Even with the economy in recession, even with television distribution models in upheaval, even with the advertising business suffering, business was surprisingly good at the Cable Show ’09. Beating predictions of a serious attendance drop, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s annual...
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The cable industry’s push to add value to its advertising by making it addressable may go public in as little as six weeks. Canoe Ventures, owned by the big cable operators, will allow marketers to buy a national ad and send different messages to different demographic groups simultaneously. Canoe President...
Executives at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show ’09 last week were relatively upbeat about their prospects. “We’re an industry that is still growing customers,” said Pat Esser, CEO of Cox Communications. Consumers see their broadband connection and their cable TV connection...
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Like most conventions this year, Cable Show ’09, which kicks off Wednesday in Washington, is bracing for a big drop in attendance. The event’s host, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, expects about a 20% slide from last year’s tally of 12,000 attendees. But those cable networks...
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A strong visionary with remarkable finesse—that consensus pretty well sums up TelevisionWeek ’s 2009 Cable Executive of the Year, National Cable & Telecommunications Association President-CEO Kyle McSlarrow. While the adjectives “smart” and “decent” frequently are applied to Mr. McSlarrow by friends...
On March 1, 2005, when former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Kyle McSlarrow began his tenure as president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, he could hardly have picked a more challenging time to enter the cable picture. Lawmakers were threatening to...