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- Joseph J. Collins, founder of C-SPAN and former executive at HBO, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast, died at 81 in Weekapaug, Rhode Island.
- Collins helped transform cable into a high-speed data delivery system.
- Collins served as president of HBO from 1984 to 1988.
- Collins led Time Warner Cable from 1989 to 2001.
- Collins contributed to the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
