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Though the details have shifted slightly, the headline remains the same: the United States is home to ten of the top twenty fastest Internet regions in the world. According to the latest Akamai State of the Internet report, Washington, D.C. tops the list with the fastest Internet in America with an average peak connection speed of 72.7 Mbps. The next

This week’s festivities in honor of cable’s Diversity Week concluded last night at the 32nd Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Dinner held in New York City. The dinner, hosted by Raven-Symone of ABC’s The View and Sage Steele of NBA Countdown on ESPN, raised $1.6 million, a great way to end a week full of leadership workshops, mentoring roundtables and breakout

Of the many reasons I’m proud to be a part of the cable industry, perhaps the biggest is our role in improving the communities we touch. Over the past 20 years, we’ve created millions of local jobs and contributed billions of dollars to charities and non-profits. Not to mention, the infrastructure that we’ve built across most of America has added

As the cable industry gathers in New York this week to reaffirm its commitment to diversity, an important survey was released today that recognizes efforts being made to increase the representation of women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups throughout the employee ranks. The “2015 NAMIC and WICT Cable Telecommunications Industry Workforce Diversity Survey” — announced today during a

According the latest Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) report U.S. Investment Heroes of 2015 issued today, ISPs (really, the cable and telecom industry as a whole) are investing more capital into infrastructure improvements than any other industry in America. In 2014, ISPs were the leader as well with $46 billion. In 2015, the number leapt to $48.7 billion, an impressive jump

“We need diversity of thought, experience, product and people. To best reflect the customers and communities we serve, we’re infusing diversity and inclusion into our governance, workforce, sourcing, programming and community investment practices,” writes David Cohen, the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Comcast. In anticipation of Diversity Week, which will be held in New York City

Yesterday, CableLabs, the cable industry’s non-profit research and development consortium, published a blog that highlighted an important question that many in the tech policy community are talking about: Does the lack of effective politeness protocols in LTE-U technology risk disrupting consumer Wi-Fi and other devices that rely on unlicensed spectrum? In short, the conclusion was yes. As the blog makes

It was as close to a rout as a Primetime Emmy Awards night could possibly be. With a whopping 24 wins, cable took home the big kudos for being the most awarded platform for television. Broadcast left with 6 wins and online programers like Netflix and Amazon took a shared 5 wins. All told, 69 percent of Primetime Emmy Awards

Last week the Television Academy presented the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, honoring the many artists and craftspeople behind the scenes who create amazing television experiences. Cable programs captured 59 percent of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, not only confirming that some of the greatest television is happening on cable, but also acting as a precursor to this Sunday’s big