The Cable Show

Ralph Brown,
CTO at CableLabs Inc., explains what’s cooking at the cableco R&D consortium relative to OCAP/interactive TV, DOCSIS 3.0 and more.

Coleman Breland,
executive vice president of sales & marketing at Turner Network Sales Inc., discusses how Turner Networks is pursuing an aggressive, but measured, strategy of making its vast video assets available using multiple platforms.

Mark Silverman,
president for Big Ten Network, which is named after the Big 10 college sports conference, discusses his firm’s strategy for most effectively reaching the most consumers.

Adam Farkas,
vice president of IT at Crown Media Holdings LLC, owner of The Hallmark Channel, talks about the internal IT implications of working with service providers.

Mark Corcoran,
president of Country Adventures Network, introduces his new venture, which will launch in 2008.

John Roberts,
senior vice president at GSN, talks about how his network’s got game.

Leo Brennan,
region vice president and general manager at Cox Communications-Las Vegas, offers a look at the business-end of cable services.

Adam Weinstein and Jan Diedrichsen,
marketing executives at Rainbow Media Holdings, chat about new programming initiatives at this subsidiary of Cablevision Systems.

Peter Percosan,
director of broadband strategy for Texas Instruments, discusses the effort by Comcast and TI to accelerate DOCSIS 3.0, which promises to enable cable modem rates in the 150MB range.

Robert Clasen,
chairman and CEO of Starz Entertainment/Starz Media, offers an update on his company, a pioneer in new media.