Day Two at The Cable Show 2012: Hollywood, Reality TV, Cable News and More on the Exhibit Floor

BOSTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cable Show 2012, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 61st Annual Convention and International Exposition, begins its second day at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center with an interview of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Julius Genachowski, by NCTA President & CEO, Michael Powell – himself a former FCC Chairman.

Highlights: Tuesday, May 22

9:30 a.m. – General Session participants:

• Edward Burns, Film Director, Actor and Writer
• Julia Boorstin, Media and Entertainment Reporter, CNBC
• Rio Caraeff, President & CEO, VEVO
• Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
• John King, Chief National Correspondent and Anchor, John King, USA, CNN
• Chris Matthews, Host, Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC
• Dan Mead, President & CEO, Verizon Wireless
• Michael Powell, NCTA President & CEO
• Maria Elena Salinas, Co-Anchor, Noticiero Univision, Univision
• Steve Scully, Senior Executive Producer and Political Editor, C-SPAN
• Neil Smit, President & CEO, Comcast Cable, and Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation

On the Exhibit Floor:

11:30am – 12:00pm
MEGYN KELLY
Host of America Live on FOX News Channel
FOX, Booth 749

11:15am – 11:45am
CHRIS MATTHEWS
Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC
NBCU, Booth 449

11:45am – 12:15pm
RACHEL MADDOW
Host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC
NBCU, Booth 449

12:00pm – 1:00pm
TERRY FRANCONA
ESPN MLB Analyst, Wednesday Night Baseball, Baseball Tonight
Disney and ESPN Media Networks, Booth 443

1:00pm – 2:00pm
NOMAR GARCIAPARRA
ESPN MLB Analyst, Wednesday Night Baseball, Baseball Tonight
Disney and ESPN Media Networks, Booth 443

1:30pm – 2:00pm
LIZ CLAMAN
Host of Countdown to the Closing Bell on FOX Business
FOX, Booth 749

2:00pm – 5:00pm
JULIAN BEEVER
Pavement Artist from Concrete Canvass
Halogen TV, Booth 1533

2:00pm
NICK TARABAY and CRAIG PARKER
Stars of Spartacus: Vengeance
Starz Entertainment, Booth 1433

2:00pm – 2:30pm
JEANNIE MAI
Host of How Do I Look? on Style
NBCU, Booth 449

2:00pm – 4:00pm
LAVELL EDWARDS and TREVOR MATICH
Former BYU football coach and College Football Hall of Fame member LaVell Edwards, and former BYU and NFL player Trevor Matich – both from BYU's 1984 national championship team
BYUtv, Booth 1815

2:30pm – 3:00pm
MELISSA GORGA, CAROLINE MANZO and KATHY WAKILE
Stars of The Real Housewives of New Jersey on Bravo
NBCU, Booth 449

3:15pm –3:45pm
BRUCE JENNER
Keeping Up with the Kardashians on E!
NBCU, Booth 449

Additional, up-to-the-minute information for The Cable Show 2012 is available at 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 45 million customers, after investing more than $185 billion to build two-way interactive networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to 24 million American consumers.

SOURCE NCTA