Time Warner Cable’s plan to expand its WiFi networks in Austin, TX, (with more cities to come) is the latest evidence of cable’s wireless broadband ambition. Google Fiber’s plan to make Austin the next gigabit “fiberhood,” announced 2 weeks before TWC’s Austin announcement, “did encourage us to accelerate what we were doing,” Peter Cunningham, TWC wireless vp, told CableFAX in an interview. “We recognize Google as a key player… We are willing to compete.” More on the op’s WiFi deployment here.

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This year’s Cable Show will feature “The Observatory,” a multimedia venue that will serve as the centerpiece of the show floor. Here is how NCTA described it.

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One thing you couldn’t miss at Tuesday night’s T. Howard Foundation dinner was the number of Deloitte employees among the crowd gathered at Cipriani Wall Street for the organization’s annual fundraising dinner to support its mission to promote representation and inclusion in media, entertainment and technology.

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