{"id":3904,"date":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2011\/12\/08\/neil-smit-upped-to-ceo-at-comcast-cable\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","slug":"neil-smit-upped-to-ceo-at-comcast-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/neil-smit-upped-to-ceo-at-comcast-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Smit Upped to CEO at Comcast Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has named Neil Smit as the CEO of Comcast Cable Communications, reporting directly to <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/13317\">Brian Roberts<\/a>. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Smit, who joined Comcast in March 2010, also serves as the president of Comcast Cable and is responsible for all aspects of the company&rsquo;s cable business. He reports to Roberts, the chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation. Prior to joining Comcast, Smit was the CEO and director of Charter Communications from 2005-10, and was the president of Time Warner&rsquo;s America Online Access Business, overseeing America Online (AOL), CompuServe and Netscape ISPs. He also served at AOL as the executive VP of member services and COO of MapQuest. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neil has done a phenomenal job,&rdquo; Roberts said. &ldquo;He has driven innovation, improved the customer experience, increased the speed of the introduction of new products, and has expanded our company into new opportunities for profitable growth. I look forward to his continued leadership of our terrific cable team.&rdquo;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has named Neil Smit as the CEO of Comcast Cable Communications, reporting directly to Brian Roberts. 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