Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Cable Leaders Headline The Cable Show 2010

Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Cable Leaders Headline The Cable Show 2010

Creative and Corporate Headliners Featured in Three General Sessions at The Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles

WASHINGTON, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today unveiled a slate of top entertainment, technology, and cable executives to participate in General Sessions during The Cable Show 2010, NCTA's 59th Annual Convention and International Exposition on May 11-13, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center and adjacent Nokia Theater.

Each general session at The Cable Show has been designed to focus on different aspects of the nexus among cable, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley. The opening General Session will feature a welcome by Convention Co-Chairs Matthew Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks Inc., and Glenn Britt, Chairman, President and CEO, Time Warner Cable. A panel session will follow.

GENERAL SESSION I
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. (PDT)
Nokia Theater

Storytelling 3.0: Audiences, Creators, Content & Connection
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Panelists:
-- Glenn Britt, Chairman, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable
-- Philippe Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom, Inc.
-- Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc.
--Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Group, Warner Brothers
-- David Zaslav, President & CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc.

Moderator:
-- Tyler Mathisen, Co-Anchor "Power Lunch" & VP, Strategic
Editorial Initiatives, CNBC

GENERAL SESSION II
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. (PDT)
Nokia Theater

Media Everywhere: Implications of the Always-On Network
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Panelists:
-- Marc Andreessen, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
-- Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc.
-- Leslie Moonves, President & CEO, CBS Corporation
-- Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation
-- Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman & CEO, DreamWorks Studios

Moderator:
--Michael Powell, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners,
and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

GENERAL SESSION III
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. (PDT)
Nokia Theater

Keynote Interview
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--Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC, interviewed by Kyle
McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA

Conversation 2.0: Community, Collaboration & the Future of Media
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Panelists:
--Ari Emanuel, Chief Executive Officer, William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment
-- Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment &
Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Movie Picture Group
-- Tom Rogers, CEO and President, TiVo
--Thomas Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems
Corporation
-- Evan Williams, Founder & CEO, Twitter, Inc.

Moderator:
-- Matthew Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks Inc.

For further information on The Cable Show 2010, and to register for periodic updates, visit www.thecableshow.com. For more information about exhibit space at The Cable Show 2010, contact NCTA Convention Headquarters at (202) 463-7905 or e-mail exhibitinfo@ncta.com.

NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation's largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access, serving more than 40 million customers, after investing more than $145 billion to build two-way digital networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 20 million American consumers.

Source: The Cable Show 2010

CONTACT: Joy Sims, NCTA, +1-202-222-2350, or Eric Thomas, Fratelli
Group, +1-202-822-9491

Web Site: http://www.thecableshow.com/

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