| Top Stories - April 29, 2014 | Cable Show: Powell: Nets Are Conduit To Better Society National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Michael Powell told an opening session audience at the Cable Show in Los Angeles. Tuesday that building a better world is all about building a community of shared values, and that community "requires a network," the "wires, fiber strings, towers, poles, routers and airwaves" that private commercial entities like NCTA's members provide. More» Cable Unveils 'Gigasphere' Brand DOCSIS, the acronym long tied to cable's broadband platform, isn't going away, but it's going to be pushed far into the background as far as consumers are concerned as operators prepare to deploy a next-generation version that promises to pump out multi-gigabit speeds. More» Cable Show: 'CableWiFi' MSOs Hit Deployment Mark The CableWiFi Alliance -- the roaming partnership of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications – said it has surpassed 250,000 hotspots deployed. More» Cable Show: Connecting Community At this year's Cable Show in Los Angeles, we will be together once again to not only celebrate our successes and challenges, but also to make connections, consider new ideas and forecast our future. We are gathering as a community, one that is focused on a common goal. More» Cable Show: Powell Says 'Cable' Doesn't Quite Cut It National Cable & Telecommunications Association president and CEO Michael Powell has said that the phrase "cable" in NCTA does not convey the "breadth of who we are and what we do." More» Cable Show: Portability Is Key Focus Of Operators A new survey of decision makers at 100 top communication services providers in North America by CSG International found that 31% of telecommunications organizations and 44% of cable organizations said "enabling content portability" would play a key role to their ability to provide digital lifestyle services to consumers. More» Suddenlink TV Ads Get Programmatic Taking a big step into the world of the kind of more automated, data-driven ad scheduling seen in the online video world, Visible World and Suddenlink have announced a partnership to apply so-called "programmatic" scheduling to the MSO's cross-channel advertising inventory. More» Cable Show: In California, Bracing For The Big One How to prepare if an earthquake hits. More» Cable Show: '94 Quake Rocked CableACE Awards There is a precedent for a California earthquake coinciding with a national cable-industry event. On Jan. 16, 1994, celebrities, newsmakers and cable industry executives gathered at Los Angeles's Pantages Theatre for the CableACE Awards. Hours later, the city was rocked by the deadliest earthquake in five years. More» Cable Show: Showtime 'Lies,' 'Jackie' Stars Shine, Sign» Cable Show: Fox News, Fox Sports Stalwarts In The House» Cable Show: Crown Conjures A Witch, Classic Movie Treats» Cable Show: CNN Serves Brunch, TNT Happy Hour» Cable Show: April 29 Schedule» | | |  | |  | |