain low profiles, but with Travel
Channel, they truly can claim to be the
leader in lifestyle programming. Ratings
and ad revenue are skyrocketing at
Travel. Stalwarts Food and HGTV
remain strong. The Cooking Channel
bet is paying off, with total day and
prime-time ratings up substantially.
What Recession?
Scripps Nets is on track
to exceed '09's $1.5bln
revenue. Q3 profi ts rose
56%, ad sales grew 19%.
Year Ahead:
Scripps' traditional
and new media assets
remain strong.
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RIGHT HAND
Rita Tuzon
Title: EVP/General
Counsel, Fox
Networks Group
Years in Cable: Parttime
since '97; full-time
since '04
Education: AB, Human
Biology, Stanford;
JD, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley
I Watch TV Mostly: Live or Recorded
Why Her? Tuzon reviews thousands of
complex deals and contracts at Fox Networks
Group. Needless to say, she played
a vital role during the ground-breaking
retrans consent and cable network negotiations
with Time Warner Cable. She also
was at the center of things with CableviDecember
2010
John Lansing
On Your iPad: Food Network In The
Kitchen, HGTV to Go, SportsCenter XL,
Weather Channel, MLB at Bat, WSJ,
NYT Ed Choice, USA Today, NPR, Men's
Health, Esquire, HuffPo, Netfl ix, Hulu.
Fave Non-Scripps Show: SportsCenter
Favorite City for Business: NY
Ken Lowe
Favorite City for Business: London
Biz Advice: The best
way to predict the
future is to create it. -
Abraham Lincoln
Most Underrated
Drink: Hendricks
Martini
Favorite Non-Scripps
Show: Modern Family
sion. Along with serving as the highestranking
female at Fox, she is one of the
most infl uential women on the legal side of
the cable business. And while insiders say
Fox chief Tony Vinciquerra considers her
his right hand, she's also known for being
one of the most humble and pleasant
people in the business.
Full Plate: As if her day job wasn't busy
enough, Tuzon is past president of the
board of the Legal Aid Foundation of LA.
Year Ahead: More complex deals are
coming.
On Your iPad: Plants vs Aliens
A Non-Cable Co That Knows How To
Run/Market Its Business: Apple, of
course
The Most Creative Part Of My Job:
Strategizing the next big moves and new
business ventures.
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