Archive for May, 2010

During The Cable Show, industry analyst Leslie Ellis held a discussion with Chief Technology Officers from various cable companies. The panel was called “Road Trip: Mapping Cable’s New-Tech Progression,” and it provided a useful view of forthcoming technology initiatives.

We are now in the midst of a shift of how we consume video. When I was a kid, it was three broadcast networks and a handful of local independents.

During The Cable Show last week, one of my favorite panels was a discussion that industry analyst Leslie Ellis had with Chief Technology Officers from cable companies.

During The Cable Show last week, Light Reading’s Jeff Baumgartner interviewed NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski had spoken earlier that day (coverage here) and so Jeff asked Kyle about proposed Title II regulation of broadband.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHeiolkfBC4] As part of this year’s  CableCares initiatives, Hunt.Fish.Feed volunteers prepared and served meals at the downtown Los Angeles’ Union Rescue Mission. This experience  brought to you by: Michelle Scheuremann, Sportsman Channel

This year’s Cable Show Convention Committee Co-Chairmen were Matthew Blank, Chairmen & CEO, Showtime Networks, Inc. and Glenn Britt, Chairman, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable.

Consumers are watching movies on their smartphones and checking voice mail on their television sets, all the while chatting with friends on their computers.  Can any of this be called “television” anymore?  During The Cable Show’s closing general session yesterday, industry heavyweights answered this question from a variety of perspectives.

A special thank you to everyone who attended, exhibited and tweeted about the Show! Our show would not have been a success without all of you.

In a late morning session on Wednesday, legal advisors for all five FCC Commissioners discussed the Commission’s regulatory plans.  Sherrese Smith, advisor to Chairman Genachowski, said the Chairman’s “Third Way” approach for grounding FCC authority in the wake of the recent Comcast decision represents a return to a bipartisan consensus about the agency’s proper role in overseeing the Internet.

Congratulations to this year’s NCTA Vanguard Award winners. Thank you for your contributions to the industry!

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski spoke to the cable industry this morning at The Cable Show, applauding the industry for the massive capital investment made in creating broadband networks across the nation.  During a conversation with NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow, Genachowski said “We wouldn’t be here talking about broadband, talking about adoption, if not for the pioneers of the cable industry.” But the discussion quickly turned to the elephant in the room: the concept of imposing some Title II (or common carrier-type) regulations on broadband providers as envisioned in Genachowski’s recently proposed Third Way approach to broadband regulation.  The FCC suggested the idea of a new model of regulating broadband service, the so-called Third Way, that it hopes addresses legal deficiencies in FCC policies as identified by a U.S.

The Cable Show’s annual CIO.IT program offers panel discussions and networking events that offer focused insight to IT professionals from every industry sector. This year, the track featured the first-ever CIO.IT | Competition, a competitive program of solution-based presentations scheduled for the CIO.IT program.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedJX7QGCmM] The Media Reception at the 2010 Cable Show, May 10, 2010, featuring an interview with Brian Santo, Editor of CED Magazine. This experience brought to you by: Stewart Schley, Industry Analyst.

If there’s one key recurring topic at The Cable Show this year, it’s that the disruptive power of technological innovation is accelerating, upending business models and spawning rapid-fire strategy changes for both cable operators and content producers.  The question of how to harness this power to keep pace with consumer expectations got a lively airing yesterday during an A-list General Session devoted to the topic of how to manage the wave of “media everywhere” while maintaining healthy business models.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sca7pbSq5M0] Stewart Schley, Industry Analyst, takes you on the tour of The Cable Show 2010 exhibit floor before it opened on Tuesday, May 11.