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Tom Rutledge, COO of Cablevision Systems Corporation, was reelected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). The election took place during The Cable Show.

More than $150,000 in cash, equipment, books and in-kind donations was raised as part of CableCares, the cable industry’s community service initiative to help improve Washington, DC schools and assist local charities during The Cable Show ‘09.

NCTA strongly supports the creation of the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor.

NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow today delivered keynote remarks to the Opening General Session of The 2009 Cable Show in Washington, D.C.

President Obama nominated Lawrence E. Strickling for Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Department of Commerce.

Enhanced TV and tru2way interactive TV applications will play a major role at The Cable Show ’09 being held April 1-3 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, the annual convention of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.

Legislators, policymakers and other key public officials will speak to delegates, participate on panels and tour exhibits at The Cable Show ’09, April 1-3 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said. Key Members of Congress, representatives of the Obama Administration, as well as Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty have confirmed their attendance at the U.S. cable industry’s premiere event.

Forty-seven finalists have been selected from applications submitted from across the country, including from educators, school administrators, college faculty, volunteers and community leaders. 

Nearly 30 senior level information technology (IT) executives will headline “CIO.IT,” the fourth annual edition of a special program track at The Cable Show ’09 designed specifically for chief information officers (CIOs) and other cable IT and technology executives. 

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today offered a list of principles and priorities that the federal government should follow when implementing the broadband funding programs established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).