The Mid-America Cable Telecommunications Association said Monday that it will take the upcoming 2021 Mid-America Cable Show virtual, citing increases in COVID-19 cases and corporate travel restrictions. 

The show was scheduled to be held in-person on Sept. 15-16 in Omaha. MACTA said it plans to move virtual panels, breakout sessions and awards to a series of online sessions, each which will last between 60 and 90 minutes. MACTA also plans to hold a “kickoff webinar” on Sept. 15. The organization also plans to hold additional webinars on Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, and Nov.10.

“Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases and company-wide travel restrictions, the MACS committee has decided to cancel the in-person September show for the 2021 Mid-America Cable Show,” MACTA said on its website. “Despite the new hurdles Covid has placed the last few weeks, the MACS committee has committed a lot of great time and effort in bringing all MACTA members the best possible show.” 

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ATLANTA -- SCTE has announced a 10-year plan for Cable-Tec Expo that will include frequent stops at cable industry hubs Denver and Atlanta, increased commitment from the MSO community and broad measures designed to increase sales interaction for exhibiting companies.

Following 2019’s 50th anniversary event in New Orleans, the Society of Cable Technology Engineers’ signature trade show will visit Denver and Atlanta multiple times through 2029, while making one-time stops in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

MSO sponsors, meanwhile, will take het lead in creating program content, securing speakers and ensuring participation by senior leadership. Meanwhile, SCTE will also implement broad measures to enhance the value proposition for exhibitors, working to increase interaction with customers and potential customers through reconstruction of the Cable-Tec Expo Exhibitor Committee.

Announcement of the 10-year plan comes with the backer’s of this year’s Cable-Tec Expo event, kicking off Tuesday in Atlanta, expecting robust attendance.

“Our goal with this plan is to continue to build the relevance and value of Expo as a platform for driving learning and development, applied science, and technology leadership for the next decade.” said Bill Warga, VP of technology for Liberty Global and chair of the board of directors for SCTE, as well as its sibling org, the International Society of Broadband Experts.

“What’s fueled the success of Cable-Tec Expo in recent years has been the willingness of operators, vendors, and our partner organizations to make the event a priority for their teams,” added Tom Adams, executive VP of field operations for Charter Communications and vice-chair of the SCTE•ISBE Board of Directors. “Our plan is designed to provide a framework that will help the industry as a whole continue to leverage the power of Expo to promote technical excellence and innovation that can drive bottom line results.”

Business news channel CNBC and Inc Media, publisher of Inc. Magazine, have agreed to collaborate to produce conferences across the United States next year that will focus on entrepreneurship, small business and innovation.

 “The global economy is powered by the ideas and actions of entrepreneurs, so we are excited to work with Inc. to create conferences that will celebrate, educate and empower the entrepreneurial spirit,” said CNBC Business News senior vice president and editor in chief Nikhil Deogun in a statement. “CNBC continues to build its coverage of entrepreneurship across all platforms and partnering with Inc., a company with a long and successful history serving this important audience, will only bolster those efforts.”

Under the terms of the agreement, CNBC and Inc. will create three conferences across the U.S. next year, with the first taking place in Spring 2015. In addition, throughout the year, CNBC and Inc. will share content related to entrepreneurship, growth companies and innovation.  These stories will appear on CNBC.com and Inc.com.

“Inc. has been informing, connecting and, hopefully, inspiring business founders since we began 35 years ago,” Inc. president and editor in chief Eric Schurenberg said in a statement. “Entrepreneurs—the engine of the US economy--are who we write about, and who we write for, and who we bring to our events, and we’ve been doing it practically alone all this time. That’s why we’re so excited to be joined in the effort by CNBC, one of the premier organizations in all business journalism.”