Cable Europe, NCTA Team Up to Promote Major Conferences for US and European Cable Industries

LONDON/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, D.C./NEW ORLEANS, 4/8/2008 – The cable industry’s main trade bodies in the US and Europe are pleased to announce a wide-ranging partnership providing preferential rates to their members and delegates attending their respective industry conferences.

Cable Congress 08, organised by Cable Europe, and The Cable Show ’08, organised by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), offer the most exciting networking opportunities for cable professionals on either side of the Atlantic, as well as providing exclusive insights into the future of the cable industry.

The Cable Europe – NCTA partnership aims to further enhance the exceptional quality of each conference’s speakers and panel members, composed of top executives from leading firms in the cable and content sectors.

Cable Congress will feature various senior executives from the US market, including:

* Greg Ricca, President and CEO, Discovery Networks International
* Sam Howe, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Time Warner Cable
* Jon K. Vonk, Vice President Video Marketing, Comcast Corporate Offices

Furthermore, NCTA members attending Cable Congress 08 will receive a 20% discount; a preferential rate of USD250 instead of USD950 is available for official Cable Congress delegations wishing to attend The Cable Show.

Cable Europe and NCTA will also collaborate in developing future programmes for their respective conferences.

Cable Congress 08 will be held in Madrid from April 23 - 25, 2008. For more information, please visit the show's website.

The Cable Show ’08 will be held from May 18 - 20, 2008 in New Orleans. For more information, visit The Cable Show website.

About Cable Congress
Cable Congress, previously known as the ECCA Congress, is recognised as the most important event for senior executives within the European cable industry. Over the last three years, the congress has had a steady growing number of guests, and attracted an increasing amount of executives from the content industry. Cable Congress 2007, which took place in Amsterdam, had more than 70 speakers, and welcomed over 700 guests of which 37% were c-level executives. Cable Congress 2008 will most likely attract as much, if not more, people.

The 54th annual Cable Congress will take place in Madrid, Spain from 23-25 April 2008. The Congress will be held at the IFEMA Conference Centre, a venue which supports state-of-the-art technology demonstrations and highly professional educational sessions.

About The Cable Show
The Cable Show '08, the U.S. cable industry’s premier annual convention, runs May 18-20, 2008, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans for its 57th edition. Presented by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, last year's show held in Las Vegas, Nevada, attracted over 350 exhibitors and more than 14,000 attendees.

About Cable Europe
Cable Europe, the European Cable Communications Association, groups all the leading European cable TV operators and their national trade associations throughout Europe. The aim of Cable Europe is to promote and defend the industry’s policies and business interests at European and international level, and to foster co-operation among its members. The European cable TV industry provides broadband, digital TV, and telephony services to more than 70 million customers. In September 2006 the Association changed its name from ECCA to Cable Europe. The Association is active since 1955.

About NCTA
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 after investing more than $130 billion over ten years to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to millions of American consumers.

Source: National Cable & Telecommunications Association

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