Content is king and celebrities run wild at The Cable Show in New Orleans

Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief

May 21, 2008

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PHOTOS! The Cable Show, Part I

NEW ORLEANS -- The Cable Show -- All the big cable operators were here. All the big technology companies were here. And you'll find hardly any of them in our photo coverage of The Cable Show.

Our reason? This show was really all about content. While technology discussions take up most of the sessions, the show floor features dozens of channels trotting out as many celebrities as they can to stand out and make a bigger splash than their network rivals.

The result? Well, we can't bring ourselves to photograph VOD servers when Kim Kardashian is standing just 10-feet away. So click on the image below to enjoy our first in a series of photo recaps from The Cable Show:

Content and Hospitality All photos by Brian Gauvin/Getty Images. The captions, direction, and bad ideas are our fault.

— Phil Harvey, Editor, Light Reading

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Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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