Articles from Mediacom Communications

Mediacom Communications today announced the company has begun launching multi-gig and symmetrical speed broadband services in the City of Cedar Rapids.

Mediacom Communications announced the launch of new online resources designed to help inform and connect residents in areas where the company is expanding its broadband services using grant dollars provided by federal, state, and local government partners. The new tools will help educate residents in these communities about the process of building a broadband network from start to finish as well as offer firsthand updates from Mediacom’s construction crews, tracking of construction progress throughout the life of the project, and a direct line of communication with the Mediacom government partnership team.

Mediacom Business, a division of Mediacom Communications Corporation, today announced a new partnership with the Springfield Public School District (SPS) to provide the fiber infrastructure that connects SPS’s wide-area-network (WAN). The WAN provides a secure private broadband network for relaying data and communications for staff and students across more than 60 facilities operated by the school district.

Mediacom Communications announced today that it has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2024 in a survey published by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. This survey included over 250,000 young professionals and more than 1.5 million company reviews.

Mediacom Communications today announced the following promotions for key members of its corporate management team:

Mediacom Communications today announced the promotion of Jack Griffin to Chief Financial Officer, effective October 15, 2024. Griffin succeeds Mark Stephan, who is retiring after 28 years of distinguished service to Mediacom.

Mediacom Communications is proud to announce that John Weinand has been named a Broadcasting+Cable and Multichannel News 40 Under 40 honoree.

Mediacom Communications today announced the launch of Mediacom Mobile, the company’s new mobile phone service. Offered in partnership with Verizon, Mediacom Mobile will provide consumers speed, scale, reliability, and wide-ranging availability at incredibly affordable rates.

Mediacom Communications today announced that the company is making significant speed enhancements to several of its most popular Xtream Internet services. Beginning May 17th, new and existing customers will be able to take advantage of the following speed increases:

Mediacom Communications is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2024 US Best Managed company. Now in its fifth year, the award, sponsored by Deloitte* Private and The Wall Street Journal, recognizes the achievements of private American companies and the successes of their management teams.

Mediacom Communications today announced the company has completed the transition of its West Des Moines network to the cable industry’s new 10G Platform. Consumers in West Des Moines can now enjoy the immediate benefits from this breakthrough technology including up to 2x-to-20x faster upload speeds, new symmetrical speed offerings, new multi-Gig download capabilities, increased energy efficiency, lower latency, faster troubleshooting, and greater network reliability.

Mediacom Communications announced completion of construction to bring ultra-high-speed broadband to underserved areas of southern Sussex County. More than 1,500 homes and businesses in the south-central section of the county now have access to broadband download speeds as fast as 2-gigabits-per-second.

Mediacom Communications announced the completion of a fiber-optic network expansion that delivers ultra-high-speed broadband services to the Swan Lake area of Hale Township, MN.

Mediacom Communications announced the completion of two fiber-optic network expansion projects that bring ultra-high-speed broadband services to homes and businesses in Rutland and Williams, IA, both rural north central Iowa communities near Fort Dodge.

Mediacom Communications today announced the completion of a fiber-optic network expansion that brings ultra-high-speed broadband services to homes and businesses in Truesdale, IA, a rural northwest Iowa community in the Storm Lake region.

Mediacom Communications today named Tapan Dandnaik as Senior Vice President of Operations, Product Strategy, and Consumer Experience. In his new role, Dandnaik will assume senior responsibility for managing Mediacom’s field operating teams and guiding the company’s strategic direction for future growth, product offerings, and end-user experiences.

Mediacom Communications today announced the promotion of Julien Dancona to Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. In this new role, Mr. Dancona will lead all aspects of the accounting and financial reporting functions of the company.

Mediacom Communications announced today that Executive Vice President of Programming and Human Resources, Italia Commisso Weinand, has been inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

Mediacom Communications today announced the company has begun transitioning Iowa’s leading gigabit network to the new 10G Platform. Consumers in West Des Moines will be among the first to enjoy the immediate benefits from this breakthrough technology including up to 2x-to-10x faster upload speeds, new symmetrical speed offerings, increased energy efficiency, lower latency, faster troubleshooting, and greater network reliability.

Mediacom Communications today announced the promotions of Jon Coscia to Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Jack Griffin to Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer.

Mediacom Communications announced today it has renewed its carriage agreement with Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA). The deal features renewed carriage of Paramount’s portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, news, and sports networks – including BET, CBS Sports Network, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Smithsonian Channel, and others – as well as rights to SHOWTIME® OTT. The agreement also includes retransmission consent rights to CBS broadcast stations owned and operated by Paramount.

Mediacom Communications announced today it has reached a carriage agreement with Paxton Media. The deal gives Mediacom retransmission consent rights to WPSD-TV, the Paxton Media owned local NBC affiliate in Paducah, KY/Marion-Harrisburg, IL/Cape Girardeau, MO.