of the ncta and c-span boards. nice to see you, sir. >> guest: nice to be here. >> host: you're frequently on stage talking about this business. it seems to be in a real period of transition right now. tell me what's going on in this business. >> guest: enormous transition. it's a breathtaking amount of change going on in the industry. i just left the general session where brian roberts demonstrated the next generation of user interface on the exfinty project which will be a leading indicator of where the cable industry's user interface world is going, and it's just a whole new way of navigating the endless choices of channels and programs that consumers now have available to them. >> host: keep hearing from those of you who are leaders in the business about listening to consumers, but the technology's going to be all so new that what's the relationship between exposing people to the options versus consumer demand? >> guest: well, consumers are telling us what they want. i mean, the formula's pretty simple. if you

this is my 23rd ncta show, and i think the complement of technology, the energy, the interest of making one plus one equals eight, the content providers and the distributors is shining through and i think a lot of things are coming out of that. ryan who demonstrates the cloud base to remote control, a lot of applications on the authentication content providers in partnership with other multichannel distributors, so there's a lot of good and interesting things coming out of the show which i think people will serve consumers better in the businesses model over the longer term. >> is there more competition than before? >> we've been in a competitive market space the last 32 years

we are at the ncta show in chicago and caught up with michael von there who has been a long member of the board and c-span board. nice to see you, sir. we have seen you in a lot of public sessions around the show. you are certainly on stage talking about this business. it seems to be a real period of transition now. tell me what is going on. >> guest: an enormous transition. is a breathtaking amount of change going on in the industry. i just left the general session where the brian roberts demonstrated the next generation of user interface on the affinity project which will be a leading indicator of where the cable industry's user interface world is going and the only way of navigating the endless choices of channels and programs that consumers now have available to them. >> host: i keep hearing about listening to consumers. the technology is going to be also new. what is the relationship between people's options versus consumer demand? >> guest: consumers are telling us what they want. the formula is pretty simple. if you open your ears and listen, they have unlimited resources avail