Archive for April, 2009

One of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. Remember when the character Vizzini, played by Wallace Shawn, notes the two classic blunders — one of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia and the other, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line?

So, my friends at Free Press recently announced a petition to gather signatures to call on Congress to “investigate” plans by Time Warner Cable to conduct trials in four U.S.

As a wrap-up, here is some of the coverage of the Show. Cable TV May Move Online, an Online HBO Economics of a New Advertising EraInteractive TV with EBIF Understanding the New Field of Television Dispatches from The Cable Show: Online is Our Friend @ Cable Show: Comcast’s Roberts: Online Video ’ Friend, Not Foe’—And Revenue Cable industry stays optimistic in spite of economy tru2way at The Cable Show Cable and Wireless Cable creating the Broadband Nation Cable Show Highlights (Well, maybe not exactly) In addition, photos of Broadband Nation were provided by CNET and at Comcast Voices.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow dropped by NBC Universal’s booth at The Cable Show last Thursday (she also participated in Cable Positive’s POP Awards), so it seemed like a good opportunity to drop by and ask her one question.

C-SPAN will soon air several of the key sessions from The Cable Show that just wrapped up in Washington, D.C. In addition, interviews with several industry leaders were conducted for The Communicators program, a weekly series featuring half-hour interviews with the people who shape our digital future.

The Opening General Session has begun and it was kicked off by a keynote from Kyle McSlarrow, NCTA’s President & CEO. He reviewed the progress that cable has made over the last decade and outlined how we’re moving forward.

Here is the second half of the video tour of Broadband Nation. Part One can be seen here. I visited the exhibit again yesterday afternoon and it was remarkable how much progress had been made just in the previous 24 hours.

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One of the biggest highlights of The Cable Show ’09 will definitely be Broadband Nation, a 20,000-square-foot exhibit that we describe as “a Main Street America-themed technology showcase highlighting the advanced services and consumer benefits associated with cable’s broadband telecommunications platform.” I visited the exhibit on Monday, after the crew had spent an exhausting weekend of construction.