Cable Show 2010, May 11 - 13. Los Angeles

• Suddenlink's Kent, Discovery's Zaslav To Co-Chair 2011 Cable Show

  Mike Reynolds, September 30, 2010
  Suddenlink chairman and CEO Jerry Kent and David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications will serve as the co-chairs for next year's Cable Show in The Windy City.  More

• Cable Networks Stay Focused on Quality

  By Thomas Umstead, May 17, 2010
  Los Angeles — Despite competitive and technological challenges, cable programmers must continue to produce quality, original content to remain successful in a crowded marketplace, according to several network executives speaking on a panel at The Cable Show 2010 last week.  More

• Remote Possibilities

  By Todd Spangler, May 17, 2010
  Los Angeles — Comcast CEO Brian Roberts showed off a Web-based remote control, running on an Apple iPad, that would let subscribers search their channel lineup, change the channel on their cable set-top box or launch a VOD session.  More

• IP Gateways Are Gaining Steam

  By Todd Spangler, May 17, 2010
  Cable’s IP video pipe dreams are getting closer to reality.  More

• CTOs: Get Ready for IP Video

  By Todd Spangler, May 17, 2010
  Los Angeles — Cable probably will still be delivering video to MPEG-2 set-tops in 10 years, but in the meantime, MSOs will need to quench their customers’ thirst for IP video, according to a panel of cable chief technology officers.  More

• Cable Show L.A.: A Boffo Hit

  By MCN Staff, May 17, 2010
  The National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention’s return to Los Angeles last week was a box-office hit. (The last one there was in 1996; Vice President Al Gore gave a speech.)  More

• Comcast: On Demand ‘Staggeringly Successful’

  By Mike Farrell, May 17, 2010
  Los Angeles — Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts used the highly public setting of The Cable Show 2010 here last week to launch an aggressive expansion of its video-on-demand offerings, boosting the amount of available titles more than five-fold from about 2,000 to more than 11,000 beginning in two key markets.  More

• Cable Show 2010: Bodenheimer: Achieving Diversity Makes Companies Better

  Thomas Umstead, May 13, 2010
  Los Angeles--The ongoing argument for diversity as good business practice was echoed Thursday morning by Disney Media Networks co-chairman George Bodenheimer, who said a diverse workforce is imperative for media companies to remain competitive in a growing multi-ethic America.  More

• Cable Show 2010: Flannery Benefit Hit Jackpot

  Kent Gibbons, May 13, 2010
  Los Angeles - The casino night benefit for the young daughters of former Fox Cable executive Will Flannery was a huge success, tallying an expected net of $180,000, according to Mike Hopkins, president, affiliate sales & marketing at Fox Networks.  More

• Cable Show 2010: Comcast Wants To Bring 'Xfinity Remote' To DTAs

  By Todd Spangler, May 13, 2010
  Los Angeles - Comcast is showing off a Web-based remote control, running on an Apple iPad, that lets subscribers search their channel lineup and uses EBIF to send commands to their cable set-top box to change the channel or launch a VOD session.  More

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