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Saturday, May 17th

#001 - Developers working at the Hands-On tru2way Developers’ Lab.



#002 - CableCares volunteers working together at Sarah T. Reed Elementary School Playground build.



#003 - Paul Liao, VP & CTO, Panasonic Corporation of North America, giving the keynote speech for Tru2way Opportunity for tru2way Developers’ Conference.



#004 - Hunt.Fish.Feed volunteers preparing lunch at Ozanam Inn.



#005 - CableCares volunteers at work at Sarah T. Reed High School Beautification Project.



#006 - CableCares volunteers installing a TV at Banneker Elementary School.



#007 - CableCares volunteers hard at work at Fannie C. Williams Elementary School.



#008 - Naked Brothers Band before their concert at Fannie C. Williams Elementary School.



#009 - Ribbon cutting at Fannie C. Williams Elementary School.
From right to left: Melinda Schwartz, CableCares Coordinator, NCTA/Schwartz Event Marketing
Caleb Marshall, Project Manager, Fannie C. Williams Elementary School
Councilmember Cynthia Willard-Lewis, City of New Orleans
Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee
Rocco B. Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications Corporation and
Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee
Darryll Hammond, CEO, KaBOOM!
Jean Margret Smith, SVP, Public Affairs & Administration, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
Kelly Batiste, Principal, Fannie C. Williams Elementary School



#010 - Gospel Music Channel music instruments drop off.
From right to left:
Rocco B. Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications Corporation and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee
Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee
Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA
Bishop Paul Morton of Greater St. Stephens Full Gospel Baptist Church
Charlie Humbard, Founder of Gospel Music Channel
Brad Grundmeyer, Manager, Public Affairs, Cox New Orleans



#011 - Ribbon cutting at Sarah T. Reed Elementary School.
From right to left:
Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA Mayor
Mayor Ray Nagin, City of New Orleans
Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee Councilmember
Cynthia Willard-Lewis, City of New Orleans


Sunday, May 18th


#012 - Amy Wynn Pastor, carpenter and host of DIY Network's “Make A Move” speaks at the Sarah T. Reed High School tree planting ceremony.



#013 - The Cable Show ’08 show floor opens with a band leading General Session: Generation Next attendees to the show floor.



#014 - General Session: Generation Next: What's Now and What's New in Broadband Media
From right to left:
Yoshi Yamada, Chairman & CEO, Panasonic Corporation of North America
Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation
Paul Otellini, President & CEO, Intel Corporation
Philippe Daumin, President & CEO, Viacom, Inc.
Peter Chernin, President & COO, News Corporation
William Kennard, Managing Director, Telecommunications and Media, The Carlyle Group



#015 - Tree planting ceremony at the Sarah T. Reed High School tree planting ceremony.
From right to left:
Karen Collins, Principal, Sarah T. Reed High School
Glenn Britt, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable
Decker Anstrom, President & COO, Landmark Communications, Inc.
Amy Wynn Pastor, Carpenter & Host of DIY Network’s “Make a Move”



#016 - Rocco B. Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications Corporation and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee and Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee gives a keynote speech at the first General Session: Generation Next: What's Now and What's New in Broadband Media.



#017 - Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA gives the opening keynote speech at the first General Session: Generation Next: What's Now and What's New in Broadband Media.



#018 - View from the audience of the opening Public Policy Lunch (hosted by ARRIS): Presidential Politics and Public Policy: The Stage of Things to Come.



#019 - Public Policy Lunch (hosted by ARRIS): Presidential Politics and Public Policy: The Stage of Things to Come.
From right to left:
Kathleen Abernathy, Former FCC Commissioner
William Kennard, Former FCC Commissioner
Susan Ness, Former FCC Commissioner
Michael Powell, Former FCC Chairman



#020 - View of the panel at Plenary Session: Geography Lessons: Understanding Cable's New World Order.
From right to left:
Thomas Ee, Chief Operating Officer, Taiwan Broadcasting Communications
Dermot O’Carroll, SVP, Network Engineering & Operations, Rogers Cable Communications, Inc.
Toru Kato, Director, GM Business Strategy Unit, GM Service Strategy Division (J:COM Company), Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
Balan Nair, SVP & CTO, Liberty Global, Inc.
Jan Vorstermans, EVP, Technology & Infrastructure Management, CTO & CIO, Telnet
Mike Hayashi, EVP, Advanced Engineering, Time Warner Cable


Monday, May 19th


#021 - Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, greets Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder and President of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Inc. at the Turner booth on the Cable Show Floor.



#022 - General Session: Bit by Bit: Convergence Creates the Picture.
From right to left:
Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks and Co-Chair, The Cable Show '08 Convention Committee
George Bodenheimer, Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks & President, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports, ESPN, Inc.
Glenn Britt, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable
Judy McGrath, Chairman & CEO, MTV Networks
Scott McNealy, Chairman and Co-Founder / Chairman, Sun Microsystems, Inc. / Sun Federal, Inc.
Neil Smit, President & CEO, Charter Communications



#023 - Assembly at Banneker Elementary School celebrating the re-wiring and installations of new technology in the school.
From right to left:
Steve Sawyer, Vice President of Public Affairs, Cox Communications
AJ Audet, VP of the Cable and IPTV Products Business, Juniper Networks
Cheryllyn Branche, Principal, Banneker Elementary School



#024 - Plenary Session: Now Entering VOD-ville: New Dimensions for Anytime Video.
From right to left:
Stephen Burke, Chief Operating Officer, Comcast Corporation
Jeff Gaspin, President & COO, Universal Television Group
Landel Hobbs, Chief Operating Officer, Time Warner Cable
Tom Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems Corporation



#025 - Public Policy Lunch: Washington’s Triple Play: The FCC, FTC & NTIA Speak Out
From right to left:
Dan Brenner, SVP Law & Regulatory Policy, NCTA
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
FCC Commissioner Rob McDowell
FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz
NTIA Assistant Secretary Meredith Baker



#026 - Honorable Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez and Will Jennings, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Motorola, listen to Dick Green, CEO of CableLabs® as he explains some of the latest tru2way technology on display in the CableNET New Technology Pavilion.



#027 - Honorable Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez gives the keynote address at the Bit by Bit: Convergence Creates the Picture general session.



#028 - Plenary Session: Upper Hand: Cable’s Advanced Advertising Advantage



#030 - Frank Boncimino, SVP & CIO, Time Warner Cable, speaking at the CIO.IT session: Getting with IT: How Technology Is Supporting Customer Care Advancements.


Tuesday, May 20th


#031 - CableCares Book Drive ceremony at the CableCares booth.
From right to left:
Steven Jones, Executive Director, Association of Cable Communications (ACC)
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, President & CEO, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT)
Paul Vallas, superintendent of the Recovery School District of New Orleans
Kathy Johnson, President, National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC)
Mayor Ray Nagin, City of New Orleans
Kim Martin, Executive Vice President/General Manager, WE tv
Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc.



#032 - Deborah Wahl Meyer, VP & CMO, Chrysler, LLC gives the keynote for General Session: Getting Engaged: Advertising’s Quest to Connect.



#033 - General Session: Getting Engaged: Advertising’s Quest to Connect.
From right to left:
Craig Moffett, VP & Senior Analyst, U.S. Cable & Satellite Broadcasting, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC
Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications
Deborah Wahl Meyer, VP & CMO, Chrysler, LLC
Tom Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems Corporation
Tony Vinciquerra, President & CEO, Fox Networks Group
Paul Woolmington, Chairman & CEO, Naked Communications, LLC



#034 - Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc. and Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association present Mayor Ray Nagin, City of New Orleans with a CableCares commemorative plaque.



#035 - Public Policy Lunch: The Really BIG Transition: Cable & Broadcasters Join Forces for Progress
From right to left:
Deborah Lathen, President, Lathen Consulting LLC
Paul Karpowicz, President, Meredith Corporation Broadcasting Group
Paul McTear, President & CEO, Raycom Media, Inc.
David Rehr, President & CEO, NAB
John Sander, NAB Joint Board Chair & Senior Advisor, Belo Corp.
Bob Miron, Chairman & CEO Advance/Newhouse Communications
Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association



#036 - CIO.IT Session: Positively Electric: Top Women in Information Technology
From right to left:
Gwynne McConkey, Senior Vice President, Operations, Information Systems & Technology, Lifetime
Charlotte Field, Senior VP, National Communications Engineering, Comcast Cable
Nomi Bergman, Executive VP, Strategy & Development, Advance/Newhouse Communications
Cyndee Everman, VP, Operational Support Systems, Time Warner Cable
Leslie Ellis, Technology Columnist, Multichannel News



#037 - Plenary Session: Models (and Supermodels): Business Approaches for Digital Media
From right to left:
John Lansing, President, Scripps Networks
Bill Myers, President & COO, Starz Entertainment
Bruce Campbell, President, Digital Media & Corporate Development, Discovery Communications, Inc.
Steve Necessary, VP, Video Product Development & Support, Cox Communications, Inc.
Denmark West, President, Digital Media Group, BET Networks
Amy Banse, President, Comcast Interactive Media
Bruce Leichtman, President, Leichtman Research Group



#038 - View of the Show Floor.



#039 - Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation presents Richard Leghorn, Founder and Board Member Emeritus CableLabs®, with a special Vanguard Award for Outstanding Contribution.



#040 - 2008 NCTA Vanguard Awards winners and honorees.
From right to left:
Daniel Brenner, Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA President’s Award)
Bret S. Perkins, Vice President of Government Affairs, Comcast Cable Corporation (Vanguard Award for Young Leadership)
Samuel V. Howe, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Time Warner Cable (Vanguard Award for Marketing)
Anne Sweeney, President of Disney-ABC Television Group and Co-Chair of Disney Media (Distinguished Vanguard Award for Leadership)
Steven Brookstein, Executive Vice President of Operations for Bresnan Communications (Vanguard Award for Cable Operations Management)
Paul G. Allen, Chairman of Charter Communications and Chairman of Vulcan, Inc. (Vanguard Award for Science & Technology)
Abbe Raven, President & CEO, A&E Television Networks (Chairman of the Vanguard Awards)
Carol A. Melton, Executive Vice President of Global Public Policy for Time Warner, Inc. (Vanguard Award for Government & Community Relations)
Michael Pohl, VP/GM ARRIS Media & Communications Group (Vanguard Award for Associates & Affiliates)
Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc. (Distinguished Vanguard Award for Leadership)
Richard Leghorn, Founder and Board Member Emeritus CableLabs® (Vanguard Award for Outstanding Contribution)
Kenneth W. Lowe, President & CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company (Vanguard Award for Programmers)



#041 - Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, President & CEO, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) gives the opening remarks at the 9th Annual Supplier Diversity Connection Workshop.



#042 - Bill Bellamy, host of TV One’s hit comedy competition series, "Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?” emceeing Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.



#043 - Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Jordan Berliant and Hugh Surratt judge the Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.



#044 - First band of the evening, Ralphie and the Streamers (Cisco) perform.
The band is made up of:
Ralph Galione on vocals.
Pat Craig on guitar/vocals.
Jason Shreeram on bass/vocals.
Andrew Smith on drums.
Ken Orbach on guitar.
Ted Brown on guitar.



#045 - Attendees interested in the auction queue up to laptops to place their bid on items.



#046 - The 5th Revision (Scripps Networks) performs at the Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.
The band is made up of:
Doug Klein on drums.
Jeza Kepler on vocals.
Spencer Corden on piano/keyboards.
Stewart Pack on bass.
Phil Fuson on guitar.



#047 - TV Rejects (C-Span/CableFax/Broadband Gear Report/Retirement Living TV) perform at the Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.
The band is made up of:
Mike Grebb (CableFax) on guitar.
Tim Hermes (Broadband Gear Report) on drums.
Tommy Bullough (Retirement Living TV) on bass.
Rob Kennedy (C-Span) on keyboards.
Seth Arenstein (CableFax) on trumpet.



#048 - Xpanded Bandwidth (Cox Communications) winners of the Battle of the Bands.
The band is made up of:
Ginger Davis on drums/vocals.
Alfred Ellis on bass.
Bob Wilson on guitar.
Domingo Hipona on lead guitar.
Heidi Martell-Barnes on piano/vocals.
Stephen Wilson on keyboards.
Deniece Yarbrough on vocals.
Kenneth Brown on vocals.
Mike Rossenwasser on vocals.



#049 - The Paul Allen Band (presented by Charter Communications) performs at Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.



#050 - The Frontline (Charter Communications) performs at the Battle of the Bands.
The band is made up of:
Eric Ketzer on guitar/vocals.
Chris Logan on bass.
Brendan O'Neil on guitar/vocals.
Patrick Swan on trumpet/keyboard.
John Sykes III on drums.
Robert Little on vocals.



#051 - One Night in NOLA (Fox Cable Networks/TVN Entertainment) performs at the Battle of the Bands.
The band is made up of:
Sean Riley on guitar.
Jim Riley on bass.
Nick Constantinides on guitar.
John Malkin on guitar.
Carlo Hume on drums.
Matt Cohen on keyboards.



#052 - Full Mesh (Juniper Networks) performs at the Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.
The band is made up of:
Robb Foster on vocals.
Richard Russman on guitar/vocals.
Eamon Loftus on guitar.
Brad Ryan on drums/vocals.
Bill Seeger on bass.



#053 - More Cowbell (Time Warner Cable) performs at the Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser.
The band is made up of:
Julie Simon on vocals.
Lyndel Navarro on guitar.
Bill Helms on guitar/vocals.
Howard Pfeffer on bass.
Scott Ramsdell on drums.
Kent Vermillion on cowbell/vocals.
Tom Richards on keyboard/vocals.


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