CABLE-TEC 2011: Cable CTOs running scared... but in a good way

By Alan Breznick

ATLANTA – Major U.S. cable operators are counting on a continuing wave of paranoia to motivate them and carry them through another very challenging period for the industry. Speaking at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo convention here this week, senior executives from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks said that such a strong sense of paranoia is at least partly driving them to test new technologies and develop new products and services, just as it drove them in the past. Indeed, Comcast CTO Tony Werner said the MSO’s recent push to create and update products "in days...