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Cable Show 2010: Television is not the definition any more; it’s time to knock over the silos

LOS ANGELES – It was one of the more eclectic panels we’ve seen in a while at a gathering like this.The final day’s opening general session at the NCTA’s Cable Show featured a couple of the usual suspects (Showtime CEO Matt Stone, Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge), but it also featured a disruptor (TiVo CEO Tom Rogers) a talent agent (William Morris CEO Ari Emanuel) and a newcomer (Twitter CEO Evan Williams).While the session was entitled “Conversation 2.0, Community, Collaboration and the Future of Media”, the conversation turned to where just about every session’s conversation goes. Essentially: How do we make...