Fox's Rothman Added to General Session Line-up at The Cable Show

Fox's Rothman Added to General Session Line-up at The Cable Show

Live Streaming Available for General Sessions & HRTS Newsmaker Brunch

WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Rothman, Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment will be joining the Wednesday General Session panel at The Cable Show 2010. The nation's premiere cable industry event, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's 59th Annual Convention and International Exposition runs May 11-13, at the Los Angeles Convention Center and the adjacent Nokia Theatre.

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

Media Everywhere: Implications of the Always-On Network
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
-- Tom Rothman, Chairman & Co-CEO, Fox Filmed Entertainment
Moderator:
-- Michael Powell, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners, and Former
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

In other program updates, NCTA announced that Liz Claman, Anchor for Fox Business Network, will moderate the following General Session panel:

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

Conversation 2.0: Community, Collaboration & the Future of Media
Panelists:
-- Matthew Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks Inc.
-- Ari Emanuel, Chief Executive Officer, William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment
-- Tom Rogers, CEO and President, TiVo
-- Thomas Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems
Corporation
-- Evan Williams, Founder & CEO, Twitter, Inc.
Moderator:
-- Liz Claman, Anchor for Fox Business Network

Live Streaming Video Available

All three Cable Show General Sessions will be available via live streaming video. Web viewers may link to the live feed by visiting www.thecableshow.com/cablelive prior to the start of, or during, each General Session. Video archives will also be available at www.thecableshow.com.

In addition, The Cable Show 2010 Newsmaker Brunch, sponsored by the Hollywood Radio & Television Society and NCTA will also be available via live streaming video at: Newsmaker Brunch. The event will feature an interview of Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation by Peter Chernin, Founder and Owner, Chernin Entertainment and The Chernin Group.

NEWSMAKER BRUNCH
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Media registration for The Cable Show opens at 12 noon on Monday, May 10 in room 515 of the Los Angeles Convention Center. For a complete schedule of event for The Cable Show 2010, visit www.thecableshow.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 41 million customers, after investing more than $160 billion to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 22 million American consumers.

Source: NCTA

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

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

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