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The Steering Committee for the unprecedented Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that NCTA and CEA announced last December convened its second meeting in Denver last Friday to continue implementation of the significant commitments that will lead to annual energy savings of $1.5 billion for American consumers.

Broadband has become a critical resource for getting an education at almost any level, finding a job, starting a business and many other societally important activities.

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.

By Neal Goldberg, NCTA and Doug Johnson, CEA The unprecedented, voluntary Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that NCTA and CEA announced last December was just the first step in the multichannel video industry’s effort to implement significant commitments that will lead to annual savings of $1.5 billion for American consumers.

ESPN President John Skipper, CNN anchor John King and COX Business Vice President Phil Meeks were featured guests on C-SPAN’s The Communicators program. They discussed a variety of business and technology issues.

As Day Two spun up at The Cable Show 2011, NCTA’s new President and CEO Michael Powell sat down to chat with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

From left to right: Sam Howe (Time Warner Cable), Ruth Gaviria (Univision), Michele Edelman (Warner Brothers Digital Distribution), Joseph Rooney (Cox Communications, Inc.), Courteney Monore (Home Box Office, Inc.) and Moderator: Char Beales (CTAM).

As mentioned previously, in addition to the core CableCares activities, there were a variety of other efforts made by companies to help rebuild New Orleans. I was lucky enough to witness one.

It’s no big secret how critical technical issues are to the cable industry. Facing these issues at the cable operating companies are the Chief Technology Officers.