MEDIA ROOM

The following are details for the upcoming WMCC Luncheon - AT WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN CABLE CLUB (WMCC), TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001

The special status broadcasters have held in First Amendment policy debates is disappearing due to fundamental shifts in the electronic media landscape, NCTA President & CEO Robert Sachs told a Media Institute gathering.

Featuring leaders in the forefront of broadband deployment, Cable 2001, the 50th Annual Convention & International Exposition hosted by the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), will open June 10, 2001 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

NCTA cable operator members will comply voluntarily with a suspended Federal Communications Commission Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rule as part of the industry’s efforts to improve diversity in employment, the association announced. The NCTA Board also approved the funding of six NAMIC scholarships to the CTAM Advanced Executive Program at Harvard Business School, working with the National Association of Minorities in Cable.

Consumers are receiving increasing benefits of competition, enjoying a widening choice of video and telecommunications services from multiple providers, National Cable Television Association President and CEO Robert Sachs told the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition today.

The National Cable Television Association today announced winners of the 3rd Annual Community Spirit Awards during the Washington Metropolitan Cable Club luncheon.

The Vanguard Awards, the cable industry's highest honor, will be presented on Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at a special luncheon during NCTA's 50th Annual Convention and International Exposition, June 10 - 13, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois.

The threat of regulation of the nascent interactive television (ITV) marketplace would be a major mistake and could jeopardize the very development of an ITV marketplace, the National Cable Television Association told the Federal Communications Commission today.

The cable industry’s $42 billion private capital investment to upgrade its own networks demonstrates that the marketplace serves as the most effective incentive for the transition to digital TV, Michael Willner, Insight Communications CEO and President, told the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet today.

The National Cable Television Association today announced nominees for the Third Annual Community Spirit Awards, honoring outstanding local and regional cable programming achievements.