Cable TV Conventions

Cable Show 2013: Broadband Pipe Can Fuel New Services

By: Mike Farrell | Jun 11 2013 - 5:13pm

Washington, D.C. – The broadband pipe won’t just be the conduit for Internet content in the future, with cable operators working diligently to provide

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Rural Media Group Hires Peter Clifford as Distribution SVP

By: MCN Staff | Jun 11 2013 - 4:53pm

Washington -- Rural Media Group said it has hired Peter Clifford as senior vice president of distribution. Clifford comes to RMG (parent of RFD-TV and FamilyNet) with

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Cable Show 2013: Nets Press Nielsen To End Need For 'Frankenmetrics'

By: Jon Lafayette (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jun 11 2013 - 3:07pm

With TV programming streaming on new devices not yet measured by Nielsen, media companies are turning to Frankenmetrics to tally and sell their viewers to

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Cable Show 2013: Panel Says Fans Can Be Best Marketers

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jun 11 2013 - 3:04pm

Washington - These days, the best marketing campaigns often don't come from a creative agency or in-house marketing team, but by ceding control to the fans,

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Cable Show 2013: Media CEOs Look Overseas for Continued Growth Opportunities

By: Mike Farrell | Jun 11 2013 - 3:01pm

In the international panel that capped Tuesday's Cable Show General Session, three top media CEOs made the case for overseas investment, saying growth outside the

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Cable Show 2013: Multicultural Nets to Distributors -- Make Room

By: Kent Gibbons | Jun 11 2013 - 2:45pm

Washington -- Attendees at a panel session on multicultural programming Tuesday had a chance to hear an independent programmer pitch a place on an independent cable

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Cable Show 2013: Clyburn -- Cable Does Incredible Job of Connecting Nation

By: John Eggerton | Jun 11 2013 - 12:44pm

Washington -- After the Cable Show crowd got a wake-up call Tuesday from the fifes, drums and bugles of the U.S. Army Old Guard Army Fife and Drum Corps, acting

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Cable Show 2013: Where to 'Meet the Press' in Washington

By: Gary Arlen | Jun 11 2013 - 10:43am

Washington -- Journalism junkies and media mavens coming to the nation's capital for The Cable Show have plenty of opportunities to see where the news is —

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Cable Show 2013 Schedule

By: MCN Staff | Jun 11 2013 - 10:09am

  The Cable Show 2013 • Schedule of Events Tuesday, June 11, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C.  

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Cable Show 2013: Analysts Say Malone, Price Power Drive Optimism

By: Mike Farrell | Jun 11 2013 - 9:17am

Washington, D.C. – John Malone and broadband pricing power are some of the biggest positives in the cable industry today, while rising programming costs and

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