B&C | Multichannel News present Television Industry Leadership Series Multicultural TV

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Located in the Cable Courtyard are Conference Archives and the Publications Kiosk.

 

Hosted by NCTA and Cable Europe. Sponsored by Rovi Corporation.

Authors share fresh insights around potential improvements in signal delivery and network management, including emerging alternatives in optical networking and new HFC architectural considerations. Discovery points:

• New HFC network optimization paradigm for the digital era
• Video quality impairments 101 for MSOs

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Available to all international delegates, the International Business Center provides a great meeting place to conduct business and to meet with other delegates from all over the world.

Club members only.

A technology and business conversation about the rapid evolution of anytime, anywhere access to content, involving key figures in the cable/broadband, internet and the entertainment communities. Discovery points:

• Business modeling for online content delivery, from advertising support to subscriptions
• Trends and predictions for migration of video to alternative screens and platforms
• Capabilities of emerging wideband networks and implications for content consumption

Separate registration required. For more information visit: http://www.walterkaitz.org/cablecares.

Partners: Walter Kaitz Foundation

Exhibitor List | Interactive Floor Plan

Experts in high-capacity networking share ideas and approaches for achieving large-scale improvement in bi-directional data transfer rates within wired and wireless cable networks. Discovery points:

• WiMAX links and OFDM overlay for HFC networks: mobility and higher capacity
• Taking the DOCSIS upstream to a gigabit per second

A forward-looking examination of early-stage ideas and technologies associated with cable broadband platforms and designed to enhance customer experiences. Discovery points:

• Learn about new technologies with potential cable industry application
• Understand the key issues and needs start-up companies are addressing
• Hear descriptions and see demonstrations of solutions for home networking, cloud computing, new input devices and more

Presenters offer ideas and approaches for driving business profitability and revenue growth by applying innovative data analytics initiatives. Discovery points:

• Recognize opportunities flowing from improved subscriber data management
• Make the connection between subscriber segmentation data and emerging advanced advertising businesses
• Improve operations and marketing efficiencies through new interpretation of customer data

Advertising agency executives examine the increasingly vital interplay between creative and media planning disciplines, driven by a wholesale change in how targeted TV advertising works. Discovery points:

• Understanding platforms, terminology and possibilities spawned by new cable advertising presentation technologies
• Ideas and strategies for integrating advanced advertising elements into traditional TV campaigns
• Examples and use cases depicting real-world deployments of advanced advertising platforms

The FCC faces a wide-range of issues this year that will affect and influence cable television operators, programmers and equipment suppliers. Find out how the debates are shaping up as Legal Advisors to the Commissioners share updates and observations. Discovery points:

• Hear the views of the 8th Floor regarding how the competitive landscape impacts the need for regulation
• Learn about continuity and change in the Commission’s regulatory agenda and the impact on the cable business

For further information contact: Beth Leger at 909-335-7353 x40 or BethL@mastermediaintl.org.

Committee members only.

By invitation only.

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Partners: CTAM

From online HD video streaming to gigabit coaxial access network deployment, authors detail an emerging movement toward network architectures. Discovery points:

• Empowering online HD streaming
• Next-generation access architectures and gigabit coaxial access networks

Produced in partnership with CTAM.

Top executives from cable’s business services community on the products, people and processes they’ve put in place to compete for a greater share of the multi-billion dollar commercial telecom market. Discovery points:

• Expanding the market: from SMBs to enterprise customers
• Assessing the rising role of Ethernet connectivity in the business marketplace
• Product and service evolution and innovation, focusing on hosted services
• Research findings on business decision-making and telecom selection processes

The trend toward cloud-based computing and access to shared network resources is driving new cost savings, operational efficiencies and IT delivery models across multiple industry sectors. Here, presenters explain advantages and applications flowing from the IT cloud to cable providers. Discovery points:

• Applying cloud solutions to cable industry sales and service initiatives
• Best practices for running a cloud computing infrastructure
• Maximizing web orders: usability, integration and up-selling
• In the home: architecture of a whole home device management system

The FCC is pursuing an active agenda for 2010, including dozens of proceedings to implement recommendations of the National Broadband Plan. Find out how the Chiefs of key Bureaus and Offices view their roles, and learn what’s in store for the cable industry. Discovery points:

• Learn from the agency experts about the FCC’s vision and priorities for the coming year
• Hear about new proposals for the treatment of cable systems and set-top boxes
• Gain insight into the latest FCC initiatives addressing broadband deployment and adoption

Service providers from outside the U.S. share strategies, results and metrics from advanced-service deployments that could foreshadow or influence domestic rollouts. Discovery points:

• Insight into services and innovations with potential for U.S. introduction
• Research and expression of consumer adoption, usage and reaction to new products/services
• Reaction and assessment by industry experts, offering immediate analysis and evaluation

From all-AVC networks to extensible QoS, authors present detailed examinations of software innovations that are capable of producing profound efficiencies and improvements in cable service delivery.

• Moving to all-IP, all-AVC HFC access
• 100 million programs in three characters: innovations in search for massive dataspaces

This session focuses on a general update of EBIF/ITV, the national rollout of true ITV national platform by MSOs and opportunities it creates for a new programming and advertising ecosystem. Discovery points:

• How EBIF works, and what types of programming enhancements, advertising placements and possibilities it supports
• Explanation of EBIF presence and scope across the U.S. cable industry
• Programmer views and examples of EBIF-based applications
• Advertiser experiences and examples of EBIF-powered campaigns

Produced in partnership with CTAM.

Actionable tips, case studies and “what works” examples surrounding successful implementations of voice, data and video solutions for providers within one of cable’s most promising commercial market segments. Discovery points:

• Telecom needs of health-care industry participants
• Case study presentation on new approaches to medical industry information networks
• Customer-level perspective on cable’s role and potential in health-care communications

Financial analysts and industry executives evaluate cable’s financial performance and handicap potential of new initiatives and services. Discovery points:

• Where are the next significant revenue growth and value-creation areas for cable distributors?
• What emerging risk factors can be identified, and how will cable contend with them?
• Projections for industry revenues, cash-flow generation and capital investments

From franchise authorization to telecom regulation, state utility commissioners explore policy approaches involving the implementation of communications policy in a digital era. Discovery points:

• State implementation of National Broadband Plan provisions and intents
• Ideas for transitioning from a circuit-switched network to an IP network
• Repurposing the universal service fund to support broadband, and deploying smart grid technologies

By invitation only.

A Night With NBC Universal at Universal Studios Hollywood. Transportation to Universal Studios Hollywood to and from the Los Angeles Convention Center will be provided.