WHY THIS MATTERS:In MCN's annual technology roundtable ahead of SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expo, top execs from Charter, Comcast, Cox, Liberty Global and Mediacom discuss their priorities and activities spanning the network, broadband, video, wireless, the smart home and the IoT.
WHY THIS MATTERS:At sunrise Sunday, the sun set on the spaceship-inspired building that had served as the headquarters of Jones International and Jones Intercable, the MSO founded by Glenn R. Jones, the cable pioneer and entrepreneur who died in 2015.
WHY THIS MATTERS:Overall capital spending as a percentage of revenue could drop from its current level of about 15% of total revenue to 10% in the next five years, while capex per home passed could fall from about $140 to around $120.