NCTA produces a number of hard copy publications each year. As of January 2006, a number of these publications are no longer available in print but are available online.
Industry Messaging
Industry Overview
NCTA Recommended Practices For Measurements On Cable Television Systems, 3rd Ed.
Technical Papers
Cable Directories
Program Guide
The CableACE Awards CD-Rom: 19 Years of Cable Programming Excellence
Brochures
Industry Messaging
Competition Works. Consumers Win!
Today’s communications marketplace is hotly competitive. Cable offers wide choice in great products and services and shows that when competition works, consumers win.
"Competition Works. Consumers Win!" Handout
PDF, 21pgs, 179k
"Competition Works. Consumers Win!" Slide Show
PDF, 75 slides, 773k
Industry Overview
2008 Industry Overview (.pdf, 2.2MB)
2007 Industry Overview (.pdf, 1.8MB)
2006 Industry Overview (.pdf, 7.5MB)
Mid-Year 2005 Industry Overview (.pdf, 460k)
Year-End 2004 Industry Overview (.pdf, 533k)
Mid-Year 2004 Industry Overview (.pdf, 190k)
Year-End 2003 Industry Overview (.pdf, 190k)
NCTA Recommended Practices For Measurements On Cable Television Systems, 3rd Ed.
Pricing can be found in the NCTA Store to purchase CD-Rom.
Technical Papers
Go to the NCTA Store to purchase Technical Papers from past conferences.
Cable Directories
(formerly "Cable Developments") available online only
Industry Statistics
Directory of Cable Operators
Directory of Cable Networks
Directory of Cable Suppliers
Program Guide
(formerly "TCA Programming Guidebook) available online only
Sample Listing of Cable Programming
The CableACE Awards CD-Rom: 19 Years of Cable Programming Excellence
A complete history of 19 years of excellence in cable programming, including video highlights, trivia questions, and a complete list of CableACE nominees and winners. CD can be ordered in the NCTA Store.
Brochures
A Great American Hometown Story (.pdf, 6MB)
Nobody Covers Politics Like Cable (.pdf, 2MB)