Leo Hindery
Leo Hindery
Leo Hindery, Jr. is an American businessman, author, political activist and philanthropist...
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He's one of the greatest visionaries many of us will ever know. Without CNN, the cable industry would never have matured and evolved as it did. The rest of us were putting in wires. Ted gave us something to watch.
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I apologize for the screw-up. We broke a lot of hearts in the process,
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If they lose even 90,000 subscribers, it'd be a breathtaking loss, ... When I was on that side of the industry, I never lost a customer willingly. These guys are different. I don't know when it hurts enough for these guys to change their minds.
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On every survey that's ever been done, ESPN is on that group of 10-to-15 channels that defines the cable industry, ... My guess is, if you told me I had to get my sports some place else, I'd buy a dish in a heartbeat.
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The platform has now been established. The networks will need to come in and morph,
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It's obscene to go against a guy who will spend $100 million. We're never going to match this mayor dollar for dollar.
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It's very much a transformation. Jerry had the tragedy of Jonathan's passing, and one of the biggest and most controversial transactions in the history of the media industry, which goes from being a great accolade to being just pilloried by one and all. That's hard to take at the end of your career.
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It's very much a transformation, ... Jerry had the tragedy of Jonathan's passing, and one of the biggest and most controversial transactions in the history of the media industry, which goes from being a great accolade to being just pilloried by one and all. That's hard to take at the end of your career.
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We deeply regret having to resort to litigation with Tyco, our vendor for a number of our early systems.
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would be one of the greatest displacements of high-quality (cable) programming -- one of the rudest things I can ever, ever imagine for consumers in this country.
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A time will come when this ... whole discussion is entirely academic, because our technology and our shelf-space capabilities will be rising at roughly the same rate, in my opinion, as high-definition television begins to arrive throughout our society,
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There will always be people who were so closely aligned to other candidates that they're exhausted. We're finding, in general, that the reaction has been very positive.
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I'd prayed this day would never come, but it is now obvious that Cablevision, which has a history of anti-competitive behavior, hopes to run YES out of business and restore and protect its own stranglehold over local sports,
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As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.