Vendors Balk at Regional Shows.(industry consolidation and sate and regional cable shows)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, February, 2000 by FEDUSCHAK, NATALIA A.

The National Cable Television Association will convene a special task force to study the effects of industry consolidation on state and regional cable shows. Industry sources told Multi-channel News last week that equipment vendors -- looking to shed the expense of exhibiting at small shows that don't attract industry decision-makers anymore -- are pushing the review.

NCTA president Robert Sachs downplayed the possibility that the association's review may spell the end for some shows. "The review, at its earliest stage, is an effort to take a hard look at whether the exhibitor portion of regional shows is resulting in as many business transactions as they once did," Sachs said. "Vendors more and more are transacting at the corporate levels....

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