2.8 million minutes of online activity, 153,000 platform interactions
EXTON, Pa. — SCTE-ISBE announced today its Cable-Tec Expo Virtual Experience held last week had record-breaking attendance with participants from more than 100 countries.
The virtual format of the event allowed people to participate remotely and registration was free for the first time in the show’s nearly 40-year history, thanks to sponsorships from Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, Midco, Liberty Global, Millicom, RCN, Rogers, Shaw, the National Cable Television Cooperative, and the SCTE Foundation.
SCTE-ISBE says the free registration drove a substantial increase in first-time attendees, who accounted for more than half of the show’s turnout.
Although SCTE-ISBE did not announce actual attendance numbers, as the event’s organizers they said they received four times the number of Fall Technical Forum paper downloads during the week of the show, compared to the same period in previous years.
In addition, during the live show from October 12 through 15, the event’s platform recorded more than 2.8 million minutes of online activity, 153,000 platform interactions and 1,300 virtual meetings. SCTE-ISBE says thousands of attendees visited sponsor showcases which featured 70 companies and organizations. It also expects engagement will increase as the platform will remain accessible to new and existing attendees for on-demand sessions and technical paper downloads until January 2021.
“The generosity of our sponsors is a testament to their commitment to the industry as well as the important role Expo plays in the advancement of cable technology,” said Mark Dzuban, SCTE-ISBE president and CEO, in the organization’s press release. “Despite extraordinary circumstances brought on by a global pandemic, cable has risen to every challenge and emerged stronger than ever before. Though nothing can take the place of in‐person events, we look forward to adopting a hybrid format so that we can continue to welcome a larger, more diverse group of professionals each year.”
SCTE-ISBE Cable‐Tec Expo 2021 is scheduled for Oct. 11‐14 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The theme for 2021 is “Fast Forward,” a nod to the rapidly advancing connectivity that promises to transform our cities, workplaces and homes.
To view on-demand content from the Cable-Tec Expo 2020 Virtual Experience, please visit expo.scte.org.
