New York, NY, Oct. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor for Light Reading, was honored as a 2018 Cable TV Pioneer on Monday at the 52nd Annual Cable TV Pioneers Banquet in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2018 comprises cable leaders throughout the industry, including programmers, marketers, researchers, engineers and operators. The Class of 2018 is being recognized for their know-how, tenacity and innovative leadership and community involvement that continues to grow the cable industry.
"We are honored that Jeff is being distinguished for his impeccable coverage and research in the cable industry," said Phil Harvey, US News Editor for Light Reading. "Jeff's contributions to Light Reading and the cable industry as a whole have been invaluable."
The Cable TV Pioneers have been honoring the achievements of cable community leaders since 1966. The original fledgling group of 21 entrepreneurs has grown to more than 700 men and women over the past 50 years.
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Light Reading is an independent B2B digital media platform providing daily news analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. Our broad readership and solid reputation make us the leading resource for telecom, mobile and cable network operators, cloud services players and all the companies that develop and supply them with technology, applications and professional services. Light Reading has over 500,000 qualified registered users, our websites attract over 1.3 million monthly page views and our newsletters are sent out to 220,000 opt-in subscribers. Our brand is also active across all social media channels, with over 100,000 members and followers. The Light Reading Group incorporates a dedicated research division, Heavy Reading; more than 15 successful annual industry events, including its flagship Big Communications Event; several targeted online communities, including Security Now, Connecting Africa and Broadband World News, that dig even deeper into key areas of the global communications industry; and its sister industry news site Telecoms.com.