Outdoor Channel’s Randy Brown Receives Fourth Consecutive CableFAX 100 Award
OutdoorHub 12.06.12
Outdoor Channel, America’s Leader In Outdoor TV, today announced that Randy Brown, Executive Vice President, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, has been awarded his fourth consecutive CableFAX 100 Award. The award showcases the “who’s who” of the cable industry, setting the industry benchmark for excellence across all areas of cable. The honor was presented at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City on December 5th, 2012.
“To be recognized for excellence by CableFAX, a top industry publication, is truly an honor. This award reflects not only the strength of the Outdoor Channel brand, but also the importance of outdoor entertainment within the television space,” said Brown. “Once more, my team and I have achieved notable distribution milestones across the country and around the world.”
“At Outdoor Channel, we are proud to have such a key industry player committed to driving our subscriber growth, which has truly been reflected by Randy and his team’s hard work,” said Tom Hornish, President and CEO, Outdoor Channel. “On behalf of Outdoor Channel, we congratulate Randy on his continued excellence and fourth uninterrupted prestigious industry honor from CableFAX.”
Outdoor Channel continues to grow its distribution under Brown’s leadership domestically and internationally. In 2012, Outdoor Channel continued to build its subscriber base and in September alone, the network reached a significant achievement adding 1.1 million subscribers on cable systems such as Comcast and RCN in the northeast. Outdoor Channel now reaches 38.6 million U.S. households.
The network also made notable gains in international distribution this year, including launching deals in Sweden and Russia through Chello Zone and Indonesia and Taiwan through Multi-Channels Asia. Outdoor channel now reaches more than seven million international subscribers, in addition to more than 60 million part-time digital pay TV households in China.
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