The Cable TV Pioneers selected its class of 2007, which will be inducted May 7 at a banquet held during The Cable Show in Las Vegas.
This year’s class, which features executives who have worked for at least 20 years in the industry, is comprised of:
• Bresnan Communications president and chief financial officer Jeffrey DeMond;
• Michael Doyle, president, Comcast Eastern division;
• Bradley Dusto, president, Comcast West division;
• Michael Egan, founder and executive vice president, Renaissance Media;
• HBO area account manager Debby Exon;
• Ideas & Solutions president and founder Glen Friedman;
• Lindsay Gardner, outgoing president, affiliate sales and marketing, Fox Cable Networks;
• New Wave Communications president and CEO James Gleason;
• Time Warner Cable executive VP Bill Goetz;
• Bob Gold & Associates president and owner Bob Gold;
• RCH Outsourcing Services CEO Robert Halgas;
• Ivan Johnson, VP of community relations, Cox Communications;
• Charles McGinty, Edward McGinty and Robert McGinty, the brothers who built Atlantic Coast Cable in southern New Jersey;
• Neil McHugh, CEO, Vista III Media;
• Cox VP of video-product development Steve Necessary;
• Larry Oliver, VP and general manger, Reed Television Group (parent of Multichannel News);
• Starz Entertainment senior VP of corporate communications Thomas Southwick;
• Katheryn Lynn Svoboda, VP, internal operations, National Cable Television Cooperative;
• BendBroadband CEO Amy Tykeson;
• Donald Tykeson, Tykeson Associates/Enterprises;
• Time Warner Cable VP of network architecture Louis Williamson; and
• National Cable & Telecommunications Association senior VP of industry affairs Barbara York.
The Cable TV Pioneers said the new class will be inducted at its 41st annual banquet, which will be held May 7 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas.
