cable and telecommunications association kicked off with the keynote address by president and ceo michael powell. the former fcc chair talked about the state of the cable industry and new advances. this is just over ten minutes. >> welcome. welcome to the great city of boston and the 2012 cable show. it's great to have governor patrick welcome us to this wonderful city. you know, when i joined ncta a year ago, i set out to wring more creativity and energy into this industry. our efforts are bearing fruit, and you will see it reflected throughout this gorgeous convention hall. our new ad campaign which is up in washington reflects the emotional connection we hope to get across in telling our story. let's take a quick look. ♪ ♪ >> cable is thriving. with new energy, new products and a very promising future. as the ad makes clear, cable is the platform that offers instant access to infinite possibilities to great programming, the web, friends and family and the hottest internet applications and devices. cable is how we connect to the world and to one another. now, americans, they adore television.

michael powell at the national cable and television association convention.0 a.m., discussions on protecting video content, music, and remarks from the head. patrice hill talks about the rise in the in the plenary. at 8:30 a.m., eastern, we look at how fema is preparing for the 2012 hurricane season. the 2012 hurricane season.

he was interviewed by the group's president and ceo, michael powell. this is about 20 minutes. >> mr. chairman, good morning. great to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's start easy. the dynamics of the commissioner is always interesting. and less than a week ago, you finally got your full complement of commissioners, both of whom has blessed us by coming up to the cable show in the first week. what does that mean for you? is that exciting? new difficulties? >> it makes it harder to get conference rooms. but no, it's great. look, i've been very lucky. we've had a very well functioning commission that's got a lot done. we've got a lot done unanimously in a bipartisan basis where we disagreed, we've been able to disagree without being disagreeable. and now we have two experienced, accomplished, smart, new commissioners. i couldn't be more excited. >> did you know them before? >> i did. i did. i think ajid briefly worked for me. when i became chairman of the fcc, ajit was still in the general council's office. >> i think jessica worked for me at one poi

michael powell, president, ceo of the national cable and telecommunications association. mr. powell, we're delight tod have you here today. please go ahead with your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking measure eshoo. always a great honor and privilege to appear before this committee. i have done it many times and i'm proud to be here again. i'm also proud to be here as a representative of america's great success story, the cable operators and cable programmers of the united states, to talk about the future of video. for one reason only and that this is an industry through its own investment, technological innovation, has contributed to the glimmering present that we're currently enjoying and has every intention of contributing to a more glorious future in the area of video. it's important as a quick reminder to reminder to remember that cable industry when it was first pioneered was all about making tv better. we brought television to rural america and urban areas it couldn't reach, couldn't be reached by traditional broadcast programming. we ultimately develope

michael powell used it, a couple other industry officials. >> guest: sure. >> host: what's your view of that? >> guest: i think self-regulation can be very helpful. i think self-regulation, um, is a tool that can be much more, um, responsive to changes in the marketplace in a quicker way than regulation or certainly than passing laws can be. and we at the federal trade commission have actually urged certain segments of industry to engage in very robust be self-regulatory efforts. for instance, do not track is an issue that is essentially right now a self-regulatory model where we have been pushing industry to give consumers tools so that they can make choices about how their information would be used as they're traveling across different web sites or across different services on the internet. um, so that is a model, the self-regulatory model can be a very powerful one. one of the things that i look for in any, um, self-regulation context is whether or not it's robust, is it providing good protections for consumers, and is there an enforcement mechanism so that if a company says it's

at first, head of the federal communications commission, ncta president and ceo michael powell for ale more than 20 minutes. >> mr. chairman, good morning. it is great to see you. the dynamics of the convention are always interesting. less than a week ago, you finally got your full complement of commissioners. both of whom have left us by coming up to the cable show in the first week. what does that mean for you? is that exciting? new difficulties? >> and makes it harder to get conference rooms. but it is great. well, i have been very lucky. we have had a very well functioning committee. we have a lot that we have gotten done and we have done a lot on a bipartisan basis. we have been able to disagree without being disagreeable. now we have to very experienced, smart commissioners. i couldn't be more excited. >> did you know them before? >> i did, i did. i think gentry worked for me. >> i think that jessica worked for me at one point. it is great to have you. if you can tell, if you have been here for a little while, the cable industry is very focused on innovation, even though it is

first, the keynote speaker from the president and ceo michael powell. the discussion and video content and innovation followed by a panel on video, film, and music distribution and later julia's genachowski from the fcc. [applause] >> welcome to the great city of boston and the 2012 cable show. it is great to have governor patrick welcome us to this wonderful city. when i joinedncpa a year ago, i set out to bring more creativity and energy into this industry. our efforts are bearing fruit. you will see it reflected throughout this gorgeous convention hall. our new ad campaign which is up in washington reflects the emotional connection we hope to get across in telling our story. let's take a quick look. ♪ ♪ >> cable is thriving with new energy and new products and a very promising future. as the ad makes clear, cable is the platform which offers instant access to infinite possibilities. , to great programs, the web, friends and family and the hottest internet applications and devices. cable is how we connect to the world and to one another. americans the

. >> powell's attorney, michael stone, says in the end, the unedited video worked against king and helped prove the officer's case. >> most of the nation only saw a few snippets, where it's the most violent. they didn't see rodney king on the ground. thy daytona see him get up and run at powell. >> why do you think the jurors came to a not guilty verdict? >> in the use of force case, if the officers do what they're trained to do how can you find them guilty of a crime? the jury always understood that. rodney king was the aggression ser and always had the ability to say, that's it. i don't want anymore. >> what was your reaction when you initially heard not guilty, not guilty, not guilty? >> the public was not going to accept it. >> king was right. this is the reaction just outside the courthouse. sheriff's deputies having to protect sergeant stacy cune as he makes his way to his car. movie director john singleton is in the crowd and makes a prediction. >> what these people have done is lit the fuse to a bomb. >> within just two hours after the verdict's downtown los angeles is a war zone.

. >> we will now go to michael powell. we are delighted to have you here today. please go ahead with your testimony. >> it is always an honor and privilege to appear before this committee. i have done it many times and am proud to be here again. i am proud to be here as a representative of the cable operators and programmers of the united states to talk about the future of video. this is an industry through its investment and innovation has contributed to the glimmering present we are enjoying and has every intention of intervening to a more glorious future in the area of video. it is important to remember the cable we brought television to rural american urban areas that could not be reached by traditional broadcast programming. we ultimately developed the original programming that led to the iconic brands that most americans associate with the television today. cnn, espn, cspan, discovery, the history channel. the lives or all creations of the cable industry working in cooperation with the production community. we were the first to bring about any kind -- in a

michael powell before them. we have always been engaged because the commission is important to us. we want to make sure we understand their point of you and vice versa. >> and finally if you would, give us a snapshot of espn employees, revenue, et cetera. >> espn is about a 33 euros company based in bristol connecticut about 7000 employees. and over the course of the 32, 33 years, lots of great work by lots of people of established espn, and clearly the preeminent sports media brand in this country. i think we're also distinguished by the variety and breadth of our platforms. we have seven, 2007 lineal television networks, broadband television network, digital platform, espn.com, mobile platforms with mobile espn. we want to sort of retransfer ever they are. we sort of think of from old media to new media whether it be print with the magazine, espn radio, espn on abc, broadcast television and all the way to new digital applications. we want to serve fans across all those kind of platforms. i think that's a distinguishing characteristic. >> do you consider yourself a cable channel a

michael powell, president of the national cable and telecommunications association.mmittee. i have done it many times. i am also proud to be here as a representative of america's great success story, the cable operators and cable programmers of the united states, to talk about the future of video. for one reason only -- this is an industry through its own investment and technological innovation that has contributed to the present we currently enjoy it and has every intention of contributing to a more glorious future in the area of video. it is important to remember that cable when first pioneered was all about making tv better. we brought television to rural american urban areas that could not be reached by traditional broadcast programming. we ultimately developed the original programming that led to the iconic brands that most americans associate with the television today. cnn, espn, cspan, discovery, the history channel. the lives or all creations of the cable industry working in cooperation with the production community. we were the first to bring about any kind

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michael singh. he sevenned as special assistant to secretary of states condoleezza rice and colin powell.d mow the managing director at the washington focusing on managing interests in the middle east. good to see you again. the prime minister has mobilized his troops along the border. he has antiaircraft there. he has got stinger missiles, surface is to air missiles and he is vowing to retaliate for the downing of the turkish plane. is that an empty promise or do you think he would actually intervene militarily? >> greg, it doesn't look like any turkish military intervention is on the horizon. this does follow the downing of a turkish jet and he feels he has to make a show of strength so as not to lose face. they took the complaint to nato and nato decided to do nothing. at this point turkey doesn't want to push on and become more aggressive and unless syria provirginia techs it i couldn't anticipate any confrontation there. >> turkey has done this in addition to mobilizing they opened the borders. the syrian refugees. they are providing a base for the rebels. do you think the prime mini

and now, michael singh the managing director of the washington, dc think thank focusing on foreign policy not middle east and served as special assistant to condoleeza rice and colin powellwhat else do you say? we talked about this a couple of weeks ago, what is the answer? nothing is working. now they are slaughtering children. what do we do? >>guest: well, the news from syria keeps getting worse and worse. did you focus on this region, obviously you deal with a lot of troubling stuff but this is awful and abnormal. and it shows you what sort of depraved regime we are dealing with in damascus. you would hope that all those supporting the regime would be ashamed. but, what do you see? you see the second report, attack helicopters being sent to had regime by countries like russia, and so this will put a premium, now, on all their steps by the united states and partners. >>trace: how much pro active? how much bolder do we get? >>guest: is concern of the united states government and allies is by arming the opposition and supporting the political opposition, by getting more directly involved we risk inflaming the situation or causing the violence to increase. it is clear tha

michael bloomberg is ere in studio 57 talking politics, fat and philanthro philanthropy. >> a groundbreaking pricing plan that could shake things up. when i see you at 8:00, former secretary of state colin powell joins us in studio 57. >>> but first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> the head of the nation's largest bank says he's sorry. >>> jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon to apologize on capitol hill. >> for what he calls a poorly conceived trading strategy that led to a stunning multibillion dollar loss. >> dimon will tell congress the bank has now taken stoeps make sure it does not happen again. >>> manyone in the courtroom wh saw my client could see the pain that it took him to get his story out. >> jurors in tears listening to shocking testimony during the child sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. >> victim number 1 detailed how their contact escalated from kissing to repeated sexual assault. >>> democrat ron barber winning the special election to fill gabrielle giffords' seat. >> he was also injured in that shooting spree that almost killed the arizona congresswoman. >> casey anthony has broken her silence. anthony said she was