Archive for January, 2009

As we are into the Year of the Ox a bit, are there any topics you would like to see us blog on or any questions you have about The Cable Show that you would like to see us answer?

In an interview with Multichannel News’ Ted Hearn, NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow offers some thoughts on the past year in telecommunications public policy and offers some thoughts on the incoming Obama administration.

As Washington, D.C. prepares for the historic inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama next week, cable has stepped up with a host of events and coverage. Naturally, you’ll get wall-to-wall coverage from such news and public affairs stalwarts as C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN.

There is a news story in B&C today on a letter we just sent to the Obama transition team: DTV Transition Call Center Would be Ready by Feb.

While Michael Turk and I were poking around the floor at CES, the cable networks were presenting at the Winter Television Critics Association Tour. Our NCTA colleague Helen Dimsdale files this report.

One year ago today, we launched this blog from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  Today, Paul and I are back in Vegas for the show again.  We’ll be bringing you a look at the new tools and toys you’ll be connecting to cable’s broadband network in the future.

UPDATE: Thank you to whoever submitted a nomination form. We expect to announce the awardees in February. Make sure to consider the following when preparing your nomination form: The Awards Committee shall solicit nominations for and make final selection of all recipients for NCTA Vanguard Awards and determine when no award shall be given.

Here’s the second part of our closer look at some of the exhibitors at The Cable Show ’09. Innovative Systems Booth # 3749 Innovative Systems offers eLation, a fully integrated OSS solution that includes billing, financials and automated staking and mapping.

A lot has happened with The Cable Show Exhibit Floor since we first opened the exhibitor booth sales. Let’s take a closer, yet quick look at some of the companies that will be joining us on the exhibit floor.

Welcome back from the holidays and happy New Year’s! We are kicking off 2009 with some exciting announcements. First off:  the top leaders from the media industry will be speaking at our General Sessions.