[VIDEO] We’re only eight weeks away from The Cable Show 2013! Have you registered? Have you made arrangements? Are you excited? Check out this video and prepare for the best Cable Show ever!

Yesterday, winners of the 2013 Vanguard Awards – the cable industry’s most prestigious honors — were announced.   Originated in 1965, the Vanguard Awards honor the “best of the best” in the cable industry and the previous winners are literally a “who’s who” of the entrepreneurs, pioneers, innovators and creative minds that made cable what it is today.

Traffic jams are caused when too many cars all try to go to the same place at the same time. The roads are overwhelmed, traffic comes to a standstill, and no one gets to their destination on time.

This week’s #broaddata comes from NCTA.com. It’s a beautiful visualization of the history of cable from the pioneers of the 1940s who brought TV to the far reaches of America all the way to today, with 93% of Americans having access to a broadband Internet connection.

It was November 1989, just 24 years ago, when the first public dial-up Internet Service Provider (ISP), The World, was introduced. The available speed was 0.1Kbps.

The cable industry has long recognized that quality broadband services are crucial drivers of economic development in communities large and small.  When cable delivers broadband to small communities, it’s what links them to the rest of the country and the world, creates jobs, improves educational opportunities, and delivers health care more efficiently.

The smell of the grass, the crack of the bat, and an almost unbelievable number of baseballs. Let’s kick off the 2013 season with this week’s #broaddata showing off some pretty staggering stats on how many balls we’ll see go smoking over the plate.

When you turn your cable box on, what you’re really doing is opening up a secure gateway for data. You’re allowing every cable channel, every feature film, and all on-demand programming into your home.

A new study by Motorola recently revealed some interesting trends about multi-screen and time-shifting technology and highlighted our voracious appetite for video on every device, platform and location available.  This is the kind of data that we love to sink our teeth into.

The Cable Show is more than splashy cable TV networks and the newest apps. Since nothing can make it to your TV and iPad screens without significant behind-the-scenes work by engineers, the show’s Spring Tech Forum is devoted entirely to cable science and technical issues.

We spend a lot of time talking about what a good value cable TV is and how fast broadband Internet has become, but in today’s #broaddata we’re sharing an entirely new reason to enjoy cable – it’s GREEN!

A few days ago, using my iPhone, I tried to FaceTime my sister while I was out for a walk. For those unfamiliar with this most modern of communications methods, this is where an Apple device user uses the camera to video chat with someone else while they use their Apple device.

Two weeks ago we re-launched the official NCTA website (www.ncta.com) with an all-new user interface and a fresh, consumer-friendly look. Many of you let us know how attractive the new site is and how simple it now is to access and share content.