Archive for October, 2009

[ed. The submission process of the Name the Dalmatian contest is now closed.] Our unofficial Cable Show 2010 mascot needs a name!  Send us your suggestion via Twitter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to The Cable Show 2010 in Los Angeles, May 11-13, plus a free 3-night stay at Starwood’s sleek SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Cable Connection–Spring Technical Forum to Highlight Broadband Innovation During The Cable Show 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

The Name the Dalmatian Contest is going strong! We have been receiving many names on Twitter, Facebook and via e-mail. Thank you to everyone for submitting a name!

Even long-time veterans in the U.S. cable industry are often not familiar with the very vibrant international cable business.  It’s typical for some people to look to other countries for models of what might work in America, but it’s important to understand that the competitive landscape and regulatory infrastructure in those countries are dramatically different from our own.  Before you suggest we ought to do things like they’re done in Finland, it’s helpful to understand what’s going on in those markets.

Los Angeles to Host 2010 Event WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced today that The Cable Show 2010 will be held May 11-13, 2010, as part of “Cable Connection – Spring” in Los Angeles.  The 59th annual convention and international exposition, the cable industry’s premiere U.S.

Sean Fallon has a post up at Gizmodo titled “Life Without Cable or Satellite Is Easier Than You Think.” Fallon’s central argument is that all the shows you watch are available freely online, and you just need to connect a PC to your TV to get all the same content.

In the early days, cable television didn’t use set-top boxes, since only over-the-air broadcast channels were being carried. With the advent of cable programming, which was transmitted on midband frequencies, came the initial wave of basic converter boxes that were necessary to convert the cable feed to an analog RF signal so it could be displayed on a TV set.