ACA Re-Elects Friedman, Bruder

The
American Cable Association has re-elected Steve Friedman as chairman and James
Bruder as vice chairman.

Friedman
is COO of Wave Broadband and Bruder is CEO of Harron Communications.

Also
elected to three-year terms were Colleen Abdoulah, chairwoman/CEO of WOW!
Internet, cable and phone; Patricia Jo Boyers, president of Boycom; Martin
Brophy, president and CEO, Shen-Heights TV; and Robert Gessner, president of
Massillon Cable TV.

The
elections were held during ACA's annual membership meeting at the Independent
Show in Baltimore.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.