The cable industry’s annual Cable Show may feature a lot of ‘suits’, but it always makes for an interesting time. Here’s a look back at the recently concluded 2010 edition held in Los Angeles, via a string of my tweets – in chronological order from the flight out to my arrival home:
- Boarding flight to LA. See folks I recognize from other conferences and can’t remember their names. Waiting on the nametags… (5/10)
- Made it to registration. Headed next to the Conga room (?) for a reception. Bunch of cable reporters. Now this is the cool crowd. (5/10)
- Headed to dinner with @pjrodriguez and @msbrumfield. Life is good. (5/10)
- Whatever you think of his positions, @kylemcslarrow speaks pretty openly in an industry where many don’t. (5/11)
- Google is at the cable show. Interesting. http://twitgoo.com/vdcnk. (5/11)
- Chernin asking Roberts how retrans agreements will work when Comcast sits on both sides… (5/11)
- Brian Roberts says another version of its TV Everywhere product will be out in the next 90 days. (5/11)
- Cool navigation feature on display in Motorola booth – 4-way nav using the arrows on your TV remote control: http://bit.ly/ci1vL7 (5/11)
- The @tvrejects rocked! (5/12)
- Battle of the Bands was great fun. Even if my phone was confiscated. Thanks to Jeff for getting it back. (5/12)
- And thanks to Time Warner Cable for the Power Pack. Powerade is perfect to end the evening. And I’ll wear the blinky ring tomorrow. (5/12)
- Verdict so far on new Eee 1005PE – speed not great, but battery life is phenomenal. Survived a whole day of trade show blogging. (5/12)
- Media Everywhere panel from the Cable Show streamed live here: http://2010.thecableshow.com/Media/CableLive (5/12)
- Tom Rothman (News Corp Film) says success of Avatar was based on its story, not the visuals and technology. Really?? (5/12)
- Comcast’s Roberts: Don’t make one big bet; support everything. Support content wherever people want it. (5/12)
- Mark Andreessen says he pays $4k/month for a 100Mbps commercial connection from AT&T. Did I hear that right? (5/12)
- Confirmed by many folks: Andreessen pays $4k/mo for 100Mbps connection at home. Opportunity for a cableco to make an announcement? (5/12)
- Are platforms (Google/Facebook/Twitter) walled gardens, or traffic drivers for content folks? Bewkes: depends on providers’ ability to track (5/12)
- Better articulated by @kaiyzen Who owns user data and has access to it changes the content/distro game,google/fbook/twitter, (5/12)
- New Comcast iPad-to-TV app uses EBIF. Works as remote control; adds interactivity and social elements. (5/12)
- At universal studios. Park open for cable show attendees only. Unbelievably awesome. #CS10 (5/12)
- How exactly did NCTA pull off this private Maroon 5 concert? Wow. (5/13)
- At Cable Show Maroon 5 concert: http://twitgoo.com/vgz9i (5/13)
- Back home from L.A. with much work to do. Thanks for the Cable Show fun. Till next year… (5/14)
Two bonus photos… ;)