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98 | Long-Range Planning
Mike McCarley
Title: President, Golf Channel
Years in Cable: 4
Education: University of Arizona
Best Advice: Brevity is appreciated.
Golf Channel had its most-watched year ever in 2013, a 54% increase
year-over-year since McCarley took over at the beginning of 2011. The
growth and momentum also extended to Golf Channel's digital platforms.
While the network's tournament coverage saw increases across the
board, McCarley worked to position Golf Channel for long-range growth,
most notably by finalizing the longest-spanning agreement in professional
sports with an NBC Sports' and PGA of America's rights deal for the Ryder
Cup through 2030.
TV show I'd most like to have a cameo in? " West Wing "
John, Paul, George or Ringo? Keith Richards
Twitter or Instagram? Twitter
The technology that will most benefit cable over the next year is:
99 | Let's Make
a Deal
Brian Deevy
Title: Managing Director/Head of
Communications, Media & Entertainment
Group, RBC Capital Markets
(pictured, above, left side)
Years in Cable: 33
Education: BA, Dartmouth; MBA,
Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth
Best Advice: Go west, young man,
go west!
Randy Wells
Title: Managing Director, RBC
Capital Markets
(pictured, below, with family)
Years in Cable: 25
Education: BBA, University of Oklahoma;
MBA, University of Denver
Best Advice: Advice given to me
in college by a friend who lived in
Colorado... she said, " You should
work for Bill Daniels! "
Thanks to Deevy and Wells, 2013
was a banner year for RBC. The company
completed more North American
cable M&A transactions than
any other advisor in 2013, and more
North American cable, broadcast,
telecom and data infrastructure M&A
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transactions than any other advisor
in 10 years. In the 2013 fiscal year
alone, their team completed transactions
representing more than $130
billion in deal value, winning them the
M&A Advisor Award's " Technology,
Media & Telecom Deal of the Year " in
the $500 million-plus category.
Deevy
The biggest innovation in cable
over the last year: TV Everywhere
TV show I'd most like to have a
cameo in: " SportsCenter "
John, Paul, George or Ringo?
Paul
I wish Congress would just...
get back to work!
Favorite Cable Show memory:
The Daniels parties at the cable
shows!
Beach or mountains? Mountains,
obviously!
Favorite TV show as a kid? The
Cubs on WGN
Wells
I watch programming mostly on
this device: Still watching the flat
screen LCD TV (while my kids are
sitting next to me on their iPhones).
Favorite Cable Show memory:
Riding alongside Bill Daniels in his
April 2014
Learjet 35A on my way to my first
Western Cable Show with the music
to " Top Gun " blasting out of the
speakers.
Favorite vacation spot: Hawaii
Favorite TV show as a kid? " The
Big Valley " reruns... always liked
that Barkley family
My favorite business/motivational
book: I just read David and
Goliath by Malcom Gladwell, and
really enjoyed it. ■
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Oscars or Grammys? Oscars
Favorite Restaurant: Corner Bistro
Beach or mountains? Beach
Favorite TV show as a kid? " The A-Team "
My favorite business/motivational book: The Tipping Point ■
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