Cable Show 2007
News from the Cable Show
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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 -
McSlarrow Fires Back at FCC's Martin
By Ted Hearn, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Responding to cable-hostile regulatory stances of FCC chairman Kevin Martin, NCTA president Kyle McSlarrow said Tuesday that government intervention in the video-programming market -- including a la carte mandates Martin wants -- was unnecessary because the pay TV market is a hotly competitive business. More -
Comcast’s Roberts: ‘Wideband’ to Trump Telcos
By Todd Spangler & Mike Farrell, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Comcast CEO Brian Roberts gave a hands-on demonstration of the next generation of ultra-fast, “wideband” cable modems at The Cable Show ’07 here. More -
Big Media: We’re Not Going Anywhere
By Mike Farrell, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Cable operators and programmers are embracing new technologies to bolster their product offerings, but top executives from four of the largest industry players -- Time Warner, Comcast, News Corp. and Viacom -- said at The Cable Show ’07 general session here Tuesday that any notion that media giants will be usurped by their Internet counterparts is wrong. More -
Comcast to Sell Its Own Cordless Phones
By Todd Spangler, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- In a move that recalls the days of Ma Bell, Comcast plans to begin selling cordless-phone handsets by early next year that provide on-screen access to e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, address books and Internet-based phone directories. More -
Cheng: Inability to Skip Ads Won’t Anger Cox Subs
By Linda Moss, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Consumers won’t be frustrated by their inability to fast-forward through ads as part of #160;VOD trial Cox Communications struck with Disney, a key Disney executive predicted Tuesday. More -
CAB Survey: Alternative Devices Good for Traditional TV
By Stuart Schley, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- iPods are everywhere, cell phones are gleaming with video and YouTube is collecting 71,000 fresh video uploads every day. Is this a threat to cable television and the advertisers that support it? Not so, said the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau. More -
Laybourne Hosts Female Cable Execs
By Linda Moss, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- In what has become a Cable Show tradition, Oxygen held its sixth-annual luncheon for female executives at The Mix at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay here Tuesday. More -
Bans on Ad-Skipping Part of New VOD Approaches
By Stuart Schley, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Thanks to a new arrangement between Cox Communications and ESPN, Cox customers will soon be able to watch football games and other shows supplied by ESPN whenever they want. The catch: They won’t be able to fast-forward through the commercials. More -
TVGuardian to Filter Foul Language
By Christian Lewis, May 8, 2007Foul-language-filtering company TVGuardian is debuting new filtration technology this week in Las Vegas at The Cable Show ‘07. More -
Motorola, SA Roll Out OCAP Programs
By Todd Spangler, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- The two major cable set-top manufacturers have thrown new weight behind CableLabs' OCAP technology: Motorola expects to introduce the OCAP Simulator and Software Development Kit in the third quarter of 2007, while Scientific Atlanta announced an expanded relationship with itaas. More -
Martin Defends Record at Vegas Cable Confab
By Ted Hearn, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- FCC chairman Kevin Martin marked the opening of The Cable Show '07 here Monday by asserting that his conflicts with the cable industry were the result of a principled regulatory philosophy that championed the entry and survival of competitors over the turf-protecting impulses of incumbents with market power. More -
HBO's Albrecht Spent 12 Hours in Jail
By Linda Haugsted, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht spent about 12 hours in jail following his alleged assault of a woman identified as his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand Hotel here about 3 a.m. Sunday. More -
Cable Chiefs: We’re Hurting Telcos More Than They’re Hurting Us
By Mike Farrell, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- A trio of top cable executives kicked off The Cable Show '07 general session here Monday, assuring the audience gathered at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center that cable companies will continue to fight off competitive threats with new and better products. More -
Programmers: Make OCAP Happen
By Todd Spangler, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- Three top TV-programming executives said cable operators have been slow off the mark in deploying a standardized platform for interactive television, making it impossible to launch applications on any sort of scale. The hope is that the industry is now serious about adopting CableLabs’ OCAP, which would provide a common middleware for programmers and advertisers to develop for. More -
Network Execs Debate Impact of Technology
By Linda Moss, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- New-media technology and products -- from the Internet to cell phones to mobile devices -- can ultimately support and enhance the traditional TV business, several top programming executives at cable companies and content conglomerates said Monday. More -
CNN, Fox Reality, HSN Sign On to ICTV's Web Play
By Todd Spangler, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- CNN, Fox Reality Channel and HSN agreed to produce interactive channels with service provider ICTV, which is pitching its system to both cable operators and programmers as a way of offering Internet content on TV sets. More -
Vegas Blast Leaves One Dead at Luxor
By Linda Haugsted, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- One hotel employee was killed Monday morning when an explosive device left on a car atop the parking structure of the Luxor Resort Hotel & Casino here exploded when the victim picked it up off a car. More
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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 -
McSlarrow Fires Back at FCC's Martin
By Ted Hearn, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Responding to cable-hostile regulatory stances of FCC chairman Kevin Martin, NCTA president Kyle McSlarrow said Tuesday that government intervention in the video-programming market -- including a la carte mandates Martin wants -- was unnecessary because the pay TV market is a hotly competitive business. More -
Comcast’s Roberts: ‘Wideband’ to Trump Telcos
By Todd Spangler & Mike Farrell, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Comcast CEO Brian Roberts gave a hands-on demonstration of the next generation of ultra-fast, “wideband” cable modems at The Cable Show ’07 here. More -
Big Media: We’re Not Going Anywhere
By Mike Farrell, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Cable operators and programmers are embracing new technologies to bolster their product offerings, but top executives from four of the largest industry players -- Time Warner, Comcast, News Corp. and Viacom -- said at The Cable Show ’07 general session here Tuesday that any notion that media giants will be usurped by their Internet counterparts is wrong. More -
Comcast to Sell Its Own Cordless Phones
By Todd Spangler, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- In a move that recalls the days of Ma Bell, Comcast plans to begin selling cordless-phone handsets by early next year that provide on-screen access to e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, address books and Internet-based phone directories. More -
Cheng: Inability to Skip Ads Won’t Anger Cox Subs
By Linda Moss, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Consumers won’t be frustrated by their inability to fast-forward through ads as part of #160;VOD trial Cox Communications struck with Disney, a key Disney executive predicted Tuesday. More -
CAB Survey: Alternative Devices Good for Traditional TV
By Stuart Schley, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- iPods are everywhere, cell phones are gleaming with video and YouTube is collecting 71,000 fresh video uploads every day. Is this a threat to cable television and the advertisers that support it? Not so, said the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau. More -
Laybourne Hosts Female Cable Execs
By Linda Moss, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- In what has become a Cable Show tradition, Oxygen held its sixth-annual luncheon for female executives at The Mix at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay here Tuesday. More -
Bans on Ad-Skipping Part of New VOD Approaches
By Stuart Schley, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- Thanks to a new arrangement between Cox Communications and ESPN, Cox customers will soon be able to watch football games and other shows supplied by ESPN whenever they want. The catch: They won’t be able to fast-forward through the commercials. More -
TVGuardian to Filter Foul Language
By Christian Lewis, May 8, 2007Foul-language-filtering company TVGuardian is debuting new filtration technology this week in Las Vegas at The Cable Show ‘07. More -
Motorola, SA Roll Out OCAP Programs
By Todd Spangler, May 8, 2007Las Vegas -- The two major cable set-top manufacturers have thrown new weight behind CableLabs' OCAP technology: Motorola expects to introduce the OCAP Simulator and Software Development Kit in the third quarter of 2007, while Scientific Atlanta announced an expanded relationship with itaas. More -
Martin Defends Record at Vegas Cable Confab
By Ted Hearn, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- FCC chairman Kevin Martin marked the opening of The Cable Show '07 here Monday by asserting that his conflicts with the cable industry were the result of a principled regulatory philosophy that championed the entry and survival of competitors over the turf-protecting impulses of incumbents with market power. More -
HBO's Albrecht Spent 12 Hours in Jail
By Linda Haugsted, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht spent about 12 hours in jail following his alleged assault of a woman identified as his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand Hotel here about 3 a.m. Sunday. More -
Cable Chiefs: We’re Hurting Telcos More Than They’re Hurting Us
By Mike Farrell, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- A trio of top cable executives kicked off The Cable Show '07 general session here Monday, assuring the audience gathered at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center that cable companies will continue to fight off competitive threats with new and better products. More -
Programmers: Make OCAP Happen
By Todd Spangler, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- Three top TV-programming executives said cable operators have been slow off the mark in deploying a standardized platform for interactive television, making it impossible to launch applications on any sort of scale. The hope is that the industry is now serious about adopting CableLabs’ OCAP, which would provide a common middleware for programmers and advertisers to develop for. More -
Network Execs Debate Impact of Technology
By Linda Moss, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- New-media technology and products -- from the Internet to cell phones to mobile devices -- can ultimately support and enhance the traditional TV business, several top programming executives at cable companies and content conglomerates said Monday. More -
CNN, Fox Reality, HSN Sign On to ICTV's Web Play
By Todd Spangler, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- CNN, Fox Reality Channel and HSN agreed to produce interactive channels with service provider ICTV, which is pitching its system to both cable operators and programmers as a way of offering Internet content on TV sets. More -
Vegas Blast Leaves One Dead at Luxor
By Linda Haugsted, May 7, 2007Las Vegas -- One hotel employee was killed Monday morning when an explosive device left on a car atop the parking structure of the Luxor Resort Hotel & Casino here exploded when the victim picked it up off a car. More