Cable Show 2007
News from the Cable Show
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Justice Investigating Verizon, AT&T Complaints Against Cable Ops
John Eggerton, July 27, 2009The Justice Department is investigating complaints by Verizon and AT&T that some top cable operators have been preventing them from buying sports and other programming in which the operators have a financial interest. More -
No ‘National Show Bump’ for Cable-Operator Stocks
By Mike Farrell, May 11, 2007Cable-operator stocks were down for the most part in the days during The Cable Show ’07 in Las Vegas earlier this week, with just two experiencing a rise in their share prices. Alas, there was no “National Show Bump,” or the rise in cable stock prices that frequently happens as operators ride the wave of optimism that usually surrounds the national cable convention. More -
Two Held in Bombing at Luxor in Vegas
By Multichannel News Staff, May 11, 2007Two people were being held in connection with Monday morning’s deadly bombing at the Luxor Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More -
NGC OKs Eight Shows
By Multi Channel News Staff, May 11, 2007Las Vegas -- Dwarfism, gigantism and animal intelligence are among the subjects explored as part of National Geographic Channel’s slate of eight original shows, spanning specials and limited series, the network announced at The Cable Show ’07 here earlier this week. More -
Cox’s Esser: Cable Industry Set to ‘Explode’ Again
By Steve Donohue, May 10, 2007Las Vegas -- With new products such as wideband cable modems and VOD, the cable industry will undergo the type of metamorphosis that it has seen since the late 1970s, Cox Communications president Patrick Esser said Wednesday. More -
Cable Convention Attendance Dips
By Steve Donohue, May 10, 2007About 15,000 people attended The Cable Show '07 convention in Las Vegas this week, according to projections from the NCTA. More -
DOCSIS Upgrade: Only ‘a Couple Billion Dollars’
By Todd Spangler, May 9, 2007Las Vegas -- Cable operators could roll out next-generation high-speed cable-modem technology across the entire United States for “a couple billion dollars” in just a few years, Comcast senior vice president of new-media development Steve Craddock said on a panel discussion here at The Cable Show '07. More -
Panelists Discuss Challenges of Multiplatform Advertising
By Linda Haugsted, May 9, 2007Las Vegas -- “Change or die” might have been the alternate panel title for the Wednesday general session of The Cable Show ’07 here, where cable executives and the global media guru behind Budweiser discussed their attempts to follow consumers as they migrate to new media. More -
Cable Advertising Hopes to Get Politically Correct
By Stuart Schley, May 9, 2007Las Vegas -- Cable’s pursuit of billions of dollars in 2008 political-campaign advertising may be stymied by what one national-campaign strategist called a “massive lack of flexibility” in the way operators handle the placement and airing of spots. More -
HBO’s Albrecht Takes Leave of Absence
By Linda Haugsted, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht took a leave of absence, beginning Tuesday, in order to seek counseling from Alcoholics Anonymous, the executive said in a memo to co-workers. Time Warner chairman and CEO Richard Parsons issued a statement that the company granted Albrecht's request for a leave "pending resolution of the police incident" that occurred here Sunday. More
News from CAB Conference
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Justice Investigating Verizon, AT&T Complaints Against Cable Ops
John Eggerton, July 27, 2009The Justice Department is investigating complaints by Verizon and AT&T that some top cable operators have been preventing them from buying sports and other programming in which the operators have a financial interest. More -
No ‘National Show Bump’ for Cable-Operator Stocks
By Mike Farrell, May 11, 2007Cable-operator stocks were down for the most part in the days during The Cable Show ’07 in Las Vegas earlier this week, with just two experiencing a rise in their share prices. Alas, there was no “National Show Bump,” or the rise in cable stock prices that frequently happens as operators ride the wave of optimism that usually surrounds the national cable convention. More -
Two Held in Bombing at Luxor in Vegas
By Multichannel News Staff, May 11, 2007Two people were being held in connection with Monday morning’s deadly bombing at the Luxor Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More -
NGC OKs Eight Shows
By Multi Channel News Staff, May 11, 2007Las Vegas -- Dwarfism, gigantism and animal intelligence are among the subjects explored as part of National Geographic Channel’s slate of eight original shows, spanning specials and limited series, the network announced at The Cable Show ’07 here earlier this week. More -
Cox’s Esser: Cable Industry Set to ‘Explode’ Again
By Steve Donohue, May 10, 2007Las Vegas -- With new products such as wideband cable modems and VOD, the cable industry will undergo the type of metamorphosis that it has seen since the late 1970s, Cox Communications president Patrick Esser said Wednesday. More -
Cable Convention Attendance Dips
By Steve Donohue, May 10, 2007About 15,000 people attended The Cable Show '07 convention in Las Vegas this week, according to projections from the NCTA. More -
DOCSIS Upgrade: Only ‘a Couple Billion Dollars’
By Todd Spangler, May 9, 2007Las Vegas -- Cable operators could roll out next-generation high-speed cable-modem technology across the entire United States for “a couple billion dollars” in just a few years, Comcast senior vice president of new-media development Steve Craddock said on a panel discussion here at The Cable Show '07. More -
Panelists Discuss Challenges of Multiplatform Advertising
By Linda Haugsted, May 9, 2007Las Vegas -- “Change or die” might have been the alternate panel title for the Wednesday general session of The Cable Show ’07 here, where cable executives and the global media guru behind Budweiser discussed their attempts to follow consumers as they migrate to new media. More -
Cable Advertising Hopes to Get Politically Correct
By Stuart Schley, May 9, 2007Las Vegas -- Cable’s pursuit of billions of dollars in 2008 political-campaign advertising may be stymied by what one national-campaign strategist called a “massive lack of flexibility” in the way operators handle the placement and airing of spots. More -
HBO’s Albrecht Takes Leave of Absence
By Linda Haugsted, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht took a leave of absence, beginning Tuesday, in order to seek counseling from Alcoholics Anonymous, the executive said in a memo to co-workers. Time Warner chairman and CEO Richard Parsons issued a statement that the company granted Albrecht's request for a leave "pending resolution of the police incident" that occurred here Sunday. More