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Hubert J. (“Hub”) Schlafly, Jr., TelePrompter inventor and Two-time Emmy Award winner, dies

STAMFORD, Conn. -  April 25, 2011 – Hubert J. Schlafly, Jr., a visionary engineer whose invention of the TelePrompter and execution of the first satellite transmission of a cable television programming transformed the industry, died on April 20, 2011, according to Thomas Gallagher, his good friend. Schlafly died peacefully at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, after a brief illness.  He was 91 years old. After graduation as an electrical engineer from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1941), he spent several years working for General Electric and the MIT Radiation

Cable Mavericks® Launching Annual Full-Day, Multi-Speaker Program

DENVER – The Cable Center’s Cable Mavericks® Lecture Series, now in its fifth year of connecting students and cable, is adding a new program component that will give students a chance to hear from multiple speakers in one location and to interview for jobs and internships in the industry. The new addition to the series will be called Cable Mavericks Masters Forum: One Day Degree in Cable, and will be held at the Paley Center for Media in New York on October 28, 2011. In addition to targeting students in the immediate area, The Cable Center will also make the program available for live

CABLE MAVERICKS® CELEBRATES 5 YEARS OF CONNECTING STUDENTS AND CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DENVER – The Cable Center’s Cable Mavericks® Lecture Series is celebrating its fifth anniversary this October. Through the Cable Mavericks program, The Cable Center has reached nearly 5,000 students, changing their perceptions of the cable telecommunications industry and connecting them to industry leaders. The first Cable Mavericks program took place at Fordham University and featured executives Susan Packard, then of Scripps Networks, and Chad Youngblood, then of HGTV.  Since that first lecture, 41 more have taken place, with 38 executives representing 27 industry businesses and

THE CABLE CENTER NAMES CABLE HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2011

Industry Leaders To Be Inducted During Cable Connection - SpringDENVER – The Cable Center today announced the members of The Cable Hall of Fame Class of 2011.  The six honorees will be inducted during the annual Cable Hall of Fame Celebration, held in conjunction with Cable Connection–Spring, a week of cable industry events uniting major industry associations, conferences and meetings in Chicago on June 14-16, 2011.  The new honorees are:  •     Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC •     Jeff Bewkes, Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Inc. •     Rocco Commisso, Founder, Chairman and CEO,

THE CABLE CENTER’S CABLE MAVERICKS LECTURE SERIES RECEIVES GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE MOTOROLA FOUNDATION FOR 2010 SEASON

DENVER – The Cable Center announced today that the Motorola Foundation has renewed its support of the Cable Mavericks Lecture Series with a $100,000 grant. Now in its fifth year, The Cable Center’s Cable Mavericks Lecture Series brings college students across the nation together with outstanding cable professionals. The lecture series allows students to learn about the industry’s most inspiring business stories and gives them a glimpse into the career paths and day-to-day life of the cable executives. In 2009, the Cable Mavericks Lecture series presented cable industry leaders to 925

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