Today at The Cable Show 2011

CHICAGO, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cable Show 2011, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 60th Annual Convention and International Exposition kicks off today at McCormick Place in Chicago with a welcome from Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Highlights: Tuesday, June 14

10:30 a.m.

Welcome by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Convention co-chairs:

• David Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Communications
• Jerry Kent, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Suddenlink Communications

State of the Industry Address:

• Michael Powell, President & Chief Executive Officer, NCTA

Panel – Disruption Central: A Roadmap for Reward in a Shifting Marketplace

Moderator: Liz Claman, Fox Business Network.

• Jeff Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner, Inc.
• Glenn Britt, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Cable
• Chase Carey, Deputy Chairman, President & COO, News Corporation 
• Philippe Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom, Inc.
• Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications
• Neil Smit, President, Comcast Cable Communications

On the Exhibit Floor:  

Additional, up-to-the-minute information for The Cable Show 2011 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 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.

SOURCE NCTA