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A Report Isn’t Needed to See That Video Competition is Fierce

Yesterday, NCTA filed comments with the FCC on its annual report, the “Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming.” As anyone who is a fan of great TV programming (whether viewed from a traditional provider or the multitude of other ways to watch) knows, competition in the video marketplace is aggressive. Choices are abundant, leading
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Cable Recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month

Before Hispanic Heritage Month concludes this week, we wanted to highlight a few of the special programs and efforts being made throughout the internet and television community that recognize the contributions of Hispanics to American history and culture. Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15 because the 15th marks the independence days of several Latin American
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Technology is Changing the Way The Weather Channel Covers Hurricanes

This past September brought with it some of the year’s biggest news stories, and most of them revolved around the major storms and hurricanes that ravaged south Florida, Houston, and Puerto Rico. Most likely, you turned to The Weather Channel to better understand how it was all unfolding and impacting the communities that were hit. Case in point, this year,
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Cable Delivers the Jobs that American Communities Rely On

When we think of a community, we think of working together, of shared goals, and of helping each other. Few things have the ability to strengthen a community and support these values like strong local economies. The power of Main Street, as we’ve seen, is what makes communities strong and vibrant. An economic impact study shows that every single Congressional
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NCTA President & CEO Michael Powell Speaks at the 2017 Walter Kaitz Dinner

NCTA President & CEO Michael Powell delivered remarks as part of the annual Walter Kaitz Dinner 2017 on September 27, 2017 in New York City. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://www.ncta.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview…;:{"responsive":1,"width":"854","height":"480","autoplay":0},"settings_summary":["Embedded Video (Responsive)."]} Remarks of Michael Powell Walter Kaitz Diversity Dinner 2017 I want to speak to you tonight from a place of vulnerability and doubt, rather than
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Gala Dinner Raises More Than $1.6 Million for Cable Diversity Efforts

A week of networking, discussions and presentations on how to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce culminated with a star-studded event in New York City last night that raised more than $1.6 million for diversity programs. CEOs and executives from dozens of internet and television companies gathered at the 34th annual Walter Kaitz Foundation dinner to celebrate the cable
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New Survey Highlights Cable Industry Diversity Benchmarks

The results of the 2017 NAMIC and WICT Industry Diversity Survey, a study that is conducted every two years to measure diversity demographics within the cable workforce, were released this morning. This year, the companies that participated represented 67.5 percent of the industry. Highlights of the survey included an increase of people of color in the industry over the past
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Comcast Executive D’Arcy Rudnay Talks on Female Leadership in Cable

Today is the first day of the cable industry's Diversity Week, and it all kicks off at the WICT Leadership conference, where executives and leaders throughout the business will recognize the contributions made by exceptional women in internet and television. This afternoon during the WICT Touchstones Luncheon, a staple of Diversity Week, the industry will pay tribute to the Woman
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BBC America’s Top Executive Gives Her Take on Women in Television

In anticipation of Diversity Week, when thousands will gather in New York City next week to encourage and advance diverse initiatives across the cable industry, we spent some time getting to know our Woman of the Year honorees who will be awarded with WICT's highest honors at the annual WICT Touchstones Luncheon. This week, we spoke with Sarah Barnett, president
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MTV Shuga: Television That Changes Lives

Television serves as one of life’s biggest sources of entertainment, but sometimes we forget how much of a changemaker it can actually be. MTV has always been a staple in this kind of “edutainment” style of programming, with its array of reality shows that plunge into real-life issues that teenagers grapple with day in and day out. The force behind
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