Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Cable Leaders Headline The Cable Show 2010

Creative and Corporate Headliners Featured in Three General Sessions at The Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles

News provided by

The Cable Show 2010

Apr 20, 2010, 07:03 ET

WASHINGTON, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today unveiled a slate of top entertainment, technology, and cable executives to participate in General Sessions during The Cable Show 2010, NCTA's 59th Annual Convention and International Exposition on May 11-13, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center and adjacent Nokia Theater.

Each general session at The Cable Show has been designed to focus on different aspects of the nexus among cable, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley. The opening General Session will feature a welcome by Convention Co-Chairs Matthew Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks Inc., and Glenn Britt, Chairman, President and CEO, Time Warner Cable. A panel session will follow.

GENERAL SESSION I Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. (PDT) Nokia Theater
Storytelling 3.0: Audiences, Creators, Content & Connection

	Panelists:
	Glenn Britt, Chairman, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable Philippe Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom, Inc. Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc. Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, Warner Brothers David Zaslav, President & CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc.





	Moderator:
	Tyler Mathisen, Co-Anchor "Power Lunch" & VP, Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC

GENERAL SESSION II Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. (PDT) Nokia Theater

Media Everywhere: Implications of the Always-On Network

	Panelists:
	Marc Andreessen, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc. Leslie Moonves, President & CEO, CBS Corporation Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman & CEO, DreamWorks Studios





	Moderator:
	Michael Powell, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners, and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

GENERAL SESSION III Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. (PDT) Nokia Theater

Keynote Interview

	Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC, interviewed by Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA

Conversation 2.0: Community, Collaboration & the Future of Media

	Panelists:
	Ari Emanuel, Chief Executive Officer, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment & Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Movie Picture Group Tom Rogers, CEO and President, TiVo Thomas Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems Corporation Evan Williams, Founder & CEO, Twitter, Inc.





	Moderator:
	Matthew Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks Inc.

For further information on The Cable Show 2010, and to register for periodic updates, visit www.thecableshow.com. For more information about exhibit space at The Cable Show 2010, contact NCTA Convention Headquarters at (202) 463-7905 or e-mail [email protected].

NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation's largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access, serving more than 40 million customers, after investing more than $145 billion to build two-way digital networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 20 million American consumers.

SOURCE The Cable Show 2010