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THREE PEAT
Josh Sapan
Title: Pres/CEO, Rainbow Media
Holdings (below, middle)
Number of Years in Cable: 29
Education: U of WI
I Watch TV Mostly: TiVo/Recorded
Ed Carroll
Title: COO, Rainbow Entertainment
Services (pictured, right)
Number of Years in Cable: 20
Education: SUNY, New Paltz
I Watch TV Mostly: TiVo/Recorded
Charlie Collier
Title: Pres/GM, AMC (below, left)
Ed: BA, Bucknell; MBA, Columbia
Why Them? It's getting predictable.
Once again, Sapan, Carroll and Collier
produced an impressive Emmy-filled
year. Last year we said they couldn't
top their previous year. We won't do
that anymore. OK, so Rubicon didn't
work out-you can't
win 'em all-but Mad
Men and Breaking Bad
did, helping Rainbow
to a record 30 Emmy
nominations, including
its first for Sundance
Channel.
Growing Where? As it has for many
programmers, international expansion
has become a major focus for Rainbow.
Carroll spent much of '10 abroad,
expanding the footprint of Sundance
Channel (6 overseas launches) and WE
tv (3 Far East launches).
Year Ahead: Cablevision's planned
spinoff of Rainbow should give the company
even more fl exibility as it grows, including
making it a potential acquisition target.
Ed Carroll
What's on Your iPad? TV shows,
books and Game 6 of '09 World Series.
Favorite Non-Rainbow Show: Modern
Family
Best Business Book:
Death of a Salesman
Best Business Advice:
Just because the
person who criticizes
you is an idiot, it doesn't
mean they're wrong.
Most Underrated Drink: Diet Coke
Charlie Collier
What Should Cable Do to Improve
Its Image with the Public? Scrap the
idea of using Mel Gibson and Charlie
Sheen as spokespeople for authentication
(but still let them host CTAM
with Char).
When it Comes To Media Issues, the
New Congress Should: Focus on the
economy.
Who'd Win a Fight Between Kevin
Martin and Julius Genachowski? Why
would Julius Genachowski be fi ghting
with a Houston Rocket?
Most Underrated Drink: The first one
Josh Sapan
What's on Your iPad? Rainbow Programming:
AMC's The Walking Dead;
Sundance Channel's Girls Who Like
Boys Who Like Boys; WE tv's Downsized;
IFC tv's The Increasingly Poor
Decisions of Todd Margaret; and other
shows - The C Word, Boardwalk Empire,
30 Rock, Archer
In '11, Cable Will: Integrate with alternative
devices in the home to great
success.
A Non-Cable Co That Knows How to
Run/Market its Business: Apple
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WERNER LEARNER
Tony Werner
Title: EVP/CTO, Comcast Cable
Years in Cable: 25+
Education: Dakota County
Technical College
Why Him? In recent years, Comcast has taken a decisive
leadership role in leveraging technology to satisfy consumers'
constantly changing whims. As Comcast's top techie,
Werner has largely led the industry mission to innovate
and in '10 continued the tradition by getting out front on
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authentication, which emerged from beta and seems to be
humming along fine on the technical side. In addition, Werner
is involved in lots of " unsexy " pursuits-such as backoffice
integration and engineering widgetry at the headend
level-all of which help Comcast stay one step ahead of its
nimble competition.
EBIF Hero: Werner has worked closely with Canoe
Ventures and CableLabs on getting the EBIF spec ready for
primetime, rolling out the widely anticipated iO6 in '10.
Year Ahead: Werner will need to learn a new level of multitasking
and project management as Comcast absorbs all that
content from NBCU-integrating it across multiple platforms
like online, mobile and VOD. He's up to the task.
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