CTAM 2009: MSOs look to deal with consumers who unplug; and a Ted Rogers memory

DENVER – A growing number of people, as they arise each morning, are not reaching for the TV or radio to find out what’s going on in their world. Instead, “the first thing they reach for is some personal device that won’t be plugged into the wall,” said Time Warner Cable chief technology officer Mike LaJoie during the opening general session of the CTAM Summit this morning. And since “we own this great big plug,” he added, “that affects us all.”“The world is going to look very different five years from now.”Look at what’s happened in the last five, just...