Cable Industry Leaders and Advertising Executives Headline General Sessions at The Cable Show 2011

Cable Industry Leaders and Advertising Executives Headline General Sessions at The Cable Show 2011

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced today new general session panels featuring top media, telecommunications and advertising industry leaders during the upcoming Cable Show 2011, NCTA's 60th Annual Convention and International Exposition, June 14-16 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Wednesday, June 15 at 9:15 a.m. CT

Value Proposition: Cable's Rising Role in the Modern Media Mix

Panel to include:

-- David Haslingden, President & COO, Fox Networks Group
-- Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks
-- Ken Lowe, Chairman, President & CEO, Scripps Networks Interactive
-- Robert Marcus, President & COO, Time Warner Cable
-- Michael Willner, Vice Chairman & CEO, Insight Communications, Inc.

Reaching Out: Advertising Strategy for a Shifting Media Environment

Panel to include:

-- Laura Desmond, CEO, Starcom Mediavest Group
-- Bill Koenigsberg, President, CEO & Founder, Horizon Media
-- Lori Senecal, President & CEO, Kirshenbaum, Bond, Senecal & Partners
-- Tim Spengler, President, North America Initiative

Maria Bartiromo, CNBC's anchor of Closing Bell and anchor and managing editor of Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo will moderate the two panels.

Thursday, June 16 at 9:00 a.m. CT

Generation Next: Leveraging the Network for a New Era of Innovation

Panel to include:

-- Sanjay Jha, Chairman & CEO, Motorola Mobility
-- Thomas Rutledge, COO, Cablevision Systems Corporation
-- Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation

Erin Burnett, CNN Worldwide's news anchor and chief business and economics correspondent, will moderate this panel.

Additional panels and speakers will be announced. All general sessions will be streamed live on the Internet from the North Hall at McCormick Place, and be available at live.thecableshow.com.

For additional, up-to-the-minute information about The Cable Show 2011, visit www.thecableshow.com, or contact NCTA's Department of Industry Affairs at (202) 222-2430. Exhibition space and sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting 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 43 million customers, after investing more than $170 billion to build two-way interactive networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 23 million American consumers.

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Cable Show 2011

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

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

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