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Washington, DC – Bright House Networks and Scripps Networks will be honored at the Walter Kaitz Foundation 25th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner scheduled for Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at the Hilton New York in New York City.
These two companies will be recognized with the Diversity Champion Award which annually goes to those individuals or organizations that act as catalysts for diversity within their respective organizations or throughout the cable industry. These organizations or individuals motivate the cable industry to embrace and value diversity, by serving as role models, inspiring and encouraging excellence, removing barriers that hinder progress, and empowering others with opportunities.
“For 25 years the Walter Kaitz Foundation dinner has brought together an entire industry to focus on the importance of diversity,” said David Porter, Executive Director of the Walter Kaitz Foundation. “The industry applauds Bright House Networks and Scripps for their dedication to diversity and their commitment to creating better places for women and people of color to work.”
Scripps Networks
Scripps Networks’ commitment to diversity begins with its president, John Lansing, who chairs Scripps’ Diversity Committee, an initiative that informs and guides the company’s long-standing focus on diversity and inclusion as a business imperative. In recent years, Scripps Networks has intensified its efforts around diversity – a core value of the company since its inception – with strategic teams centered on work force, community, content, audience and suppliers.
As a result, Scripps Networks has significantly increased the presence of multicultural experts on its networks and has initiated a supplier diversity program that includes participation in the programs of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), with clear measurements established throughout the company to drive new relationships with minority vendors.
Scripps is also dedicated to advancing diversity within its workforce. Thirty-eight percent of its executive team is currently made up of women or people of color. To help boost this percentage, Scripps launched the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP), an initiative designed to enhance leadership development of female employees where senior executives and outside speakers share their knowledge and experience with employees. Scripps has also cultivated alliances with local and national organizations that promote diversity, including sponsorships of the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, a professional leadership conference designed especially for executive women of color, and the upcoming National Urban League Conference.
About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the 7th largest multiple cable system operator (MSO) in the US with 2.4 million customers in several large cities including Tampa Bay and Orlando, Florida; Bakersfield, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; and Birmingham, Alabama; along with several other smaller regions in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Florida markets are adjacent and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters. Bright House Networks’ corporate offices are located in Syracuse, New York and Orlando, Florida.
Bright House Networks is committed to putting customers in control and making their lives easier with products including Digital Cable, High Speed Internet, and Home Phone. The company also provides an ever-expanding catalog of Video-on-Demand (VOD) programming, the immensely popular Digital Video Recorders (DVR), and high-definition (HD) programming.
Exceptional customer care is the cornerstone of Bright House Networks’ business, and a top priority across all operating units. Bright House Networks was ranked the “Highest in Residential Telephone Customer Satisfaction in the South Region” by J.D. Power and Associates in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. J.D. Power and Associates also ranked Bright House Networks the “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among High-Speed Internet Service Providers in the South Region” in 2008 and 2009.
In addition to their residential services, Bright House Networks Business Solutions (
www.brighthouse.com) provides products and services for small, medium, and enterprise businesses including Business Phone, Internet, Managed Security Services, Web Services, and Wireless Solutions.
Bright House Networks also owns and operates two 24-hour local news operations; Central Florida News 13 (
www.cfnews13.com) serving the Orlando area, and Bay News 9 (
www.baynews9.com) serving the Tampa Bay area. Recently, Bright House Sports Network (
www.bhsn.com) launched in Florida, providing local sports coverage across Tampa Bay and Orlando. Bright House Networks provides in-depth coverage of local sports including high school, college, and professional teams.
Public affairs, social responsibility, and community involvement continue to be major initiatives for Bright House Networks as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities Bright House Networks serves. This includes the
Star Teachers Award program, the
Bright Kids Network,
Operation Bright Eyes, and many more long-term commitments to education and other important issues in Bright House Networks communities.
For more information about Bright House Networks or our products and services, please visit (
www.brighthouse.com/business).
