Glenn Britt, chairman and chief executive of Time Warner Cable and chairman of the NCTA board of directors, said yesterday that the group wanted someone with considerable experience on Capitol Hill and in the administration, someone with "proven executive experience" and someone whose personality meshed with the industry.
"Kyle has all those characteristics," Britt said. Although it would have been nice if he also had experience with cable issues, "Kyle has a demonstrative ability to learn a lot of things quickly."
Learning quickly about cable is especially key to the trade group this year. Industry folks are worried about increasing buzz on the Hill of interest in re-regulating cable television -- something the industry wants to avoid.
An NCTA spokesman said that McSlarrow, still at the Energy Department, was not available for comment. In a statement released by NCTA, McSlarrow spoke of the cable industry's "great benefit to consumers" and the jobs it provides.
He succeeds Robert Sachs.
Kyle McSlarrow may not have any experience in cabl
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