Cable TV Conventions

NCTA Seeks Nominees for 2013 Vanguard Awards

By: MCN Staff Feb 19 2013 - 6:33pm

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has issued its annual call for nominations for the Vanguard Awards, the cable industry’s highest honor. Now in their 48th year, the Vanguard Awards honor the cable industry’s foremost leaders in management, technology, programming, operations and marketing whose accomplishments merit the recognition of the entire industry. 

Cox's Woisard, ESPN's LaPlaca To Co-Chair Forum 2013

By: MCN Staff Feb 19 2013 - 5:42pm

Leigh Woisard, vice president of public affairs at Cox Communications, and Chris LaPlaca, senior vice president of corporate communications at ESPN Inc., will serve as co-chairs for the Association of Cable Communicators annual educational conference Forum 2013.

Blunt to Speak at ACA

Praised as Advocate for Rural Broadband Delpoyment
By: John Eggerton Feb 18 2013 - 12:59am
Praised as Advocate for Rural Broadband Delpoyment

Sen. Roy Blunt is the latest addition to the American Cable Association's Washington Summit, which will mark the group's 20th anniversary.

HRTS: Iger: TV's 'Golden Age' Great for Consumers, Not for Programmers

Disney CEO Believes It's More Important to Focus on Competing Than Who You're Competing With
By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 23 2013 - 9:16pm
Disney CEO Believes It's More Important to Focus on Competing Than Who You're Competing With

Robert Iger, chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Co., maintains that the influx of new competitors in today's television marketplace has created a new Golden Age for viewers.

TCA: 'Dexter' to Return Early in June to Launch 'Ray Donovan'

Showtime's Nevins Still Mum on 'Dexter' End Game; Weighs in on 'Homeland's Passionate Critics
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 12 2013 - 8:24pm
Showtime's Nevins Still Mum on 'Dexter' End Game; Weighs in on 'Homeland's Passionate Critics
 
Pasadena, Calif. -- Showtime's highest-rated series, Dexter, will return early for its eighth season on June 30, Showtime president of entertainment president David Nevins announced at the Television Critics Association press tour on Saturday.

Dexter, which had always aired in the fall, will give up its old timeslot to Homeland, now the network's second most-watched series in a bid to "harness the strength of these two shows to launch new series," Nevins said.

TCA: Showtime Orders ‘Penny Dreadful' Horror Series

Frankenstein, Dracula Drama is From ‘Skyfall' duo John Logan, Sam Mendes
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 12 2013 - 8:19pm
Frankenstein, Dracula Drama is From ‘Skyfall' duo John Logan, Sam Mendes
Pasadena, Calif. -- Showtime has given a series commitment to psychosexual horror series Penny Dreadful created, written and executive-produced by John Logan, the network announced at the Television Critics Association press tour Saturday.

Penny Dreadful brings characters from literature, including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray and figures from Dracula together as they grapple with their alienation in turn-of-the-century Victorian London.

CES: Genachowski Cites Need for Additional Spectrum

FCC Commissioner Also Announces Plan to Expand Wi-Fi Spectrum by 35%
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 10 2013 - 1:24am
FCC Commissioner Also Announces Plan to Expand Wi-Fi Spectrum by 35%
 

CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro dubbed Julius Genachowski the "spectrum chairman" in a wide ranging interview over commission policies that saw Genachowski defend spectrum auctions, announce plans to free up Wi-Fi spectrum, and say he had no plans to leave his current post.

TCA Winter 2013 : Landgraf on Violence Debate: Blame High-Capacity Guns, Not TV Content

FX President also Discusses Future of 'Sunny'; Network's Drama Brand
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 9 2013 - 3:47pm
FX President also Discusses Future of 'Sunny'; Network's Drama Brand

 

CES: Second-Screen Apps Central to Multiplatform Efforts

'We View Them as Part of Show,': Shine America's David Anderson
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 9 2013 - 3:44pm
'We View Them as Part of Show,': Shine America's David Anderson

Executives from a number of major programmers and studios stressed the growing importance of second-screen applications and experiences for their multiplatform strategies during various Digital Hollywood sessions at CES.

CES: Aereo CEO Details Expansion Plans

Kanojia Says Service Can Provide Ratings; Social media, TV Experiences in Possible Future Plans
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 9 2013 - 3:40pm
Kanojia Says Service Can Provide Ratings; Social media, TV Experiences in Possible Future Plans

With the completion of a $38 million round of Series B funding, announced Tuesday, Aereo has raised more than enough funding to complete the rollout of the service into 22 markets by the end of the first half of the year.
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