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Kagan Research presents back-to-back conferences designed to explore the next wave of competition facing the cable industry.

New York, NY (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) April 20, 2005 -- Kagan Research presents back-to-back conferences designed to explore the next wave of competition facing the cable industry. The April 27-28 events at the Helmsley Park Lane in New York City will focus on the opportunities presented by the rapid emergence of IP voice services and the unprecedented challenges of competition for video packages facing cable operators. For more information and to register, visit www.kagan.com/home.

VoIP Summit, April 27
The Kagan Cable VoIP Summit April 27 will examine the conditions impacting cable's entry into local phone service, which Kagan analysts project will account for $8.5 bil. of the $9.5 bil. cable phone business by 2010. Level 3 CEO James Crowe will keynote the event, supported by executives representing seven top MSOs, leading financial analysts and other industry luminaries.

Video Competition, April 28
The Kagan Video Competition Conference, April 28 will examine the rapidly changing landscape for multichannel video services. The conference features keynote speaker Patrick Esser, Exec. VP and COO of Cox Communications, as well as recently-retired (but long-time) head of the National Cable and Telecom Assn., Robert Sachs. At least 17 other industry executives, analysts and opinion shapers are scheduled to speak.

Cable VoIP Speakers confirmed as of Apr. 20:
Alan Bezoza
Senior Vice President/Broadband Cable Research, Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group
Mark Chall
Director/Cable Solutions - Service Delivery, Sprint Corporation
James Crowe
CEO, Level 3 Communications
Richard Dowling
Sr. Vice President/Corporate Development, GCI
Mark Dzuban
Vice Chairman, Cedar Point Communications
Meredith Flynn-Ripley
SVP Marketing & Sales, Integra5
Phil Giordano
Vice President/Sales & Business Development, Vonage
Richard Greenfield
Analyst, Fulcrum Global Partners
Chuck Kaplan
COO, Narad Networks
Patrick Knorr
General Manager, Sunflower Broadband
William Markey
President & General Partner, RelevantC Business Group
Jim Medica
Director/VoIP Engineering, Time Warner Cable
Craig Moffett
Vice President & Sr. Analyst/U.S. Cable & Satellite Broadcasting, Sanford C. Bernstein
Mark Palazzo
Vice President & General Manager, Scientific-Atlanta
Mike Pastor
President, Net2Phone Cable Telephony
Roy Perry
Director/VoIP Engineering, Adelphia Communications
Marco Rustici
Sr. Director/Telephony, Mediacom Communications
Mimi Thigpen
Vice President/Strategy, Cox Communications
Gerry White
Chief Technologist/IP Infrastructure Solutions Group, Motorola Broadband Communications
Rian Wren
Sr. Vice President & General Manager/Voice Services, Comcast

Conference Panels:
* Calling All MSOs: Highlighting Cable Deployments and Positioning Strategies as Cable Operators Fully Integrate IP Voice Services Into Their Product Lineups
* Getting Down to Business: Cable's Lucrative Commercial Services Opportunity
* Small Markets, Big Bundles: IP Voice Strategies for Main Street
* Untethering Local Dial Tone: Exploring the Mobility of IP Voice Services to New Platforms and Devices

Video Competition Speakers confirmed as of April 20:
Bishop Cheen
Director, Wachovia Securities
Scott Cleland
CEO, Precursor Group
Phil Corman
Director/Partner Business Development, Microsoft TV
Mark Ellison
Vice President/Business Development, NRTC
Patrick Esser
Exec. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Cox Communications
Souheil Gallouzi
Sr. Director/Product Management, QUALCOMM/MediaFLO
Tyler Goldman
Sr. Vice President/Corporate & Business Development, Movielink
Wes Heppler
Partner, Cole, Raywid & Braverman
Todd Herman
Director/Media Strategy, MSN Video
Patrick Knorr
General Manager, Sunflower Broadband
Andrew G. McBride
Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Nick Miller
Partner, Miller & Van Eaton
George Monaster
Managing Director, Worldlink Network
Todd Rosenbluth
Telecom Services Equity Analyst, Standard & Poor's Equity Research
Robert Sachs
Principal
Continental Consulting Group
Gerry Salemme
Exec. Vice President, Clearwire
Paul Scanlan
Cofounder & COO, Idetic
Brian Sugar
Vice President/Marketing, 2Wire
Howard Symons
Partner, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo

Conference Panels:
* Dueling Bundles: Scrambling for VOD, Exclusivity and Pricing Preeminence
* The 2005 Telecom Act Rewrite: New Rules of the IP Road for Broadband Video
* The Video Cost Conundrum: Market Share vs. ROI Choices
* Video to Go: Programmers vs. Distributors in the Mobile Space

Location: The Park Lane, 36 Central Park South, NYC
Rates: Per day: $895. 2-DAY: $1,395 (includes both Cable VoIP Summit and the Video Competition Conference).

To Register please call 1-800-307-2529 or go to our website www.kagan.com/home

For more information:
Cable VoIP Summit - http://www.kagan.com/events/voip3
Video Competition Conference - http://www.kagan.com/events/vcc3
Kagan Events Calendar - http://www.kagan.com/events1

About Kagan Research, LLC.
For over thirty-five years media and communications operators, content programmers and developers and investment advisors have relied on Kagan Research for expert intelligence, independent analysis and leadership in media business research from tech to finance. Kagan's consulting and publishing services offer exclusive financial data and analysis, relevant market advisories and accurate 5- to 10-year projections for TV, radio, cable, DBS, wireless, movie and sports sectors, as well as insightful perspectives on emerging media technologies, digital communications and advertising.

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