Hauser Oral History Collection
First-hand video/audio histories from the innovators and entrepreneurs who built the connectivity industry and inspire its future. This is the only source for hundreds of remarkable stories from cable operators, programmers, engineers, financiers, and content creators.
Oral Histories: Voices Who Inspire
First-hand video/audio histories from the innovators and entrepreneurs who built the connectivity industry and inspire its future. This is the only source for hundreds of remarkable stories from cable operators, programmers, engineers, financiers, and content creators.
Since The Cable Center began, we have gathered the stories of the visionaries and leaders whose work points the way to what’s next in the connectivity industry. Personal anecdotes and observations add valuable color and context that aren’t often available in third-party accounts.
More than 360 video and audio histories connect the industry’s past to its present and future. New stories are added every year to the only repository of first-hand stories from the industry’s creators.
Among the giants whose stories are captured:
Ways to Listen
Access to our oral history collection expands as technology changes. Listen to podcasts. Or learn about the creation of the cable modem and how it changed society.
Project Creator: Gus Hauser
The Cable Center’s Hauser Oral History project was made possible by a $1 million gift from Gustave M. Hauser, a long-time cable executive who was the President of Warner Cable during its first 10 years, after which he formed Hauser Communications. His myriad philanthropic endeavors included a passion for preserving the stories of the industry’s birth and evolution.