The Cable Show 2010 - Go Beyond

NCTA Vanguard Awards

Celebrate Cable's Top Leaders

Honoring the best of cable’s leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs, The Vanguard Awards are the most prestigious awards presented by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. The men and women who are selected are people who excel both in business and in person

Save The Date - NCTA Vanguard Awards Reception and Ceremony

Thursday, May 13
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm

A separate ticket purchase is required. Tickets will be on sale shortly.

About The Vanguard Awards

The 2009 NCTA Vanguard Award Winners.

The 2009 NCTA Vanguard Awards winners. From right to left: Rocco B. Commisso, Chairman & CEO of Mediacom Communications Corporation; Jay Rolls, SVP, Technology Development for Cox Communications, Inc.; Robert Stanzione, Chairman & CEO of ARRIS, Inc.; Nomi Bergman, President of BrightHouse Networks; Jim Walton, President of CNN Worldwide, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.; Bonnie Hathaway, Vice President of Public Affairs for Time Warner Cable, Sean R.H. Bratches, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, ESPN; Dinni Jain, President & COO of Insight Communications; Charlie Collier, President & General Manger of AMC. With presenter, Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks.

The Vanguard Awards recognize individuals who have made the cable and telecommunications industry what it is today - the best of the creators, the innovators and the risk-takers. Vanguard Awards are awarded to the following categories:

  • The Distinguished Vanguard Awards for Leadership, the most prestigious of NCTA's Vanguard Awards, recognize the best and the brightest in the cable and telecommunications industry leadership.
  • The Vanguard Award for Cable Operations Management recognizes a cable manager from the corporate, regional or system level who has made a significant contribution, through his or her company, to the cable industry.
  • The Vanguard Award for Programmers was created to recognize the innovation, leadership and individual achievement of NCTA’s programmer members.
  • The Vanguard Award for Science & Technology was created to honor individuals who have been active and imaginative forces in the design, development and introduction of technologies and engineering techniques that benefit the industry.
  • The Vanguard Award for Government & Community Relations recognizes an individual who has significantly enhanced the status of the cable industry as a community leader, a state advocate or a national contributor.
  • The Vanguard Award for Associates & Affiliates recognizes the indispensable contributions of our industry’s equipment manufacturers and service suppliers. NCTA affiliate members are equally instrumental in providing invaluable guidance and service as lawyers, brokers, bankers and consultants to the industry.
  • The Vanguard Award for Marketing honors an individual who has been instrumental in developing a unique marketing approach that conveys convincingly the attributes and the appeal of services that flow over cable’s broadband networks.
  • The Vanguard Award for Young Leadership was created to recognize those individuals who have emerged early in their careers as innovators and leaders, demonstrating the potential to continue making significant contributions to the cable and telecommunications industries.

Questions?

To obtain further information about the 2010 Vanguard Awards, contact NCTA's Department of Industry Affairs at (202) 222-2430 or e-mail us at vanguardawards@ncta.com.