At The Cable Show 2012 in Boston, you’ll be inspired by the new possibilities cable is creating for customers and for industry participants alike. With creative integration of mobility, interactivity, social media and broadband-enabled content, cable creates opportunity everywhere. Find yours at The Cable Show 2012, May 21-23. www.thecableshow.com. 

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Cable Show Live

 The US cable industry is one of the largest and certainly the most lucrative in the world.  Industry leaders and the chief regulator will discuss at this year’s Cable Show how the industry is evolving and innovating to fight cord-cutting and meet the challenge of online content.  Live streams of the two lead-off plenary sessions on May 21 and 22 can be accessed here:http://live.thecableshow.com/. In October of this year, join the CASBAA Convention 2012, and hear about the same issues as they relate to Asia.

Here are the specific programs for the sessions:

Monday, May 21, 2012
10:00 PM - 11:15 PM  Hong Kong Time

CONVENTION CO-CHAIRS WELCOME
Philip Kent, Chairman & CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Neil Smit, President & CEO, Comcast Cable & EVP, Comcast Corporation

WELCOME
Deval Patrick, Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

KEYNOTE
Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA

PANEL SESSION – (Featuring Glenn Britt, CEO of Time Warner Cable, and David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery Communications

In a consumer environment where more people have smartphones than DVRs, devising the right strategies for success in media and communications is more complicated than ever. Yet standout companies continue to deliver growth from mainstay businesses while innovating in the new, always-connected environment. This General Session featuring influential participants in content and distribution takes a wide-angle view of the revolution in media technology, its implications for customer behavior, and the ways innovative companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of an anytime, anywhere, anything-goes media environment.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
9:30 PM - 10:55 PM   Hong Kong Time

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Neil Smit, President & CEO, Comcast Cable & EVP, Comcast Corporation

INDUSTRY PANEL (featuring Rio Caraeff (VEVO), Dan Mead (Verizon Wireless), Neil Smit (Comcast Cable)
Digital Disruption: Leading distributors, tech innovators and content creators come together from the media, wireless, music and film industries to discuss the profound impact that digital distribution has on [the future of] entertainment, communications and commerce in our daily lives.

ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION
Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Hosted by Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA

POLITICAL PANEL
Campaigns in Context, brings together top television news figures for a candid discussion of the U.S. political scene and the forthcoming presidential election in the context of a rapidly changing environment for the delivery of news and the framework for civic dialogue.