I was barely outta college when I met Ted Turner for the first time. Twinkle in the eye, fearless, everything everybody always said. That was back when cable was considered a “cool” industry to work in. Can it ever be that again? This piece
from Broadband Library asks (and maybe answers) the question.
Bruce Benson goes to college
Photography by Ashton Ray Hansen.
Why AT&T really wants Time Warner
It’s not about pricing power. It’s about exclusive rights to TV shows. Here’s why.
Where start-ups go to die
It’s the economic netherworld between trial deployments and the big-time. It’s also where lots of promising companies stall out. Here’s how a new unit within the Colorado-based R&D facility CableLabs hopes to save some lives, and possibly change the world. From The Broadband Library.
Okay, see it’s “gig” like a job, but also like, y’know, the Internet & stuff
I guess when you have to explain a headline maybe it’s not a great headline. But you be the judge. Here’s my Q&A with a smart technology guy from the Midwestern U.S. video/Internet provider MidCo. From The Broadband Library.
A cable TV legend takes the stage
Julian Brodsky is the larger-than-life financier who co-founded Comcast. Here he is interviewed by yours truly from the stage at The Cable Center for the reborn “Mavericks” series.
Rock locally, grow globally
Proudly presenting my ColoradoBIZ profile of Mike Fries, a cable industry globetrotter extraordinaire who spends the occasional evening belting out Bon Jovi songs for charity. 
Breaker, breaker: How cable hopes to get in on the next big thing in wireless
They call it “Citizens Broadband Radio Service.” But the kinship with the iconic CB radio medium of the 1970s stops there. Here’s how the cable industry hopes to make hay with a powerful new set of frequencies. From The Broadband Library.
Bob Metcalfe lays down the law
The entertaining, energetic inventor of Ethernet tells all. Here’s my Q&A from The Broadband Library.
If they build it, will kids come?
The Field of Dreams analogy is irresistible for a Goliath of a ballpark complex planned for northern Colorado. Here’s a look behind the scenes at the economics of youth sports, and how developers can profit from bringing kids to the field. From ColoradoBIZ.