Live Web Streaming Expands Audience @ The Cable Show 2011

CHICAGO, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today announced a schedule of events that will be available for viewing via live Web streaming at The Cable Show 2011, NCTA's 60th Annual Convention and International Exposition.  The Cable Show takes place June 14-16, 2011, at McCormick Place in Chicago.  Live Web access for General Sessions and Exhibit Floor events at "The Park" will be made available at live.thecableshow.com.  The following General Session programs will be streamed live:

Tuesday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. (central)

Welcome by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Convention co-chairs:

• David Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Communications
• Jerry Kent, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Suddenlink Communications

State of the Industry Address:

• Michael Powell, President & Chief Executive Officer, NCTA

Panel – Disruption Central: A Roadmap for Reward in a Shifting Marketplace

Moderator: Liz Claman, Fox Business Network.

• Jeff Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner, Inc.
• Glenn Britt, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Cable
• Chase Carey, Deputy Chairman, President & COO, News Corporation 
• Philippe Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom, Inc.
• Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications
• Neil Smit, President, Comcast Cable Communications

Wednesday, June 15 at 9:15 a.m. (central)

Keynote Interview:

• Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will be interviewed by Michael Powell, NCTA President & CEO.

Panel – Value Proposition: Cable's Rising Role in the Modern Media Mix

Moderator: Maria Bartiromo, CNBC

• David Haslingden, President & COO, Fox Networks Group
• Ken Lowe, Chairman, President & CEO, Scripps Networks Interactive
• Robert Marcus, President & COO, Time Warner Cable
• Michael Willner, Vice Chairman & CEO, Insight Communications, Inc.

Panel – Hearts and Minds and Commercials: Election Outlook 2012

Moderator: Candy Crowley, CNN

• David Axelrod, Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama (2009-2011)
• Ed Gillespie, former counselor to President George W. Bush and former Chairman of the Republican National Committee

Panel – Reaching Out: Advertising Strategy for a Shifting Media Environment

Moderator: Maria Bartiromo, CNBC

• Bill Koenigsberg, President, CEO & Founder, Horizon Media
• Tim Spengler, President, North America Initiative
• Bill Tucker, CEO, MediaVest Worldwide

Thursday, June 16 at 9:00 a.m. (central)

Special Appearances:

• A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey.  Oprah will talk with Paula Zahn of Investigation Discovery.

• Dr. Jill Biden, the nation's "Second Lady," will speak about "Joining Forces," the White House initiative on America's commitment to supporting military families

• Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation, with a demonstration of the latest in cable technology.

Panel – Generation Next: Leveraging the Network for a New Era of Innovation

Moderator: Erin Burnett, CNN

• Sanjay Jha, Chairman & CEO, Motorola Mobility
• Thomas Rutledge, COO, Cablevision Systems Corporation
• Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation

Panel – Applications Accepted: Devices, Developers and the Transformation of Media

Moderator: Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA

• Tim Baxter, President, Consumer Business Division, Samsung Electronics America
• Sean Bratches, Executive VP, Sales & Marketing, ESPN, Inc.
• Eric Kessler, Co-President, Home Box Office, Inc.

The following Exhibit Floor events at "The Park," a new venue for demonstrating innovative new products and services and facilitating thought-provoking discussion will be streamed live.

Tuesday, June 14:

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Socially Acceptable: Community Engagement in a Socially-driven Interactive World

Session Host: Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman &CSO, The Carmel Group

Guests:

@Twitter Gives New Power to Voice of Customer

• Yuval Brisker, President & CEO, TOA Technologies

Harnessing Social Media for Political Campaigns

• Stephen Geer, VP for New Media, OMP
• Michael Turk, Partner, CRAFT | Media/Digital

Click to Text: Groupon Deal of the Day

• Ralph Nieves, VP Marketing & Business Development, icueTV

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Unplugged: The Mobile Extension of Cable's Value Proposition

Session Host: Stewart Schley, Senior Director, One Touch Industry Intelligence

Guests:

Cable WiFi: Broadband to Go

• Leo Cloutier, Sr. VP, Strategy and Business Development, Bright House Networks
• Kevin Curran, Sr. VP of Wireless Product Development, Cablevision
• Bernard Herscovich, President & CEO, BelAir Networks

Advancements in In-home Digital Cable

• John Trierweiler, EVP, Product Management, Cablevision Systems Corporation

XFINITY™ TV App

• Tom Blaxland, Sr. Director, Product Management, Comcast Interactive Media

Wednesday, June 15:

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Ideas in Action: Partnerships That Drive Broadband Adoption in America

Session Host: Leslie Ellis, Independent Technology Columnist, Ellis Edits, Inc.

Guests:

• Kelley Dunne, CEO, One-Economy; Marva Johnson, Corporate VP, Government & Industry Affairs, Bright House Networks; Lee Schroeder, Sr. VP Government & Public Affairs, Cablevision Systems Corp.; Bret Perkins, VP, External and Government Affairs, Comcast Corporation; Brent Wilkes, National Executive Director, LULAC; Ben Romo, Executive Director, Partners in Education
• Moderator: Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D., Vice President & Director, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

The Cisco Virtual Networking Index (VNI): June 2011 Update

• Murali Nemani, Sr. Director, Video Solutions, Service Provider Marketing, Cisco

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Consumer Voices: Digital Natives – Habits and Habitats of the Next Generation

Live Focus Group Series

Session Host: Karen Stump, VP, Strategic Research and Analytics, Scripps Networks Interactive

Guests:

• Consumers from the Metropolitan Chicago Area  

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Cable Bridge: You CAN Get There From Here

Session Host: Leslie Ellis, Independent Technology Columnist, Ellis Edits, Inc.

Guests:

Bridging to the Next Generation Platform with tru2way

• Bob Blackburn, Charter Communications
• Steve Reynolds, SVP, Premises Technology, Comcast
• Shiva Patibanda, General Manager, In-Home Products, SeaChange International

Getting to the New Cable Consumer Experience

• Ken Morse, CTO, Video Technology Group, Cisco Systems

LG SmartTV Solution for Pay TV

• Kurt Hoppe, Director of Smart TV Innovation and Alliances, LG Electronics

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

TV Everywhere – The Latest in Cable's Anytime, Anywhere App-focused Attitude

Session Host: Will Richmond, Editor/Publisher, VideoNuze

Guests:

HBO GO

• Allison Moore, SVP, Digital Platforms, HBO

A New Approach to Strong Multi-factor Authentication for TV Everywhere

• Paul Heirendt, President, CEO, TradeHarbor, Inc.

WatchESPN

• David Preschlack, EVP, Disney and ESPN Networks Affiliate U.S. Sales and Marketing, ESPN

Thursday, June 16:

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Consumer Voices: New Advertising Strategies & What Consumers will Find Helpful (or not)

Live Focus Group Series

Session Host: Karen Stump, VP, Strategic Research and Analytics, Scripps Networks Interactive

Guests:

• Consumers from the Metropolitan Chicago Area  

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Network Nirvana: Achieving Harmony in Cable's Connected Home  

Session Host: Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3 - Internet Television

Guests:

The Broadband Home of Tomorrow – Delivered Today

• Tom Williams, VP, Service Provider Marketing & Business Development, ARRIS

Smart Home Solutions: Cable-delivered  Home Automation, Security and Control

• Adam Mayer, VP, Smart Home Products & Solutions, Time Warner Cable

Motorola Televation™:  TV Beyond the TV

• Frank Pantuso, Sr. Product Manager - Converged Experiences, Motorola Mobility, Inc.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Problem Solvers: Innovating for the Greater Good

Session Host: Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman & CSO, The Carmel Group

Remote Co-Host: Leslie Ellis, Independent Technology Columnist, Ellis Edits, Inc.

Guests:

Classroom 2.0:  Cable Educates Digital Citizens

• Frank Gallagher, Executive Director, Cable in the Classroom

C-SPAN Innovates: Cable Informs Digital Citizens

• Rob Kennedy, President & co-COO, C-SPAN

So… How's that whole IPV6 Transition Thing Working out?

• Phil Roberts, Technology Program Manager, The Internet Society (ISOC)

Live From the IPV6 Pavilion:

• John Brzozowski, Chief Architect, IPV6 & Distinguished Engineer, Comcast Cable Communications
• Lee Howard, Director of Network Technology, Time Warner Cable

Additional, up-to-the-minute information for The Park, as well as The Cable Show 2011 is available at www.thecableshow.com.

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 43 million customers, after investing more than $170 billion to build two-way interactive networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 23 million American consumers.

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