John Malone Session

Liberty Media Chairman John Malone: The Full D7 Session

Kara Swisher in D7 on June 18, 2009 at 9:58 pm PT

As many already know, John Malone has been a cable legend since he first ran Tele-Communications Inc. back in the early 1970s. His influence put most cable channels on the map and his forceful business skills willed cable into becoming a key consumer medium for entertainment and news. Malone talked about that experience onstage at the seventh D: All Thing Digital conference and how it mirrors what is going on now as more content is being distributed on the Internet. You should listen, because Malone is a genuine media pioneer who could teach Web players a thing or two.

D7 Video: Liberty Media’s John Malone

Beth Callaghan in D7 on May 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm PT

John Malone has been one of the original pioneers of television, ever since he ran TCI and the notion of 500 TV channels was revolutionary. He takes the stage at D7 to talk to Walt Mossberg about paid content and the future of television as it converges with the Internet.

Liberty Media’s John Malone: Video Will Be Everywhere, but Someone’s Got to Pay for It

Peter Kafka in D7 on May 27, 2009 at 11:48 am PT

Remember when the notion of 500 TV channels was a new idea, and a big one? John Malone does. He’s the one who floated it, way back in 1992, when he was running TCI, which at the time was the biggest and most powerful player in the cable business. Since then, Malone has moved in and out of several companies, often via dizzyingly complicated investment structures, but has always stayed connected to TV in some form. Which makes him a timely guest to have on the D: All Things Digital stage this year, when convergence–the true marriage of TV and the Internet–has become a reality and we move from 500 channels to an infinite number.