The Cable Center and the Silicon Flatirons Program Present 'The Rise of the Cable Industry and its Future'

The Cable Center and the Silicon Flatirons Program Present 'The Rise of the Cable Industry and its Future'

Seminar Features Three Thought-Provoking Panel Discussions Featuring Industry Leaders Including Clay Whitehead, Julian Brodsky, Ken Lowe and Michael Fuchs

DENVER, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cable Center, in partnership with the University of Colorado's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program and Denver Telecom Professionals, will present "The Rise of the Cable Industry and its Future" Oct. 18 at 3 p.m.

The seminar consists of three panel discussions: The Early Regulatory Battles and the Search for a Business Model; The Rise of Cable Programming Networks; and Learning from the Past and Reflecting on the Industry's Future. Two panels will be moderated by Professor Phil Weiser, executive director, CU's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program and the third (The Rise of Cable Programming Networks) will be moderated by Susan Greene, The Cable Center's senior vice president, Programs and Education.

The seminar is part of Colorado Tech Week (www.coloradotechweek.com) and takes place at The Cable Center. Cost is $50 for the public, $25 for CU alumni, Federal Communications Bar Association members and Denver Telecom Professionals. Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program supporters, students/faculty/staff and members of the media may attend free of charge. For more information, please visit The Center's Web site at www.cablecenter.org or www.silicon-flatirons.org.

The scheduled panelists are:

The Early Regulatory Battles and The Search for a Business Model * Dan Brenner, senior vice president, Law and Policy, NCTA * Ron Rizzuto, professor of Finance at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver * Clay Whitehead, former director, White House Office of Telecommunications Policy * Phil Verveer, partner, Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher and former Cable Bureau chief, FCC

The Rise of Cable Programming Networks * Robert DeBititto, EVP and General Manager, A&E * Michael Fuchs, former chairman and CEO, HBO * Ken Lowe, president and CEO, The E.W. Scripps Company * Que Spaulding, former president of Distribution, Starz Entertainment Group

Learning from the Past and Reflecting on the Industry's Future * Julian Brodsky, founder and director, Comcast Corp. * Brian Deevy, chairman and CEO, Daniels & Associates * Trygve Myhren, former president of Providence Journal Co., former chairman/CEO of American TV & Communications (now Time Warner Cable) and former chairman, NCTA * Ray Sokola, CTO, Motorola Connected Home Solutions

Source: The Cable Center

CONTACT: Doyle Albee of Metzger Associates, +1-303-786-7000, ext. 2203, doyle@metzger.com, for The Cable Center

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