Malone gives nod to fiber. (Tele-Communications Inc. CEO John Malone; fiber optics in cable television)
Multichannel News, December, 1990 by Kim, Gary
Malone Gives Nod to Fiber ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If any operators attending the Western Cable Show had lingering doubts about the strategic value of optical fiber technology, those doubts were dispelled at the show. Tele-Communications Inc. CEO John Malone talked enthusiastically about what fiber -- which he said can now be installed for about $7,000 a mile -- has meant in strategic terms.
Where he once thought direct-broadcast satellites might rival terrestrial cable TV networks as a delivery mechanism, Malone has done an about face. In his opening remarks to the convention, Malone made clear his conviction that the terrestrial network, rebuilt with fiber optics in the normal course of system rebuilds, will provide a platform for delivery of new...
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