Cable Show 2009, April 1 – 3, Washington D.C.
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Cable Show 2009: Ops Weather Tough EconomyMike Farrell, April 2, 2009Cable's multiple revenue streams have so far insulated it from the full-force of the economic downturn, and though growth has slowed a bit, but a panel of top operators said that the business remains healthy. More
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Cable Show 2009: CableLabs To Provide Tru2way Reference ImplementationBy Todd Spangler, April 2, 2009CableLabs plans to release a source-code reference implementation of its tru2way specifications for interactive TV, with the aim of accelerating development and deployment of devices and applications based on the technology. More
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Cable Show 2009: Starz Shows Off 'Enteract Now' AppBy Todd Spangler, April 2, 2009Starz Entertainment gave the first look at a simple interactive TV application that will link subscribers directly to the premium programmer's video-on-demand movies Thursday at the Cable Show '09, with an assist from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and CableLabs chief Dick Green. More
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Cable Show 2009: Iger To Cable: Show Me The Online ModelBy Mike Farrell, April 2, 2009
Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger told the cable industry in a roundabout way Thursday that it must find an online model that works sufficiently for both programmers and distributors, appearing to dismiss a subscription model proposal, "TV Everywhere," made earlier this year by Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes.
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Cable 2009: Analysts See Business Driving Future GrowthMike Farrell, April 2, 2009Cable valuations are unfair, business services are the new growth engine, wireless ventures are for the birds and satellite competition isn't growing as fast as you think. Those were just a few of the points brought up in a lively panel discussion at Cable Show '09 Wednesday. More
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Cable Show 2009: Cable Positive's Next CEO Sean StrubKent Gibbons, April 2, 2009
Sean Strub, the successor to Steve Villano as president and CEO of Cable Positive, said he wants to build on the organization's successes and raise its profile outside of cable.
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Cable Show 2009: Broadcom Stirs MoCATodd Spangler, April 2, 2009Broadcom announced that its home-networking reference design platform for set-top boxes and other devices that integrates Multimedia over Coax Alliance connectivity has received MoCA certification More
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Cable Show 2009: Cable: We Will Take More Ethnic ShareAlex Weprin (Broadcasting & Cable), April 2, 2009It's time for cable to take back the ethnic market. More
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Cable Show 2009: Cablevision's Wi-Fi Network Logs 1 Million VisitsTodd Spangler, April 2, 2009Cablevision Systems' high-speed Internet customers have accessed the Web more than 1 million times over its new Optimum Wi-Fi service, according to the New York-area operato More
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Cable Show 2009: Cox Taps Itaas For ITV SupportTodd Spangler, April 2, 2009Cox Communications has signed an agreement with Itaas, under which the interactive-services company will support ITV apps written for the MSO's cable systems nationwide. More
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Cable Show 2009: Acumen Launches 'Cable In The Cloud' With Salesforce.comTodd Spangler, April 2, 2009Consulting firm Acumen Solutions launched "Cable in the Cloud," a program for the cable industry that provides sales and service business support systems over the Inte More
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Cable Show 2009: Rockefeller Aide Concerned About Health Of Broadcast, NewspapersJohn Eggerton, April 1, 2009Add the head of the Senate Commerce Committee to those concerned about the health of newspapers and broadcast properties. More
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Cable Show 2009: Sending the Right MessageBy Marisa Guthrie (Broadcasting & Cable), April 1, 2009Cable advertising industry executives are grappling with a roiling of the advertiser supported model thanks to a flurry of technology including DVRs and IP video sites. But the same technology and elements that has upended the ad model, can also be harnessed to forge new business models that can ensure cable's viability in the multiplatform world. More
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Cable Show 2009: Technologists Outline Next-Generation ServicesBy Glen Dickson (Broadcasting & Cable), April 1, 2009Executives from several major technology vendors, along with a promising young academic, gathered Wednesday at the Cable Show session "Highly Individual: Content Protection & Delivery in the Digital Era" to describe their work in both monitoring the flow of illegal content across broadband pipes and in bringing new services to the cable television plant.
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Cable Show 2009: Time Warner Cable's Stern: 'TV Everywhere' Must Be Easy, ScalableBy Todd Spangler, April 1, 2009Time Warner Cable is working with two major programming partners on its "TV Everywhere" initiative to make sure the Internet-video service is easy to use and scalable, said Peter Stern, the operator's executive vice president and chief strategy officer. More
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Cable Show 2009: Networks Disagree About Online ImpactThomas Umstead, April 1, 2009Streaming long-form video on the web is still a marketing and promotional play for most cable networks, but other networks believe the practice will build bad habits among younger viewers and eventually take cable out of the original programming development game. More
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Cable 2009: Roberts: Online Video is "Friend, Not Foe"Mike Farrell, April 1, 2009
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said that cable programming online could be a boon for distributors who are smart enough to figure out how to monetize it.
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Cable Show 2009: Outdoor Channel Gains HD CarriageBy Glen Dickson (Broadcasting & Cable), April 1, 2009Outdoor Channel, the cable network specializing in hunting, fishing, shooting, off-road motorsports and other outdoor adventures, has gained carriage for its high-definition network with several major cable operators in the past month. More
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Cable Show 2009: Japan's J:Com Racks Up DOCSIS 3.0 SubsTodd Spangler, April 1, 2009Internet users in Japan are going ga-ga over DOCSIS 3.0, according to Liberty Global chief technology officer Balan Nair. More
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Cable Show 2009: SeaChange, Rentrak Track VOD AdsTodd Spangler, April 1, 2009SeaChange International and Rentrak said they will work together to let cable operators and programmers more easily track ads inserted into video-on-demand content. More
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