US Cable
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The US Cable Group was a cable television provider that at its peak served over 240,000 subscribers in twelve states. It was among the top 35 cable providers in the nation and had cable systems in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.
History
US Cable was founded as M.A.I. Cablevision in 1976 in Watson, New York by stockbrokers Stephen E. Myers and Michael Anderson.[1] Through the 1970s and 1980s, US Cable acquired and built many cable systems. US Cable had a couple joint ventures with Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) during the 1980s. In 1992, Liberty Media (owned by TCI) acquired 50% of all of US Cable's cable properties. In 1997, TCI purchased all of the systems in Illinois, Indiana, and New Jersey.
While most of US Cable Group's systems were operated under US Cable of Coastal-Texas, L.P., one cable system in Northern New Jersey was operated under US Cable of
In June 2011, US Cable sold off its systems in Minnesota and Wisconsin with 33,000 subscribers to
References
- ^ Brown, Kathi Ann (2003). "Chapter 13: Stephen E. Myers, US Cable Group". Wired to Win: Entrepreneurs of the American cable industry. pp. 205–206.
Further reading
- Brown, Kathi Ann (2003). "Chapter 13: Stephen E. Myers, US Cable Group". Wired to Win: Entrepreneurs of the American cable industry.