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Richard GreenNumber of Employees 130
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NAICS Code Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities: 541720
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Headlines from Multichannel News.(Cable Television Laboratories Inc.)(High definition television)(Television broadcasting industry)(Brief article)
Staff Cable Thriving on Fear Factor Viewers are sinking their teeth into horror shows. In real life, the economy may be scary but on TV, terror sells. HD Special: Mixed Bag For The Holidays ...
CableLabs® CEO Richard Green to Step Down
LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- Dr. Richard Green informed the CableLabs Executive Committee last week in New York that he intends to retire as CEO when his current contract expires in December 2009. The Committee agreed to begin a search for a successor immediately in order to complete an orderly transition...
Leghorn to Receive Special Vanguard for His Efforts in Founding CableLabs®
LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- CableLabs[R] founder Richard S. Leghorn has been named a recipient of a Special Vanguard Award for Outstanding Contribution for his role in the creation of Cable Television Laboratories which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The Vanguard Awards are the most prestigious awards presented by the...
Trying to Beat Broadcast Over the Ears.(rabbit ear antennas, Cable Television Laboratories innovations with set top boxes)
By Todd Spangler CableLabs' Off-Air Receiver Project Could Pull In TV Signals, Reclaim Bandwidth, Sidestep Retrans Fees Cable wants to put rabbit ears back in the home -- a technical irony that could help the industry...
Quick Hits.(TiVo Inc offers Internet content, Cable Television Laboratories Inc offers verification testing )(Brief article)
By Staff TiVo Funnels More Internet Video Through DVRs Staff Alviso, Calif. -- TiVo unwrapped plans to offer new Internet content and services through its digital-video-recorder service last week. Subscribers...
CableLabs Nudges DOCSIS.(Cable Television Laboratories Inc. gets consent for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 3.0 from International Telecommunication Union)
By Todd Spangler CableLabs this month took some key steps forward on the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 3.0, the next-generation technology standard that promises to boost bandwidth, increase security and provide greater flex By Todd Spangler...
What's next for OCAP?(Cable Television Laboratories Inc. developed OpenCable Application Platform)
Staff CableLabs is working on a new version of the OpenCable Application Platform OCAP that will incorporate enhancements tied to IP-based tuning, home networking, switched broadcast, advanced graphics and mobile applications and services. Cable's R&D house expects to release...
New specs to help scale VOD content.(by Cable Television Laboratories Inc.)
Staff CableLabs has released the 2.0 version of its video-on-demand content specifications, promising better searching capabilities and other enhancements that will come into play as the industry continues to scale up its on-demand library. One of the most significant...
ITU gives standard status to PacketCable 1.5.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)(International Telecommunication Union)(Cable Television Laboratories Inc.)(Brief article)
The International Telecommunication Union has blessed the CableLabs PacketCable 1.5 suite of specifications as an ITU standard. The PacketCable-based standard, known internationally as IPCablecom, covers elements such as IP service architecture, network call signaling, call management server signaling, quality of service, and...
Turning off the soft switch: Gallery IP pushes a networked approach to cable telephony.(TECHNOLOGY)
Flour years ago, Gallery IP Telephony was one of a handful of small telecommunications firms hoping to cash in cable's initial interest in voice-over-Internet protocol telephone services. The company had developed software for switching voice calls to their destinations on phone networks....
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Richard Green | President & CEO |
| Christopher Lammers | COO & Executive Vice President |
| Ralph Brown | Chief Software Architect & Vice President |
| David A. Reed | Executive Vice President |
| Donald P. Dulchinos | Senior Vice President, Services |
| Dorothy Raymond | General Counsel & Senior Vice President |
| Michael Schwartz | Senior Vice President, Communications |
| Bill Utlaut | Vice President, Standards |
| Craig Chamberlain | Vice President, Systems |
| David Broberg | Vice President, Technology |
| Diane L. McGinty | Vice President, Info Technology |
| Ed Miller | Vice President, Systems |
| Grace Ascolese | Vice President, Marketing |
| Jenifer Cistola | Vice President |
| Karen Mandeville | Vice President, HR |
| Mark Eggleston | Vice President, Finance |
| Michelle Kuska | Vice President |
| Oscar Marcia | Vice President, Security |
| Glenn Russell | Director |
| Tom Ringkamp | Product Manager |
| Rousbeh Yassini | Senior Executive Consultant |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Roberts | Chairman |
| John C. Malone | Chairman Emeritus |
| Bennett Hooks | Board of Directors |
| Carl Vogel | Board of Directors |
| Dan Pike | Board of Directors |
| David Fellows | Board of Directors |
| Dru Sedwick | Board of Directors |
| Edward S. Rogers | Board of Directors |
| Enrique Alvarez | Board of Directors |
| James O. Robbins | Board of Directors |
| John Goddard | Board of Directors |
| John Riordan | Board of Directors |
| Joseph J. Collins | Board of Directors |
| Louis Audet | Board of Directors |
| Michael Willner | Board of Directors |
| Nick Hamilton-Piercy | Board of Directors |
| Richard Leghorn | Board of Directors |
| Robert Miron | Board of Directors |
| Robert Sachs | Board of Directors |
| Rocco Commisso | Board of Directors |
| Scott Chambers | Board of Directors |
| Thomas M. Rutledge | Board of Directors |
| Thomas Might | Board of Directors |
| William Bresnan | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Don Gale | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| International Telecommunication Union | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ncti | Director | Current |
| Liberty Global, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Public Broadcasting Service | Senior Vice President of Broadcast Operations and Engineering | Former |
| University of Washington | Ph.D. in Astro, Physics | Former |
| The State University of New York | M.S. in Physics | Former |
| Colorado College | B.S. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | COO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Western Communications Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | President and CEO | Former |
| Western Communications Inc. | President | Former |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | General Counsel | Former |
| University of Chicago | Law Degree | Former |
| Stanford University | B.A. In Psychology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Chief Software Architect & Vice President | Current |
| Time Warner Inc. | Former | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Master's degree in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| North Carolina State University | Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Production Control Services, Inc. | Former | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | M.S. in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Colorado State University | B.S. in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Services | Current |
| Interactive Guild, Inc | Vice President for New Business Development at Cab | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President for New Business Development | Current |
| National Cable & Telecommunications Association | director of research | Former |
| University of Denver | Master's Degree In Public Administration | Former |
| Union College | B.A. In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | General Counsel & Senior Vice President | Current |
| University of Colorado | law degree | Former |
| University of Denver | B.A. in Political Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
| Master's Advisors, Inc | Executive Director | Current |
| Master's Advisors, Inc | Advisor | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Member | Former |
| Warren Publishing | Senior Editor | Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University | MBA | Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University | B.A. In Journalism | Former |
| Messiah College | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Standards | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Systems | Current |
| University of Colorado | Master's degree in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| University of South Florida | Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Technology | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Info Technology | Current |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Technical Support Manager | Former |
| Colorado College | B.A. in Business Administration | Former |
Ed Miller is Vice President, Advanced Network Systems for Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs). Mr. Miller rejoined CableLabs from Terayon Communication Systems, where he was Vice President of Voice Solutions. In this role, he was responsible for the company's architectural strategy for voice over IP and next generation multimedia systems. Prior to Terayon, Mr. Miller was Director of the PacketCable initiative for CableLabs. PacketCable is a cable industry defined platform for enabling the delivery of real-time multimedia services, including voice over IP, over the cable high-speed data infrastructure. As the project director, Mr. Miller had overall responsibility for PacketCable's specification development and interoperability-testing activities. Mr. Miller holds a BS degree, Magna-Cum-Laude, in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, where he specialized in telecommunications networks.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Advanced Network Systems | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Systems | Current |
| O’Regan Networks, Ltd. | Partner | Current |
| Voice Solutions | Vice President | Former |
| Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. | Former | |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Director | Former |
| University of Pittsburgh | Ms | Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University | MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University | B.Sc. In Computer Engineering | Former |
| University of Pittsburgh | BS degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
Karen Mandeville is CableLabs' Vice President of Human Resources. She is responsible for the management of the CableLabs Human Resources Department, including such functions as: benefits, employee releations, recruitment, compensation, and development. She joined CableLabs in 1989. Ms. Mandeville formerly worked in the College Park Career Development Center at the University of Maryland as associate director of training, development, and administration. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology/Business and Personnel Administration from Gettysburg College and a Master's degree and doctoral candidacy in Counseling and Personnel from the University of Maryland.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, HR | Current |
| University of Maryland | Associate Director | Former |
| University of Maryland | Master's | Former |
| Gettysburg College | Bachelor, Psychology, Business and Personnel Administration | Former |
Mark Eggleston is Vice President, Finance for CableLabs and, as such, directs the organization's finance and accounting operations. Mr. Eggleston has been a licensed CPA since 1985. Before joining CableLabs, Mr. Eggleston served as the Chief Financial Officer of an international, non-profit, educational organization called Up With People. Prior to that, Mr. Eggleston spent ten years with KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Eggleston received his M.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Colorado and he holds a B.A. in Economics from Colgate University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Finance | Former |
| KPMG International | Former | |
| University of Colorado | M.B.A. In Accounting and Finance | Former |
| Colgate University | B.A. In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Broadband Access | Current |
| Stanford University | Master of Science In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Cornell University | Bachelor of Science In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Vice President, Security | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Product Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Senior Executive Consultant | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Holding Company | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| The Leadership Success Institute | Current | |
| Infoisearch.Com | Current | |
| Liberty Media Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| The DIRECTV Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Chairman Emeritus | Current |
| Liberty Global, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Liberty Media Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Liberty Media International, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Car Rental Weekly | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Bank of New York Company, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hotel Blogs | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Cato Institute and Co | Board of Directors | Current |
| Expedia, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Nature Conservancy | Board of Directors | Current |
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pars Times | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tele-Communications, Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Lgi International | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Lgi International | President | Former |
| General Instrument Corporation | Group Vice President | Former |
| Tele-Communications, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Lgi International | Chairman of The Board | Former |
| Liberty Media Group, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Liberty Global, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Liberty Media Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Ph.D., Operations Research | Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University | M.S., Industrial Management | Former |
| Yale University | B.S., Electrical Engineering & Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers Communications, Inc. | President, CEO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| One X One | Board of Directors | Current |
| Rogers Wireless Communications, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Rogers Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Former | |
| Rogers Wireless Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Victoria | Doctorate of Law | Former |
| York University | Doctorate of Law | Former |
| The University of Western Ontario | Doctorate of Law | Former |
| University of Toronto | B.A. | Former |
| University of Toronto | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | member | Former |
| National Cable & Telecommunications Association | chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Rocco B. Commisso has 23 years of experience with the cable television industry and has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since founding our predecessor company in July 1995. Mr. Commisso served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Cablevision Industries Corporation from 1986 to 1995. From 1981 to 1986, Mr. Commisso served as Senior Vice President of Royal Bank of Canada's affiliate in the United States, where he founded and directed a specialized lending group to media and communications companies. Mr. Commisso began his association with the cable industry in 1978 at The Chase Manhattan Bank, where he was assigned to manage the bank's lending activities to communications firms including the cable industry. He serves on the boards of the National Cable Television Association, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. and C-SPAN. Mr. Commisso holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Onmedia Communications Company, Inc. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Mediacom Communications Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Financials.Com | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| 401KID, Inc. | Current | |
| Mediacom Communications Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| C-Span | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Senior Vice President of Royal Bank of Canada's Affiliate | Former |
| National Cable & Telecommunications Association | Former | |
| Chase Manhattan | Former | |
| Mediacom Communications Corporation | Director | Former |
| Columbia University | Master of Business Administration | Former |
| Columbia University | Bachelor of Science In Industrial Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bresnan | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| The Cable Center | Chairman | Current |
| Digital IP Summit | Board of Directors | Current |
| C-Span | Board of Directors | Current |
| Women and Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Digital IP Summit | Chairman | Former |
| Women and Company | member | Former |
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