DishNetwork's (NASDAQ: DISH) Charlie Ergen and Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Brian Roberts may be the household names in the pay-TV industry, but it's the up-and-coming executives in these companies who are helping to drive key initiatives. These innovators include Roger Lynch, who is heading up Dish Network's Sling TV unit, and Charter Communications' (NASDAQ: CHTR) Rich DeGeronimo, who helped the cable MSO develop its cloud-based user-interface platform.
FierceCable is joining its sibling publications FierceWireless and FierceTelecom in making it a yearly tradition to look at the next rising stars. Read the full report here.