Cable Show 2009, April 1 – 3, Washington D.C.
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ACA's Polka To Communicate On C-SPAN SaturdayMike Reynolds, April 3, 2009ACA president and CEO Matt Polka will discuss public policy issues critical to small and independent cable companies on C-SPAN's The Communicators April 4. More
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Cable Show 2009: SCTE Panelists Talk Internet TVTodd Spangler, April 3, 2009Executives from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications chewed over the technical issues of distributing cable programming over Internet networks on a panel Friday. More
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Cable Show 2009: Levity, Martin On Luncheon MenuJohn Eggerton, April 3, 2009Dodging recusals and restrictions on lobbying, a majority of the FCC and the acting head of the NTIA addressed an NCTA lunch crowd primarily in generalities, albeit entertaining ones. More
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Cable Show 2009: Javelin To Throw More Upstream Cable's WayTodd Spangler, April 3, 2009The team behind now-defunct spectrum-expansion company Vyyo is getting ready to relaunch with a new company name -- Javelin Innovations -- with a new strategy to license the technology to other manufacturers, rather than sell products directly to MSOs. More
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Cable Show 2009: Canoe To Launch Product In 4-6 WeeksMike Farrell, April 3, 2009
Despite complaints that the cable interactive advertising consortium is moving too slow, CEO David Verklin said that Canoe Ventures is gaining speed, gearing up to launch an addressable advertising product, dubbed community addressable advertising, in the next four-to-six weeks.
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Cable Show 2009: Cable Bullish on Wireless OpportunityBy Glen Dickson (Broadcasting & Cable), April 3, 2009Cable operators don't see offering wireless data and voice services as the fourth component in a new "quad-play," but instead as a logical access point for subscribers to enjoy their core data, video and voice services, according to executives speaking at Cable Show '09 Friday. More
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Cable Show 2009: NCTA Event Attendance Surpasses 12,000 MarkJohn Eggerton, April 3, 2009NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow told an NCTA lunch crowd Friday that the show had actually nudged ahead of last year's New Orleans attendance at a little over 12,000. More
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Cable Show 2009: Copps Wants FCC To Adopt Fifth Non-Discrimination Internet PrincipleJohn Eggerton, April 3, 2009Acting FCC chairman Michael Copps said Friday that he still wants the FCC to adopt a fifth, nondiscrimination principle to go with its other four on Internet openness, and to make it enforceable. But he also said that he thought the FCC should wait for the next chairman to make that happen. More
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Cable Show 2009: FCC Drops Opposition To Delaying Cross-Ownership Rule DecisionJohn Eggerton, April 3, 2009The FCC now says it is okay with delaying a decision on the court challenge of its decision to loosen the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership ban, but its acting chairman says that doesn't mean it is ready to loosen them even more in light of the economic crisis. More
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Cable Show 2009: Panel Questions Whether Advertising 'Sucks'Marisa Guthrie (Broadcasting & Cable), April 2, 2009The "Advertising 360" panel at Cable Show '09 could have been called "Advertising Sucks" or "Does Advertising Suck?" or perhaps "How to Make Advertising Not Suck." More
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Cable Show 2009: Murdoch: Market Troubles Could Last Three YearsMike Farrell, April 2, 2009News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch fielded questions about the global economy, social mores in the wake of the economic crisis and how much he's paying in taxes on his summer home in the Hamptons from Fox News anchor - and Murdoch employee - Neil Cavuto to kick off Thursday's late General Session at the Cable Show. More
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Cable Show 2009: Bewkes Touts Online Subscription ModelMike Farrell, April 2, 2009
Mere hours after his online subscription model was basically dismissed by Disney CEO Bob Iger, Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes took the high road in avoiding a public spat, opting instead to unveil HBO Go, a broadband complement to the premium network only for subscribers to the linear service.
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Cable Show 2009: Hill Staffers Tackle Satellite License FirstJohn Eggerton, April 2, 2009A lot of attention will be paid on the Hill to broadband, privacy and satellite issues and less will be spent on content issues, at least until the Supreme Court decides Fox's profanity appeal. Those were some signals from Capitol Hill this week as key congressional staffers briefed cable operators on their agendas. More
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Cable Show 2009: 100 Legislators Tour Broadband NationJohn Eggerton, April 2, 2009
NCTA president Kyle McSlarrow said that more than 100 legislators had already toured the industry's Broadband Nation exhibit at Cable Show '09 here by Thursday morning.
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Cable Show 2009: NFL Antitrust Exemption Draws Interest On HillJohn Eggerton, April 2, 2009The Sports Broadcasting Act, the 1961 antitrust exemption that allowed the NFL to continue to negotiate collectively for TV rights, could come under scrutiny in this Congress, though such a review is not yet teed up More
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Cable Show 2009: Boucher Praises Cable EffortsBy John Eggerton, April 2, 2009Touched on cable's commitment to broadband, interactive services and the digital-TV education campaign. More
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Cable Show 2009: Univision Takes 'Al Punto' To NCTALaura Martinez, April 2, 2009Univision Communications Inc., which this week reached retransmission-consent deals with Time Warner Cable and satellite provider Dish Network, capitalized on Cable Show '09 being held in the nation's capital to tape a segment of its weekly Al Punto program, right next to the Broadband Nation exhibit. More
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Cable Show 2009: MSNBC Executives Courting Younger ViewersMarisa Guthrie (Broadcasting & Cable), April 2, 2009MSNBC, after topping CNN in first-quarter ratings, continues to eye millennials. More
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Cable Show 2009: Hutchison Resists A La Carte And Net NeutralityBy John Eggerton, April 2, 2009But Senator also warns industry to avoid high profile disputes More
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Cable Show 2009: Midcontinent Hikes VOD CapacityBy Todd Spangler, April 2, 2009Midcontinent Communications, a cable television operator serving areas of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, is more than quadrupling its video-on-demand capacity and plans to increase the amount of HD VOD titles it offers using software and systems from SeaChange International. More
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