| 词条 | BendBroadband |
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| name = BendBroadband | logo = BendBroadband logo.png | caption = | type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | foundation = 1955 | founder = | location = Bend, Oregon | area_served = Central Oregon | key_people = | products = Cable television Broadband internet VoIP phone Television broadcasting | industry = Telecommunications Mass media | revenue = US$70 million (2013) | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | parent = Telephone and Data Systems | equity = | num_employees = 280 (May 2014) | subsid = Zolo Media KBNZ KOHD | homepage = {{URL|https://bendbroadband.com/}} }} BendBroadband is a cable television and internet provider in the U.S. state of Oregon. Based in Bend, it serves Central Oregon and also owns several television stations and a data center. As of September 2014, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a Fortune 500 company. HistoryThe company was founded as Bend TV Cable in 1955.[1] Don Ries and Fred Hartman worked to start the company that started with three channels and charged $3.69 per month.[2] Donald Tykeson bought the company in 1983.[3] In 1997, the company, then known as Bend Cable Communications Inc., started providing internet service.[1] It announced in 1998 it would expand its fiber optic network to Redmond and Sisters.[4] By 2004 the company had moved to the BendBroadband moniker, and that year introduced high-definition video-on-demand to its system utilizing technology from nCUBE.[5] In 2009, the company started a wireless network to provide internet and telephone service, which was upgraded to LTE in 2011.[6] BendBroadband opened a {{convert|30000|ft2|adj=on}} data center, the Vault, in 2011.[7][8] In February 2014, it sold off its LTE spectrum to AT&T.[6] The company sold itself to Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) for $261 million in May 2014.[9] At that time the company had $70 million in annual revenues and 280 employees with Amy Tykeson as CEO.[1] OperationsBendBroadband serves 36,000 cable customers, 22,000 landline customers, and 41,000 internet customers.[1] It also owns Zolo Media, which operates KBNZ, KOHD, and COTV11, plus an advertising division.[8][9] The company also owns a data center, the Vault,[8] which is now part of OneNeck IT Solutions, a TDS Company. References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|title=BendBroadband sold to TDS for $261 million|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/05/bendbroadband_sold_to_tds_for.html#incart_river_default|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=May 2, 2014}} 2. ^{{cite news|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|title=Why did Bend have cable TV in the 1950s?|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/05/why_did_bend_have_cable_tv_in.html#incart_river|accessdate=6 May 2014|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=May 4, 2014}} 3. ^{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Suzanne|title=OSU Bend campus gets $1M gift|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/09/26/osu-bend-campus-gets-1m-gift.html|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=September 26, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Bend Cable reaches out|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1998/11/30/daily10.html|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=December 4, 1998}} 5. ^{{cite news|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|title=NCube forging deals|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/02/16/daily32.html|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=February 18, 2004}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|title=Business briefing: BendBroadband sells spectrum|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/1822574-151/business-briefing#|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=The Bulletin|date=February 25, 2014|location=Bend, Ore.}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Christina|title=BendBroadband beats Facebook to coal-free green data center|url=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/06/bendbroad-beats-facebook-to-coal-free.html?page=all|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=Sustainable Business Oregon|date=June 24, 2011}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=About|url=https://bendbroadband.com/about.asp|publisher=BendBroadband|accessdate=3 May 2014}} 9. ^1 {{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Malia|title=BendBroadband sells to Chicago cable firm for $261M|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/05/bendbroadband-sells-to-chicago-cable-firm-for-261.html|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=May 2, 2014}} 5 : 1955 establishments in Oregon|Companies based in Bend, Oregon|Telecommunications companies established in 1955|Cable television companies of the United States|Internet service providers of the United States |
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