Cable Analyst Exits Friedman Billings Ramsey

Alan Bezoza, senior VP, broadband and cable research, for financial analyst Friedman Billings Ramsey (FBR), said Monday he will be leaving the company.

Bezoza said he would take 4-5 months off to travel with his fiance, then shift gears, I have decided to make a change.  As the function and purpose of the sell-side continues to shift, I've decided that my skill set would best by served by another capacity."

Bezoza had been with FBR for two years. His last report dealt with the threat to cable from IP TV, which he good natruedly referred to as his "last will & testament" at FBR.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.