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16. SPEAK SOFTLY BUT...
Richard Plepler
Title: CEO, HBO
15. RESILIENT
RUTLEDGE
Tom Rutledge
Title: CEO, Charter Communications
Education: BA, Economics from the
University of Pennsylvania
Why Him? Only hours after Rutledge resigned
as COO of Cablevision, the operator's
stock fell by over a half-billion dollars. That's
some serious clout. Charter wasted no time
in wooing the triple play pioneer as president,
a role that became effective in February
2012. And the Cable Hall of Famer is wasting
no time diving into an operations reorg at
Charter. He is shifting the MSO's focus to
cloud-based video delivery architecture with
a substantial technology upgrade, centralizing
network operations to allow for faster
broadband tiers, repricing triple play packages
and moving the HQ to Stamford, CT. And if we
know Rutledge, he's just getting started.
17. BLANK'S SLATE
Matt Blank
Title: Chairman/CEO, Showtime Networks
Number of Years in Cable: 36
Education: University of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School of Business; MBA from Baruch College
Best Advice in 7 Words or Less: Do something
you're passionate about.
Why Him? In the ebb and flow of network life,
Showtime is riding quite a crest. Nowhere was
this more evident than at the recent Emmys, when
" Homeland " walked off with four statues and all the
glory the current critical and pop-culture darling
deserves. The show, which has been touted as
the " 24 " of the Obama years, averaged 4.4 million
weekly viewers during its first season, and Blank
sees all signs pointing up from there. Not only are
CableFAX: The Magazine
Michael Lombardo
Title: President, HBO Programming
Sue Naegle
Title: President, HBO Entertainment
Education: A.B., Cornell, JD, U of CA, Berkeley (Lombardo); BA, Indiana
(Naegle); BA, Franklin & Marshall (Plepler)
Why Them: Is there any leadership team in cable programming lower
key than this trio? And is there one with more to crow about? Sure, we
characterized HBO's 2011 as an " anomaly, " with just a single original
launch " Game of Thrones " and failure to haul in its usual cache of Emmy
statues. (Only because HBO is the gold standard can a season in which
it grabs 100-plus Emmy noms be seen as an off year). Regardless, the
Box returned to form in 2012, grabbing 23 prime-time Emmys-more
than any other network. And the pipeline's full again in 2012, with new,
and critically acclaimed series such as comedies " Girls " and " Veep, " and
Aaron Sorkin drama " The Newsroom " added to the mix. To boot, HBO's
award-winning documentaries unit and HBO Sports are first-rate. And
let's not overlook HBO Go. With 20-year HBO veteran Plepler jumping to
CEO from co-President, replacing the retiring Bill Nelson, and Lombardo
taking on more responsibility as well, we expect more quiet excellence
in 2013 from this trio.
Showtime's subscriber numbers skyrocketing, to
a current 21.4 million, but so too are revenues.
With several key launches on the horizon, Blank
understands the importance of strong leadership.
And while past success means Blank has nothing
left to prove, his vision propelling Showtime toward
an even brighter future deserves recognition here.
Early bird or night owl? Both
Gangnam style or Mozart? Gangnam style
Favorite fictional character? Jay Gatsby
The potato chip flavor that needs to be
invented: Pork and Bean
I'd give up my cell phone for a week if... If I
could get a call on my iPad.
The one thing I'd do differently if I could go
back to high school: Read everything.
My famous last words will be: SHOWTIME
free for 3 months!
December 2012
When scientists from the future dig up
a cable system from 2012, they will
conclude... " Homeland " was the best show
on television.
My favorite restaurant: Maialino
Bands I would actually go see live: Bruce
Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan.
If I invented my own app it would be...
Pizza Now.
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