Some of the hotter topics were retransmission consent (of course), how independent cable operators can use the TV Everywhere model to embrace the notion of over-the-top video and stave off a budding cord-cutting trend, and what smaller cable operators can do launch their own business-class services and siphon some of those revenues away from the telcos. (See Cable Co-Op Lights Up TV Everywhere Platform , Access Doubts Dent NBCU's Olympics Ambitions and Will Cable Face an OTT Block Party? )
Oh, and Vanilla Ice was in the house. Click on the image below to rev up a brief slideshow highlighting some of the event:
— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable