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Charles Dolan Remembered: John Malone, Brian Roberts and More Pay Tribute to the Cable Trailblazer
John Malone, Brian Roberts and more pay tribute to visionary cable titan Charles Dolan: 'A better human being does not exist,' Malone tells Variety.
If Charles Dolan had never taken an interest in media, other business leaders and entrepreneurs would have found a way to harness the power of technology and the arts to lay the foundation for the pay television marketplace. And that led him to set up a deal with a clutch of high-end New York hotels to provide movies and informational content via closed circuit TV that was designed to reach tourists and convention-goers. Early on in its development stage, the channel that became Home Box Office was dubbed “the Green Channel.” Dolan is said to have envisioned it as being akin to a video Macy’s, or a TV department store with a little something for everyone.
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