Cable hands out Vanguard Awards

Cablevision Systems Corp.'s Charles Dolan and Playboy Entertainment
Group's Christie Hefner will receive two of cable's highest awards at the
National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual trade show in New
Orleans next month.

Dolan and Hefner both are getting 'Vanguard Awards for
Distinguished Leadership.' The awards will be presented Tuesday, May 7, during an evening
reception.

Others winners include Edward Carroll,
executive vice president and general manager of Bravo and The Independent Film Channel,
and Ellen East, VP of communications and investor relations for Cox Communications
Inc. for 'Young Leadership.'

Herb Scannell, president of Nickelodeon and TV Land, will take home the
'Programmers' award.

William McGorry, senior group VPof Reed Group Television (and
overseer of Broadcasting & Cable), will win for 'Associates and
Affiliates.'

David Fellows, chief technology officer at AT&T Broadband, will receive
the 'Science and Technology' award.

John Rigsby, president of Time Warner Cable's central Florida division, will
be recognized for 'Cable Operations Management.'

Comcast Corp. VP Joe Waz is winning for 'Government and Community
Relations.'

Len Fogge, Showtime Networks Inc.'s executive VP of
creative and marketing, will receive the 'Vanguard Award for Marketing.'

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.