NCTA Show

At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs “CableNet” exhibit area. Up first: Samsung’s Steve Goldstein, who demonstrates the latest in 3DTV.

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At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs CableNET exhibit area. This segment features Jim Turner (2:40), VP of Synacor, on the use of DVR-like controls on Charter.net’s web site.

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Leading into the 2007 Cable Show, I sat down with Tony Werner, CTO of Comcast, to discuss some of the hot issues of the time: Switched digital video, HDTV, and OCAP.

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At the 2006 National Show, I interviewed CableLabs’ Ed Miller, to discuss what’s happening in CableNET exhibit area relative to the IP (Internet Protocol) side of the house. Hot tickets: PacketCable 2.0, and new ways to do more stuff with your phone. Big then: Caller ID on TV, to see an incoming call, then transfer it from the cell to the land line (or vice versa).

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, I speak with Stephen Pearse of Time Warner Communications about upstream issues, which he says occur but are easily fixable. He then highlights their two year time line for deployment and finishes with some hints about why Time Warner isn’t involved in Triple Play.

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At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, Steven Pearse of Time Warner Communications outlines how to win against regional telephone companies, as well as the company’s involvement with Tellabs, and the eventual movement of telephone services into homes.

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At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, I ask Tellabs’ Jon Grimes to expand on the ingress and noise challenges plaguing the reverse path. He wraps up by discussing when telephony will become a key business for cable operators. (Answer: Q4 ’95.)

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, Jon Grimes, then with Tellabs, discusses the technical challenges associated with breaking into this market.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In part two with TCI’s Jerry Gaines, we discuss costs and operational impacts.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.