Mild, mild West: attendance down, but key MSO execs on hand.(Western Show; multiple service operator)

Multichannel News, December, 2002 by Brown, Karen

ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- In his public debut as CEO of the new, vastly enlarged Comcast Corp., Brian Roberts urged everyone -- especially his employees -- to tour the show floor and see the many vendors that spent time and capital trying to improve the cable business. But he was talking to a much smaller audience than in years past.

The 9,947 people who registered for last week's Western Show here and took Roberts' advice found plenty of products that promised to make networks better, faster and less expensive to operate. Last year, attendance was some 17,000 versus 33,000 in 2000. Though the Western Show was substantially smaller than recent years, the confab will finish in the black. "Well actually make a profit," said California Cable...

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