Craig LeddyContributing Analyst at Heavy ReadingSpeaker
Profile
Craig Leddy is a leading authority, writer, market analyst and industry educator about cable, broadband, streaming and wireless.
Based outside New York City, Leddy founded Interactive TV Works, Inc. to promote understanding and deployment of advanced digital media. Leddy's unique role as an industry educator is exemplified through his creation of the Interactive Case Competition, How Cable Works courses and informative content for dozens of websites and publications.
Leddy is a 30-year cable veteran who produces and teaches the highly popular CTAM Advance Executive Education Series (formerly How Cable Goes to Market) run by CTAM (Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing). The courses range from Industry 101 to advanced courses on cloud and wireless technologies. Altogether, Leddy has provided expert industry education for more than 6,500 managers and employees.
Leddy produces and hosts the Interactive Case Competition, a leading MBA student case study competition in which teams from top business schools tackle an industry challenge such as closing the Digital Divide. Now in its 14th year, the competition has helped to advance career opportunities for more than 450 students, nearly half of whom work in media & tech fields today.
Leddy has a background in business journalism, including serving as editor of Cablevision magazine, a columnist for Multichannel News and contributing analyst for Light Reading & Heavy Reading and other publications. He frequently moderates conference panels. In 2020, he was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers organization.