Decker Anstrom Reelected Chairman of NCTA Board

Publication Type: Media Release
Date: 5/29/2008
CONTACT: Rob Stoddard/Brian Dietz, 202-222-2350
Other NCTA Board Members Elected; Executive Committee Named

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Decker Anstrom, President & COO of Landmark Communications, Inc., was reelected to serve a second one-year term as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) during a NCTA Board Meeting held at the recently completed 2008 Cable Show.

In addition, Tom Rutledge, COO, Cablevision Systems Corporation, was elected Vice Chairman; Bob Miron, Chairman & CEO, Advance/Newhouse Communications, was elected Secretary; and Pat Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc., was elected Treasurer.

The NCTA Board also established its Executive Committee for 2008-2009. It includes: Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation, as Immediate Past Chairman, the above named Officers, and NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow in an ex officio role. The following were also named to the Executive Committee:

  • Glenn Britt, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable
  • Rocco Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications Corporation
  • Ronald Duncan, President & CEO, GCI
  • Jerry Kent, President & CEO, Suddenlink Communications
  • Judith McGrath, Chairman & CEO, MTV Networks
  • Neil Smit, President & CEO, Charter Communications
  • Michael S. Willner, Vice Chairman & CEO, Insight Communications

Other Board elections included:

  • Associate Director: Frank Drendel, Chairman & CEO, CommScope, was reelected to serve a two-year term.
  • At-Large Programmer Directors: Decker Anstrom, President & COO, Landmark Communications, Inc.; Matt Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks, Inc.; and Debra Lee, President & COO, BET Holdings, were elected to serve two-year terms. Jeff Gaspin, President & COO, Universal Television Group, was elected to serve a one-year term.
  • At-Large System Directors: John Evans, Chairman & CEO, Evans Telecommunications Company; Mark Niblick, Vice Chairman, Midcontinent Communications; and Bill Shreffler, President & CEO, Broadstripe, were elected to serve three-year terms.
  • Rural/Small System Directors: In April 2008, Richard Sjoberg, President & CEO, Sjoberg’s Inc., was reelected to serve a two-year term. In addition, Amy Tykeson, CEO, BendBroadband, was named Chair of the Rural/Small System Operators’ Committee for another two-year term.

Other directors were not subject to reelection.


NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access after investing more than $130 billion to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to millions of American consumers.